eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 5c0110 FORTY THIEVES linen 19x29 English stage poster c1900-1910 cool full-length art of female lead! Date Sold 9/28/2023Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Linenbacked English Stage Play Poster (measures 19" x 29 1/4" [48 x 74 cm]) (Learn More) The Forty Thieves, the 1900s English stage play production. Note that this poster features cool artwork of an Arabian female (possibly a female Ali Baba?), and is similar to 1930s English stage play posters we have sold which are also based on classic tales. Those posters were used for local Christmas pantomimes (that were very professional productions) that were held all over England for many years. In those pantomimes, it was common for women to play boys' roles, and for men to play the roles of unlikable women (like witches and mean old ladies!). Therefore, it seems quite possible that this poster is from a much earlier pantomime, but also with a woman playing the lead role. If anyone knows more about this play or this poster, please e-mail us and we will post it here. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. The poster had tears and tiny paper loss on the fold across the middle and it has paper loss in the top left corner extending into the background with some other tears around the edges and a 10" tear in the left of the top border going down into the image. Someone backed the poster on to a thin linen and performed amateur restoration, but it is clearly noticeable. Learn More about condition grades
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