Not currently on display at the V&A

Poster

25/06/1958 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pictorial and typographic. Line drawing of proscenium arch comprising comically lewd satyr and goddess-type statuary.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Mounted on board backing
Brief description
Poster advertising For Adults Only, starring Miriam Karlin, Hugh Paddick and Ron Moody at the Strand Theatre, 25 June 1958
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic. Line drawing of proscenium arch comprising comically lewd satyr and goddess-type statuary.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 50.7cm
  • Poster width: 31.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
Credit line
From the Sander Gorlinsky Collection presented to the Theatre Museum by Edith Gorlinsky
Object history
Associated Production: For Adults Only. Playwright: Peter Myers. Playwright: Alec Grahame. Composer: Ronald Cass. Composer: John Pritchett. Choreographer: Michael Charnley. Director: Michael Charnley. Set designer: Henry Graveney. Costume designer: Rosemary Carvill, Hilary Virgo. Lighting designer: Michael Northern. Performers: Miriam Karlin, Hugh Paddick, Ron Moody, Barry Took, Patricia Lancaster. Strand Theatre, Aldwych, London. 25.6.1958. Performance category: revue.
Collection
Accession number
S.1140-1996

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Record createdAugust 3, 2010
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