Poster advertising Out of a House Walked a Man, 'musical scenes from the writings by Daniil Kharms', devised by Theatre de Complicite from an adaptation by Jozef Houben, Simon McBurney and Mark Wheatley, with an original score composed by Gerard McBurney, Royal National Theatre, Lyttleton Theatre, 1 December 1994,

Poster printed in red and orange, featuring a full-length cartoon-like self-portrait by Daniil Kharms showing him walking left to right, a pipe in his mouth. Lettering, parallel with the left hand edge and right hand edge, gives the title of the production. The names of the cast members and the production team feature as a list, and the poster has the National Theatre logo top right, with the name of the Company.

Given by Complicite

Poster produced to advertise the first production of Out of a House Walked a Man, Lyttleton Theatre, 1 December 1994, a Royal National Theatre and Théatre de Complicité co-production. The production is described as 'Musical scenes from the writings of Daniil Kharms, devised by Théatre de Complicité from an adaptation by Jozef Houben, Simon McBurney and Mark Wheatley, with an original score composed by Gerard McBurney. Directed by Simon McBurney; designed by Tim Hatley; lighting by Paule Constable; sound by Christopher Shutt. The Company comprised Sophie Grimmer, Paul Hamilton, Jozef Houben, Kathryn Hunter, Toby Jones, Lore Lixenberg, Myra McFadyen, Marcello Magni, Charlotte Medcalf, Toby Sedgwick, Brian Shelley and Eric Woodall, with the musicians Mark Coldrick, Alex Maguire, Robert Price, Dave Richmond, Kevin Street, Ian Stuart, Christopher Tombling and David Ward. The poster was designed by Michael Mayhew.

Historical significance: The production is based on the writing of the Russian writer Daniil Kharms (Daniil Ivanovich Yuvachov) (1905-1942), whose work Gerard McBurney wanted to link with the music of Shostakovich.

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