Steptoe & Son World Premiere Tour
c1977. Colour lithograph with process screen, 86.7 x 60.4cm. Repaired minor tears and creases. Linen-backed. Text includes “Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett.” From 1962 to 1974, British TV series Steptoe and Son “drew audiences of 20 million and more. Brambell, who was the wily, dirty-minded, jealous old rag-and-bone man, and Corbett, who played the unmarried, hapless son trapped by his own forlorn dreams, were among the best-known stars on TV.” In 1977, Harry H. Corbett’s tour promoter Kevin O’Neill “reminded him about the great time he had whilst touring Australia in 1972. Harry contacted Wilfrid Brambell to see if he was agreeable to the idea of a Steptoe and Son stage show, he agreed…The show opened in Australia in September 1977 and was directed by Harry H. Corbett. There would be three tours of the show, the first in Australia, then to New Zealand and then back home…Whilst in Australia they made two commercials for Ajax [cleaning product].” Ref: The Guardian, 18.3.2012; Britishclassiccomedy.co.uk.
Item #CL200-107
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