Poster
1998
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Poster on gloss finish card featuring the word 'Oklahoma!' as if made out of lariat, flying high in the sky against a photographic representation of blue sky with fluffy white clouds above an American mid-west homestead with windmill. Above the image, the words 'Oh what a beautiful evening' are in yellow lettering, with the names of the newspapers who used this phrase in white lettering, as are the names of the authors, and below the image, details of the Lyceum Theatre and the National Theatre logo.
Object details
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| Brief description | Poster advertising Oklahoma! by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein 11 at the Lyceum Theatre, for a limited season from 21 January 1999. |
| Physical description | Poster on gloss finish card featuring the word 'Oklahoma!' as if made out of lariat, flying high in the sky against a photographic representation of blue sky with fluffy white clouds above an American mid-west homestead with windmill. Above the image, the words 'Oh what a beautiful evening' are in yellow lettering, with the names of the newspapers who used this phrase in white lettering, as are the names of the authors, and below the image, details of the Lyceum Theatre and the National Theatre logo. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
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| Credit line | Given by Dewynters PLC |
| Object history | Poster advertising Oklahoma! by Rogers and Hammerstein at the Lyceum Theatre, for a limited season. The date is not on the poster but it opened on 21 January 1999. The production was a National Theatre production presented by Cameron Mackintosh at the Lyceum. The musical was based on the play Green Grow The Lilacs by Lynn Riggs. |
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| Accession number | S.234-1999 |
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| Record created | October 12, 2000 |
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