Oh What a Lovely War

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Artist/Maker	Theatre Royal Stratford East (makers)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Scroll, inscribed with the text of a proclamation, used in the musical entertainment Oh What a Lovely War, written by Charles Chilton and members of the cast from memoirs and personal recollections of World War I. The play was performed by the Theatre Workshop at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, in 1963 and then taken on tour. The production was directed by Joan Littlewood.

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Categories	Entertainment & Leisure Theatre
Object type	Stage property
Title	Oh What a Lovely War (generic title)
Brief description	Scroll used in Charles Chilton's musical Oh What a Lovely War, Theatre Royal, Stratford, 1963 and tour
Physical description	Fabric scroll on two dowling rods, with red ribbon attached to the right hand side of the lower rod, the scroll inscribed with German text. The whole text written in faint blue ink capital letters, with the final sentences overwritten in heavy blue ink. The text is in the form of a proclamation issued by Reichskanzler Bethman Hollweg..
Credit line	Given by Michael Barker
Association	Littlewood, Joan Maud
Literary reference	Oh What A Lovely War
Summary	Scroll, inscribed with the text of a proclamation, used in the musical entertainment Oh What a Lovely War, written by Charles Chilton and members of the cast from memoirs and personal recollections of World War I. The play was performed by the Theatre Workshop at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, in 1963 and then taken on tour. The production was directed by Joan Littlewood.
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.311-1989

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Record created	October 1, 2019
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1512967/oh-what-a-lovely-war-stage-property-theatre-royal-stratford/

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