Baby Austin
Playbill
1936 (designed)
1936 (designed)
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| Place of origin |
Beginning in the first half of the 19th century, playbills were predominantly printed with a letterpress. This process involved covering wood or metal letters (cut out in reverse) with ink and then clamping them into a frame. The size of the typography determined the most important information for readers: the name of the theatre, its productions and its stars.
The Kings Theatre Portsmouth was built in 1907 under the management of John Waters Boughton and under designs by architect Frank Matcham. Boughton was the head of the Portsmouth Theatres Company and had prevously engaged Matcham to rebuild the Princes Theatre on Lake Road in 1891, and to remodel the New Theatre Royal Portsmouth in 1900. Boughton paid for the initial design out his own money, confident in the success of the venture.
The Kings Theatre Portsmouth was built in 1907 under the management of John Waters Boughton and under designs by architect Frank Matcham. Boughton was the head of the Portsmouth Theatres Company and had prevously engaged Matcham to rebuild the Princes Theatre on Lake Road in 1891, and to remodel the New Theatre Royal Portsmouth in 1900. Boughton paid for the initial design out his own money, confident in the success of the venture.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Baby Austin (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Letterpress printing |
| Brief description | Playbill for Baby Austin, Kings Theatre Portsmouth, 1936 |
| Physical description | Letterpress printed playbill with red typography, produced for the Kings Theatre Portsmouth on 30th March 1936 for the play Baby Austin. The play was written by B. C. Hilliam and the cast included Mary Jerrold, Constance Carpenter, Jane Welsh, Mabel Constanduros, Robin Coles, Elizabeth Arkell and Margaret Moffatt. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by John Pearce |
| Summary | Beginning in the first half of the 19th century, playbills were predominantly printed with a letterpress. This process involved covering wood or metal letters (cut out in reverse) with ink and then clamping them into a frame. The size of the typography determined the most important information for readers: the name of the theatre, its productions and its stars. The Kings Theatre Portsmouth was built in 1907 under the management of John Waters Boughton and under designs by architect Frank Matcham. Boughton was the head of the Portsmouth Theatres Company and had prevously engaged Matcham to rebuild the Princes Theatre on Lake Road in 1891, and to remodel the New Theatre Royal Portsmouth in 1900. Boughton paid for the initial design out his own money, confident in the success of the venture. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.656-2016 |
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| Record created | October 18, 2016 |
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