Black Coffee
Poster
1952 (printed)
1952 (printed)
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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).
Part of the Ronnie Barker Collection (THM/407).
Object details
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| Title | Black 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. |
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| Production type | Mass 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 |
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| Accession number | S.280-2012 |
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| Record created | April 5, 2012 |
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