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The Blue Comet

Photograph
1927 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Lenare (photographers)
Place of origin
London (photographed)

Photograph of cast and set from a production of The Blue Comet, written by Eden Phillpotts, by Lenare, Court Theatre, 1927.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Photographs
Theatre
Object type
Photograph
TitleThe Blue Comet (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Photographic print
Photographic Paper
Photographic Gelatin
Photography
Gelatin Silver Process
Brief description
Photograph of cast and set from a production of The Blue Comet, written by Eden Phillpotts, by Lenare, Court Theatre, 1927
Physical description
Photograph of cast and set from a production of The Blue Comet, written by Eden Phillpotts, by Lenare, Court Theatre, 1927.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35cm
  • Width: 26.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Lenare' (Printed underneath the photograph with a lion to the left.)
  • 'The Property of The Hilda Bayley Agency' (Typewritten label affixed to the reverse.)
  • 'Blue Comet / Court Theatre, 1927 / Paul Cavanagh as Christopher Beadle / Dorothy Black as Elizabeth Beadle' (Written in different coloured inks on the reverse.)
  • '"Photograph by Lenare," / 28, George Street, / Hanover Square, W.1. / Telephone Mayfair 5889' (Stamped on the reverse.)
Credit line
Given by the British Theatre Museum Association
Object history
Given to the British Theatre Museum Association by Dorothy Black, September 1968.
Place depicted
Royal Court Theatre, London
Summary
Photograph of cast and set from a production of The Blue Comet, written by Eden Phillpotts, by Lenare, Court Theatre, 1927.
Other number
1968/A/85 - BTMA accession number
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.1730-2015

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Record createdAugust 19, 2015
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1319503/the-blue-comet-photograph-lenare/
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