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Auction History Result 3k0135 ROBINSON CRUSOE linen stage play English 3sh 1930s sexy c/u of female hero by Friday & ship! Date Sold 2/20/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Linenbacked English English Three-Sheet (called a 6sh in England) Stage Play Poster (3sh; measures 39 3/4" x 74 1/2" [101 x 189 cm]) (Learn More) Robinson Crusoe, the circa 1930s English stage play production. There are two three-sheet posters (plus a double crown) for this (we assume they are all from the same production, although they have very different artwork; one features cool artwork of a very sexy female with a hunting rifle, and the other shows a female with a colorful bird, and both posters also feature stereotypical artwork of the island native Friday. Note that our consignor wants to make it very clear that he in no way condones artwork of this sort, and recognizes that it was done back at the time when this poster was produced, but certainly, we all hope we will never see this type of stereotype artwork again)! A collector from England tells us he believes that this poster (and the other English stage play posters from other classic fairy tales) were used for local Christmas pantomimes (that were very professional productions) that were held all over England for many years. Most of the posters were produced by Taylors of Wombwell from 1929 to the late 1930s (but it seems likely that the posters we are auctioning date from the late 1930s). It was quite common in those pantomimes for women to play boys' roles, and for men to play the roles of unlikeable women (like witches and mean old ladies!). 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. Important Added Info: Note that this English three-sheet has been trimmed and it now measures 39 3/4" x 72 1/4" [101 x 184 cm]. It originally measured 40" x 85", but the top of the image had a large blank blue background, and apparently someone wanted to make the poster smaller, so they carefully trimmed the top 12" or so of the blue background, and then put back the top blank border to the new top. So the top blue background of the image is missing, but of course, many people would never know that, and the poster actually looks better without it, and it absolutely can be displayed and enjoyed as it is. But please bear in mind this missing 12" before placing a bid. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: fair to good. Someone trimmed off 12" from the top of the image and then put back the blank border (see above). Otherwise, the poster had pretty minor fold and border wear. It was backed well, but bear in mind the trimming before bidding on this poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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