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Poster

1871 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pictorial and typographic. The poster depicts the French troupe of 'grotesques' known as 'The Celebrated Clodoches' who in the pantomime performed 'wildly comic actions'.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Engraving and letterpress
Brief description
Poster advertising Blue Beard at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, 1871
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic. The poster depicts the French troupe of 'grotesques' known as 'The Celebrated Clodoches' who in the pantomime performed 'wildly comic actions'.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 41.8cm
  • Poster width: 56.2cm
Object history
Associated Production: Blue Beard. Playwright: Henry J. Byron. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, Bow Street, London. 26.12.1871. Performance category: pantomime.
Production
183 and 184 High Holborn
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
S.704-1995

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Record createdJuly 29, 2010
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