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Poster

1986-1987
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Poster printed in black, grey and magenta, featuring a cartoon of a middle-aged couple, shown on the right side of the poster, with a dog on the left, his leash held by the woman, stretched across the poster. White lettering, at the top of the poster gives the name of the company against a black background. The title of the production is in magenta in the centre of the poster, which also features the dog's paw-prints. The words 'An ICA Production. Institute of Contemporary Arts The Mall London SW1' are in the lower left. The logos of Beck's Beer; the Scottish Arts Council; the Greater London Arts and Northwest Arts are in the bottom right corner.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
printed paper
Brief description
Poster advertising Please Please Please, a Théatre de Complicité production, 1986, which was at the ICA 9 December 1986-10 January 1987, and at the Almeida Theatre 19-23 December 1988.
Physical description
Poster printed in black, grey and magenta, featuring a cartoon of a middle-aged couple, shown on the right side of the poster, with a dog on the left, his leash held by the woman, stretched across the poster. White lettering, at the top of the poster gives the name of the company against a black background. The title of the production is in magenta in the centre of the poster, which also features the dog's paw-prints. The words 'An ICA Production. Institute of Contemporary Arts The Mall London SW1' are in the lower left. The logos of Beck's Beer; the Scottish Arts Council; the Greater London Arts and Northwest Arts are in the bottom right corner.
Dimensions
  • Height: 42.2cm
  • Width: 59.4cm
Production typeMass produced
Credit line
Given by Theatre de Complicite
Object history
Poster advertising Please Please Please, a Théatre de Complicité production with the Institute of Contemporary Arts, which was originally produced at the Queen Mother Theatre, Hitchin,, 24-25 October 1986 before a run at the ICA from 9 Dec 1986-10 January 1987. From 19-13 December 1988 the company brought it to the Almeida Theatre.
Association
Bibliographic reference
'Please Please Please (1986) in which unspeakable things were done with food and an eiderdown by a birdlike old couple at Christmas, began, says McBurney, as 'a show about love, then sex, then the family, then hate' 'Please' had the lot.' From 'Collusion Between Celebrants' - an article by Michael Ratcliffe from the Oxford Playhouse 1992 programme for Theatre de Complicite's production of The Winter's Tale
Collection
Accession number
S.731-2000

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Record createdJuly 21, 2000
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