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Carmen Jones

Poster
1991 (made)
Artist/Maker
Shaun Webb Graphic Design (designers)
Hythe Arts Division (printers (people))
Crickmay, Anthony (photographers)
Place of origin
London (made)

Poster advertising the first London production of Oscar Hammerstein II's musical Carmen Jones, Old Vic Theatre, 1991.

Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleCarmen Jones (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Printing ink on paper
Printing Ink
Paper
Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising Oscar Hammerstein II's musical Carmen Jones, Old Vic Theatre, 1991
Physical description
Photographic and typographic poster advertising Carmen Jones at the Old Vic. Colour photograph of a young black woman wearing a white evening dress, with an United States Army Air Force jacket draped around her shoulders. At left, the title in yellow lettering, with the production logo of a stylized female figure in orange and a flower in red, with other details in yellow and orange lettering and a red heart. At lower left, above the theatre details, the words 'For the first time / ever in London'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 42cm
  • Width: 30cm
Gallery label
(2020)
Gallery rotation, 2020

POSTER FOR CARMEN JONES
1991

The musical Carmen Jones is an adaptation of Bizet’s opera Carmen with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Performed with an all-black cast, the action is updated from 19th-century Seville to a Second World War-era African American setting. In this Old Vic production, the title role was shared between American soprano Wilhelmenia Fernandez and British actress Sharon Benson.

Designed by Shaun Webb Graphic Design
Printing ink on paper
Museum no. S.1616-1995
Object history
Associated Production: Carmen Jones. Playwright: Oscar Hammerstein II. Composer: Georges Bizet. Director: Simon Callow. Costume designer: Stephanie Collie. Old Vic Theatre, London. Performance category: musical. This production is based on the opera 'Carmen' by Bizet.
Summary
Poster advertising the first London production of Oscar Hammerstein II's musical Carmen Jones, Old Vic Theatre, 1991.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.1616-1995

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Record createdJuly 29, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1166633/carmen-jones-poster-crickmay-anthony/
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