Point of Departure
Poster
1952 (printed)
1952 (printed)
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Poster advertising The Oxford Playhouse production of Point of Departure by Jean Anouilh. White background with blue text and image. The image is of a lute, star and piano keyboard. Printed by printers Hall The Printer Ltd in Oxford.
Part of the Ronnie Barker Collection (THM/407).
Part of the Ronnie Barker Collection (THM/407).
Object details
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| Title | Point of Departure (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Printed ink on paper |
| Brief description | Poster advertising The Oxford Playhouse production of Point of Departure by Jean Anouilh, with Ronald Barker and Christine Pollon |
| Physical description | Poster advertising The Oxford Playhouse production of Point of Departure. White background with blue text and image. Shows an image of a lute, piano and star. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'PLAYHOUSE / BEAUMONT STREET Manager: RAYMOND SOMERVILLE Tel. OXFORD 47133/4 / Buses No. 3 and 93 pass the Door / For Two Weeks / Mon., MAY 19 - Sat., May 31 / Ronald Barker AND Christine Pollon / IN / point of departure / by JEAN ANOUILH, translated by Kitty Black / NIGHTLY 7 WEDNESDAY 8 SATURDAY 5 & 8 / 5/-, 4/-. 3/-, 1/6 / Special Whit Monday Matinee 2nd June at 2.30 p.m. / Next Production - Monday, June 2nd / FOR TWO WEEKS / MARIA MARTEN or THE MURDER IN THE RED BARN / Guild Rally Night, with Discussion, on the first Monday Night of each Production / HALL THE PRINTER, LTD, 6 BREWER STREET, OXFORD.' |
| Credit line | Given by Charlotte Barker, daughter of the late Ronald Barker OBE. |
| Object history | This poster was designed for The Oxford Playhouse and printed by Hall The Printer in Oxford. It advertises the production of Point of Departure which was on for two weeks from the 19th May. It came to the V&A as part of the Ronnie Barker Collection (THM/407). |
| Summary | Poster advertising The Oxford Playhouse production of Point of Departure by Jean Anouilh. White background with blue text and image. The image is of a lute, star and piano keyboard. Printed by printers Hall The Printer Ltd in Oxford. Part of the Ronnie Barker Collection (THM/407). |
| Bibliographic reference | Anouilh, Jean. adapted and translated by Katie Black, 'Point of Departure. A Play in Three Acts' 1951 |
| Other number | THM/407/12 |
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| Accession number | S.279-2012 |
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| Record created | April 5, 2012 |
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