Not currently on display at the V&A

Poster

1999 (designed and printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Poster featuring a colour photograph of Patricia Routledge as Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest. The name of the theatre appears in yellow against a violet background and the opening dateof the production is noted in white lettering. The title is in white and yellow lettering against a violet background.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Brief description
Poster advertising The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, 10 August-6 November 1999. Designed and printed by Dewynters, London.
Physical description
Poster featuring a colour photograph of Patricia Routledge as Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest. The name of the theatre appears in yellow against a violet background and the opening dateof the production is noted in white lettering. The title is in white and yellow lettering against a violet background.
Dimensions
  • Height: 50.6cm
  • Width: 31.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
Credit line
Given by Dewynters PLC
Object history
The play was written by Oscar Wilde and directed by Christopher Morahan, with a set by Peter Rice, lighting by Robert Bryan, design by Peter Rice and music by Ilona Sekacz. It was a Chichester Festival Theatre production with a cast of Patricia Routledge, Adam Godley, Saskia Wickham, Alan Cox, Rebecca Johnson, Jonathan Cecil and Sheila Reid. It opened at the Haymarket Theatre on 10 August 1999 and ran until the 6 November. Previews were from 4 August 1999.
Associated object
S.68-2001 (Object)
Collection
Accession number
S.46-2001

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Record createdNovember 14, 2006
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