Not currently on display at the V&A

Poster

1959 (made)
Artist/Maker
Richard Whewell Ltd. (printers (people))
Place of origin
Bolton (made)

Photographic and typographic.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Paper
Ink
Typography
Photography
Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising a variety programme starring Vic Oliver at Queen's Theatre, Blackpool, 1959
Physical description
Photographic and typographic.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 50.4cm
  • Poster width: 31.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
Stamped with Theatre Museum, V.A.M. stamp.
Object history
Associated Production: Choreographer: George Baron. Set designer: Tod Kingman. Costume designer: R. St. John Roper. Performers: Vic Oliver, Anne Shelton, Johnny Spence (pianist), Jimmy Clitheroe, Vanda Vale, Terry Hall, Lenny the Lion (puppet), David Ludman, Betty Foe, Peggy Thompson, The Sixteen Nap Hand Lovelies, The Musical Elliotts, Bob Hammond's Cockatoos. Queen's Theatre, Blackpool. 1.6.1959. Performance category: variety, puppetry. This production featured Jimmie Currie's Waterfalls of Scotland.
Subjects depicted
Oliver, Vic
Shelton, Anne
Clitheroe, Jimmy
Dalli, Toni
Hall, Terry
Lenny the Lion
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.3662-1995

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Record createdJuly 30, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1168712/poster-richard-whewell-ltd/
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