Not on display

Poster

1987 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pictorial and typographic. The poster shows a blood-spattered page from an Italian newspaper featuring an illustrated article on Romeo and Juliet.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Brief description
Poster advertising Romeo and Juliet at The Barbican Theatre, 1987
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic. The poster shows a blood-spattered page from an Italian newspaper featuring an illustrated article on Romeo and Juliet.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 76.3cm
  • Poster width: 51cm
Marks and inscriptions
Stamped with Theatre Museum, V.A.M. stamp.
Object history
Associated Production: Romeo and Juliet. Playwright: William Shakespeare. Composer: Hiroshi Sato. Fight arranger: Malcolm Ranson. Choreographer: Ken Oldfield. Director: Michael Bogdanov. Designer: Chris Dyer. Lighting designer: Chris Ellis. Costume designer: Alan Watkins, Ginny Humphreys and Chris Dyer. Actors: Niamh Cusack, Sean Bean, Michael Kitchen, Dilys Laye. Royal Shakespeare Company. Barbican Centre, London. 14.4.1987. Performance category: drama.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
S.562-1995

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Record createdJuly 29, 2010
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