Not currently on display at the V&A

Poster

ca. 1953 (made)
Artist/Maker
A. E. King & Jackson Ltd. (printers (people))
Place of origin
London (made)

Typographic.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Ink
Paper
Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising Enrico IV, and Tutto Per Bene, two Pirandello plays performed in Italian, St. James's Theatre, April 1953
Physical description
Typographic.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 50.5cm
  • Poster width: 31.5cm
Credit line
From the Sander Gorlinsky Collection presented to the Theatre Museum by Edith Gorlinsky
Object history
Associated Production: Enrico IV (20.4.1953), Tutto Per Bene (23.4.1953). Playwright: Luigi Pirandello. Actors: Ruggero Ruggeri, Andreina Pagnani, Margherita Bagni, Lea Padovani. Set designer (Enrico IV) and costumes for both: Giulio Coltellacci. Director: Giulio Galliani. Society: Comus Art Society Ltd. St. James's Theatre, King Street, London. Performance category: drama. This production is announced on the poster as being 'Under the patronage of His Excellency the Italian Ambassador, by arrangement with S.A.Gorlinsky and R. Paone. At the invitation of Laurence Olivier'.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.1146-1996

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Record createdAugust 3, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1170877/poster-a-e-king/
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