2010.54.3081

Joan Littlewood's "Oh what a lovely war" a musical entertainment
c. 1966
17.00 in HIGH x 11.00 in WIDE
(43.18 cm HIGH x 27.94 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.3081

Bottom right has "Leighton" printed in black.

Poster has a drawing in the center of a man with large bell bottoms, a clown shirt, a fuzzy head of hair and a flat soldiers helmet with star marching. He is holding a flag made of long underwear with "Oh" on it. Poster reads, "Joan Littlewood's/ Oh What a Lovely War/ A Musical Entertainment/ July 30-Aug. 21/ Tues. - Sat. 8:00/ Sun 4:00/ Napa Valley Theater Col./ Vintage 1870 - Yountville - Phone 707-944-8925." Ticket information is printed below.This was an Early theatrical production of an antiwar play about the First World War (with resonance about the then-current war in Viet Nam), Later turned into a 1969 film. [LMC]
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