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Black Coffee

Poster
1952 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Poster advertising The Oxford Playhouse production of Black Coffee by Agatha Christie. White background with blue and brown text. Printed by printers Hall The Printer Ltd in Oxford.

Part of the Ronnie Barker Collection (THM/407).

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBlack Coffee (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Brief description
Poster advertising The Oxford Playhouse production of Black Coffee by Agatha Christie, with Ronald Barker as 'Hercule Poirot' in 1952
Physical description
Poster advertising The Oxford Playhouse production of Black Coffee. White background with blue and brown text.
Dimensions
  • Whole height: 76cm (approx.)
  • Whole width: 25cm (approx.)
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
'PLAYHOUSE / BEAUMONT STREET Business Manager: MALCOLM MCINTYRE Tel. OXFORD 47133/4 / Buses No. 3 and 93 pass the Door / For Two Weeks / Monday, August 4th for Two Weeks / THE OXFORD PLAYHOUSE COMPNAY / IN / BLACK COFFEE / BY / AGATHA CHRISTIE / with RONALD BARKER as HERCULE POIROT / Special BANK HOLIDAY MATINEE Aug. 4th at 2.30 / NIGHTLY 7 WEDNESDAY 8 SATURDAY 5 & 8 / 5/-, 4/-. 3/-, 1/6 / Next Production: Monday, 18th August for Two Weeks / 'ONE WILD OUT' / The hilarious farce by VERNON SYLVAINE / 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 Black Coffee which was on for two weeks from the 4th August. It came to the V&A as part of the Ronnie Barker Collection (THM/407).
Summary
Poster advertising The Oxford Playhouse production of Black Coffee by Agatha Christie. White background with blue and brown text. Printed by printers Hall The Printer Ltd in Oxford.

Part of the Ronnie Barker Collection (THM/407).
Bibliographic reference
Christie, Agatha. 'Black Coffee'
Other number
THM/407/12
Collection
Accession number
S.280-2012

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Record createdApril 5, 2012
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