Posters(1616)
This gallery provides an overview of all posters from the Sceneweb archive. It includes posters from the 1830s until now.
Posters have for many centuries been an important part of the marketing of theatre and dance productions. The oldest posters in the Sceneweb archive are from the 1830s and look similar to wall newspapers without illustrations. They include information about the production in question, who is involved, and where and when it is performed. One example of this type of poster is the poster for Christiania Theater's production The Campbells from 1838.
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In other eras, posters have been created as artworks in their own right, such as the poster by Alexey Zaitzow for Hamlet at Det Nye Teater (literally: The New Theatre) in 1928 and Guy Krohg's poster for Studioteatret's The Threepenny Opera in 1947. Some posters are also characterised by their design, and in recent years, posters with photos of the performers have grown in popularity.