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Opera House [New Plymouth] :The Great Levante and his magical extravaganza "How's tricks". Opera House June 4th, 5th. Direct from Kingsway Theatre, London, Theatre Royal, Sydney, King's Theatre, Melbourne / A E Claxton. Central Printing Co. (Chas Sowdon) Ltd, Burnley [1941].
- Date
- 1941
- By
- Claxton, A E, active 1941; Central Printing Company
- Reference
- Eph-C-CABOT-Magic-1941-01
- Description
Shows Levante's face at the top left, in the midst of fumes coming from a smoking brew at lower right, held in a bowl by a demon. The main text is in a diagonal band across the middle.
Programme for Wellington Opera House season of this show is at: Eph-A-VARIETY-1941.
Location in pencil on verso.
The words "Direct from Kingsway Theatre, London, Theatre Royal, Sydney, King's Theatre Melbourne" have been added as a strip of paper stuck on. The Central Printing Company was in Burnley, a suburb of Melbourne. The poster was probably used in Australia as well.
Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - New Plymouth / June 4 5th / Opera House
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Photolithograph, 380 x 253 mm.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Colour transparency available in Ephemera Room.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976] / Various artists :[Posters concerning magic and magicians, collected by Charles Cabot. 1918-70].
- Format
- 1 colour art print(s), Ephemera, Photolithographs, Advertisements, Posters, Conjectural works, Photolithograph, 380 x 253 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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Claxton, A E, active 1941. Opera House [New Plymouth] :The Great Levante and his magical extravaganza "How's tricks". Opera House June 4th, 5th. Direct from Kingsway Theatre, London, Theatre Royal, Sydney, King's Theatre, Melbourne / A E Claxton. Central Printing Co. (Chas Sowdon) Ltd, Burnley [1941].. Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976]. Ref: Eph-C-CABOT-Magic-1941-01. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22828354More information can be found in our terms of use.