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Worth a Thousand Words
Worth A Thousand
Words:
International Theatre Poster Design
Gallery Stratford
Theatre poster fans, of which there are many, and I am one, have
been treated to a feast of visual delights representing the art of poster
design from around
the world as exhibited at Gallery Stratford in Ontario this summer.
Now, to accompany the excellent show comes a catalogue in large 9x12 format
which reflects, in full
colour, the breadth and richness of international poster design.It
covers the juried section of the exhibit as well as tributes to the great
design from Poland and the inspired work of Japan's Ikko Tanaka, Canada's
Theo Dimson, America's Milton
Glaser as well as the acclaimed work of exhibition curator Scott McKowen.
Included as homage to the Stratford Festival in its Fiftieth Season is an
overview of posters from
thirty-one seasons of the famed Shakespearean festival. Theatre poster
exhibitions are few and far between and of this calibre are rare indeed. This
catalogue is a
"crowning achievement". Bravo Scott McKowen and Gallery Stratford!
$25.95.
Poster Images
Click on the image for a larger version. Please note larger versions will
take several seconds to download, particularly with slower connections.
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Poster for a 2001 production of The Three Sisters by Anton Chekov, Theatre Cocoon,
Bunkamura Theatre, Tokyo, Japan. |
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Poster by Istvan Orosz for a 1999 production of Lear Kiraly (King Lear),
Petrofi Theatre, Veszprem, Hungary. |
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Poster by Dimitri Popovic for a 1998 production of Kralj Lear (King Lear),
the National Theatre, Zagreb, Croatia. |
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Poster by Jerzy Czerniawski for a 1981 production of König Lear (King
Lear), Städtische Bühnen, Osnabrück, Germany. |
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Poster by Scott McKowen for the Roundabout Theatre Company, New York, USA. |
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Poster by Ikko Tanaka for Buddha: A Musical by Makoto Sato based on the comic
book by Osamu Tazuka, 1998, for the New National Theatre, Tokyo. |
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Poster by Ikko Tanaka for Pacific Overtures by Stephen Sondheim, 2000, for
the New National Theatre, Tokyo. |
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Poster by Ikko Tanaka for The Ghost is Here by by Kobo Abe, 1998, for the
New National Theatre, Tokyo. |
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Poster by Ikko Tanaka for Shin Jigokuhen (The Picture of Hell) by Tatsuo
Kaneshita based on a novel by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, 2000, for the New National Theatre,
Tokyo. |
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