Shear Madness Poster: Museum Object and Cultural History
Shear Madness Poster: date made: 1996. Object Name: poster. Physical Description: paper (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
Poster advertising the Kennedy Center play Shear Madness. The poster is autographed by the cast members. Shear Madness is an interactive comedy whodunit, and, with over 13,200 performances at the Kennedy Center, it is the second longest-running play in the history of American Theater. The sister production of Shear Madness in Boston is the first.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1996
- Object Name: poster
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 56 cm x 35.8 cm; 22 1/16 in x 14 3/32 in
- Subject: Theater
- Subject: Comedy
- ID Number: 1998.0196.01
- accession number: 1998.0196
- catalog number: 1998.0196.01
- Credit Line: Shear Madness Company (through Jetaun Dobbt)
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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