Poster
1999 (Designed), 1999 (Printed)
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Photographic and typographic poster on matte finish paper featuring photographs of Vanessa Redgrave (top left), Corin Redgrave (centre left), and Kika Markham (bottom left), with the title SONG AT TWILGHT in electric blue lettering outlined with white, as if lit by florescent tube. The names of the actors are above the title in white capitals, with the name of the author NOEL COWARD. Below the title is the name of the other performer, Mathew Bose, with the name of the director Sheridan Morley, the set designer Simon Higlett, and the costume and the lighting designers Shirley Russell and Leonard Tucker.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | printing ink on gloss paper |
| Brief description | Poster advertising Song At Twilight by Noël Coward, Gielgud Theatre, 20 October 1999. Designed by Dewynters, London and printed by Schwartz Ltd. |
| Physical description | Photographic and typographic poster on matte finish paper featuring photographs of Vanessa Redgrave (top left), Corin Redgrave (centre left), and Kika Markham (bottom left), with the title SONG AT TWILGHT in electric blue lettering outlined with white, as if lit by florescent tube. The names of the actors are above the title in white capitals, with the name of the author NOEL COWARD. Below the title is the name of the other performer, Mathew Bose, with the name of the director Sheridan Morley, the set designer Simon Higlett, and the costume and the lighting designers Shirley Russell and Leonard Tucker. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
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| Credit line | Given by Dewynters PLC |
| Object history | Song at Twilight by Noel Coward, directed by Sheridan Morley, designed by Simon Higlett, opened at the Gielgud Theatre 20 October 1999 and closed on 4 March 2000. It was recorded for the Theatre Museum archives at the Gielgud Theatre, March 2000. Cast: Corin Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Kika Markham, Mathew Bowse. Redgrave family out in force in last play by Coward exploring the emotional denial and forced confrontation with his past of a closeted homosexual writer, said to have been based on Somerset Maugham. 1hr 50 mins, 1 camera. |
| Production | 'Designed by De Wynters PLC London' printed along the bottom edge, and the name of the printer and their telephone number printed vertically at the side of the bottom right edge. |
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| Accession number | S.34-2001 |
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| Record created | January 2, 2007 |
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