Not currently on display at the V&A

Poster

1984 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pictorial and typographic. The image on this poster is of a scene in Ireland with a man walking towards the house and barn on top of a hill.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Brief description
Poster advertising The Playboy of the Western World, Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London, 1984
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic. The image on this poster is of a scene in Ireland with a man walking towards the house and barn on top of a hill.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 76cm
  • Poster width: 50.7cm
Object history
This poster was framed and glazed and hung in Lindsay Anderson's London flat. Associated Production: The Playboy of the Western World. Playwright: John Millington Synge. Director: Lindsay Anderson. Designer: Di Seymour. Lighting designers: Andy Phillips, Jeff Beecroft. Actors: Frank Grimes, Nichola McAuliffe, Carolyn Pickles, Robert Keegan. The National Theatre Company. Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London. 29.8.1984. Performance category: drama.
Collection
Accession number
S.2517-1995

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Record createdJuly 30, 2010
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