Height 30 in., Width 20 in. Printed by G and B Arts, Ltd. This large original front-of-house production poster documents the world premiere Royal Shakespeare Company production of Travesties by Tom Stoppard, which opened at the Aldwych Theatre London on 10 June 1974 -- one of the landmark theatrical events of the 1970s and the premiere of a play that went on to win the 1976 Tony Award for Best Play, the Tony Award for Best Actor for John Wood as Henry Carr, and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, establishing Travesties as one of the defining works of post-war British drama. The cast listed on this poster is a remarkable document of British theatrical talent at or approaching the summit of major careers -- most notably John Hurt as Tristan Tzara, John Wood as Henry Carr, Maria Aitken as Gwendolen, Tom Bell as James Joyce, Barbara Leigh-Hunt as Nadya and Frank Windsor as Lenin -- all in the original production directed by Peter Wood with designs by Carl Toms. Travesties centres on the figure of Henry Carr, a minor British consular official in Zurich in 1917 who reminisces about his encounters with three historically momentous figures who were simultaneously residing in that neutral city -- James Joyce, who was writing Ulysses; Tristan Tzara, who was founding the Dada movement; and Vladimir Lenin, who was preparing the Russian Revolution -- a collision of modernism, nihilism and political upheaval filtered through Stoppards dazzling verbal wit and structured around Oscar Wildes The Importance of Being Earnest. The poster features a striking period Art Deco-influenced graphic design in blue, green, black and orange with stylized Twenties figures and the distinctive Aldwych Theatre RSC branding. Condition shows age wear and surface losses consistent with front-of-house display.