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An Inspector Calls

Poster
1993 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Tangerine Ltd. (designers)
Place of origin
Great Britain (printing)

Poster advertising the National Theatre's production of An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley at the Aldwych Theatre in 1993.

Stephen Daldry's production of An Inspector Calls opened at the National Theatre on 11 September 1992 and transferred to the Aldwych Theatre in the following year, opening on 25 August.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Advertising
Object type
Poster
TitleAn Inspector Calls (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour printed paper
Paper
Ink
Colour Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising the National Theatre's production of An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley at the Aldwych Theatre in 1993.
Physical description
Poster advertising An Inspector Calls. Main image (black and white) depicts a man in a light coat and hat standing underneath a lamppost, to the right of him is a house. Production information is printed in white and bronze on top of image. Information about the theatre is printed in bottom right hand corner.
Dimensions
  • Height: 50.8cm
  • Width: 31.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • ' "WITHOUT QUESTION / THE PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR" / THE GUARDIAN / PW PRODUCTIONS PRESENT / KENNETH CRANHAM / JULIAN GLOVER JUDY PARFITT / IN / THE ROYAL NATIONAL THEATRE'S AWARD-WINNING PRODUCTION / J B PRIESTLEY'S / AN / INSPECTOR / CALLS / WITH SYLVESTRA LE TOUZEL / LOUIS HILYER SCOTT HANDY / DIRECTED BY / STEPHEN DALDRY / DESIGNED BY / IAN MacNEIL / LIGHTING BY / RICK FISHER / MUSIC BY / STEPHEN WARBECK' (Production information)
  • Transliteration
Summary
Poster advertising the National Theatre's production of An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley at the Aldwych Theatre in 1993.

Stephen Daldry's production of An Inspector Calls opened at the National Theatre on 11 September 1992 and transferred to the Aldwych Theatre in the following year, opening on 25 August.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.219-2011

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Record createdApril 6, 2011
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1194136/an-inspector-calls-poster-tangerine-ltd/
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