Not on display

Poster

1975 (made)
Artist/Maker
J. & P. Atchison (printers (people))
Bird, Richard (designers)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Pictorial and typographic.

Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Paper
Ink
Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising Phaedra Britannica at The National Theatre - Old Vic, 1975
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 76.4cm
  • Poster width: 50.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Stamped with Theatre Museum, V.A.M. stamp.
  • Transliteration
Object history
Associated Production: Phaedra Britannica. Playwright: Tony Harrison. Director: John Dexter. Designer: Tanya Moiseiwitsch. Actors: Diana Rigg, Ishaq Bux, David Yelland, Jagdish Kumar. National Theatre, London. 9.9.1975. Performance category: drama. This play was adapted from a work by Jean Racine.
Production
The design for this poster was taken from an album miniature, Bundi, Rajasthan from the late 18th century.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.1605-1995

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Record createdJuly 29, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1166622/poster-bird-richard/
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