The Little Prince 演劇実験室◎天井棧敷公演「星の王子さま」ポスター
Date
1968
Credits
- Uno Akira 宇野亜喜良 3 Designer
Format
- Poster 1686
Media
- paper 1341
- silk-screen 92
Techniques
- silk-screen 24
Dimensions
102 × 72 cm
This poster designed for the first theatre performance by 演劇実験室◎天井棧敷公演 called “Hoshino Ojisama” in 1968 directed by Shuji Terayama. This theater motif by the novel “The Little Prince” by Saint-Exupéry. His theatre performed only by females. The story begins with a girl, Tenko and his father come to a hotel whose owner, “Uwabami” has aspiration on the novel, The Little Prince, by Saint-Exupéry. Uwabami observes installation with a telescope on daytime and play pretending to be the Little Prince while wearing the costume. However, as she interacts with Tenko, her imaginary world gradually collapses by confronting the reality.