2010.54.5169

Happy Birthday Brecht
1998
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.
2010.54.5169

Lower left corner has a Theater Artaud logo. Bottom edge center has: "graphic design Lincoln Cushing 1998 www.zpub.com/cpp". Lower right corner has an Allied Printing union label with a small recylced logo and: "147 / Inkworks".

The top of the poster has a black and white photograph of Bertolt Brecht, shown from the shoulders up he is holding a cigar his right hand while lifting both hands to his glasses. The top edge of the poster has text in black: "Happy Birthday". Below the photograph is a black band with text in white: "Brecht". The bottom of the poster has the text: " '...gripping and dramatic, a striking example of theater of ideas.' -Marilyn Mantay, Davis (CA) Enterprise / Vividly theatrical piece of music theater with a political bite-exceprts from Brecht's plays, letters, diaries, HUAC appearance, and songs - / Music by Kurt Weill, Hans Eisler, and Bertolt Brecht. / Presented by Trevis & Co., Directed by Di Trevis. Commemorating the 100th anniversary of Brecht's birth. / A benefit for Send a Piana to Havana, a Global Exchange project which sends pianos to schools and children in Cuba. / Theater Artaud, 450 Florida St., San Francisco, / Tuesday, November 3 7:30 pm $8.00; Thursday , November 5 - Saturday, November 7 8:00pm $15.00/$10.00; Saturday, November 8, 5:00 pm $15.00/$10.00 / Tickets are available at Theater Artaud box office 415-621-7797, TIX on Union Square, and through BASS 510-672-BASS.".
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