Two gay men leaving a theatre after a play; advertising Swallow raincoats. Process print, 195-.

Date:
[between 1950 and 1959?]
Reference:
2059393i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Two gay men leaving a theatre after a play; advertising Swallow raincoats. Process print, 195-. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Publication/Creation

[London?] : [Swallow Raincoats], [between 1950 and 1959?]

Physical description

1 print : process print ; 13.9 x 8.8 cm

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Lettering

Theatre. Fred Bason the famous London author says: Swallow raincoats never get "the bird"

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "An unstated but unmistakeable depiction of two London 'Theatre queens' ".
To "get the bird" was theatre slang meaning for an actor to be booed or hissed (OED).

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Wellcome Collection 2059393i

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  • Romantic fantasy and comic postcards

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