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Poster advertising the exhibition Revuedeville, non-Stop Variety at the Windmill Theatre, 1932-1964 at Theatre Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1977

Poster
1977 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Zsuzsi Roboz (1929–2012) was a London-based Hungarian painter known for her portraiture and paintings of the arts. In 1964 Sheila Van Damm, owner of the Windmill Theatre, invited her to sketch backstage to capture the last days of the theatre before its closure that October.

In February 1965 her Windmill drawings were shown in a one-man exhibition the Upper Grosvenor Gallery, London, and in 1975 Curwen Studios published Backstage at the Windmill Theatre, a portfolio of lithographs by Roboz based on her drawings. In 1978 her sketches and lithographs featured in the Revuedeville exhibition mounted by the Theatre & Performance Department at the V&A about the Windmill Theatre.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePoster advertising the exhibition <i>Revuedeville, non-Stop Variety at the Windmill Theatre, 1932-1964</i> at Theatre Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1977 (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Brief description
Poster advertising the exhibition Revuedeville, non-Stop Variety at the Windmill Theatre, 1932-1964, mounted by the Theatre & Performance Department at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 21st November 1977 to 2nd April 1978, featuring a drawing by Zsuzsi Roboz
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 76.3cm
  • Poster width: 50.7cm
Object history
Associated Production: Revudeville, Non-Stop Variety at the Windmill Theatre, 1932-1964. Theatre Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 21.11.1977-2.4.1978. Performance category: exhibition.
Summary
Zsuzsi Roboz (1929–2012) was a London-based Hungarian painter known for her portraiture and paintings of the arts. In 1964 Sheila Van Damm, owner of the Windmill Theatre, invited her to sketch backstage to capture the last days of the theatre before its closure that October.

In February 1965 her Windmill drawings were shown in a one-man exhibition the Upper Grosvenor Gallery, London, and in 1975 Curwen Studios published Backstage at the Windmill Theatre, a portfolio of lithographs by Roboz based on her drawings. In 1978 her sketches and lithographs featured in the Revuedeville exhibition mounted by the Theatre & Performance Department at the V&A about the Windmill Theatre.
Collection
Accession number
S.4836-1995

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