PBS Mystery Poster RUMPOLE OF THE BAILEY / c.1981 Chwast / Rating: VG to Fine!

Description

PBS  Mystery  Theater  Presents
"Rumpole Of The Bailey"
by John Mortimer
Of all the late John Mortimer's achievements - which include defending the editors of Oz and the Sex Pistols in court, his autobiographical play A Voyage Round My Father, and the glorious practice of drinking a glass of champagne before breakfast - undoubtedly the greatest was creating Horace Rumpole. From the name that Dickens could not have bettered to the suite of tics that defined him, Rumpole was a classic character. He was the sort of barrister that those actually called to the bar would like to be: independent, unpompous (barristers were merely "hacks"), ready to interpose themselves between a powerful state and a fundamentally harmless criminal defendant, and a superb performer both in court and in the Fleet Street wine bar Pommeroy's. But what viewers loved about Rumpole of the Bailey was his quirks. He liked the not-so-fine things in life: stinky cheroots and cheap claret (which Rumpole called Chateau Thames Embankment). He was literary too, in a dog-eared fashion, quoting Wordsworth at all times and at great length. And then there was the pretend deference to his wife Hilda, or "She who must be obeyed". Mortimer endowed all this rich material to his character; but it was the actor Leo McKern who gave Rumpole all his plump, bulbous-nosed glory in a series that began in 1978 and ran until 1992.
This
Seymour Chwast
poster is nearly impossible to find
today. Very few ever make it to auction. Most
are found in galleries or private collections.
This particular PBS Mystery Theater
Poster is quite rare.
the
SKINNY
Item: PBS Mobil Mystery Theater Poster
“
Rumpole Of The Bailey
”
Artist: Seymour Chwast
Size: 30" x 46" / 76 cm x 117 cm
Issue Date: 1981
PBS Host: Gene Shalit
Featuring: Leo McKern
Availability: Quite Rare /
Not
Commercially Available
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Condition:
1st Quality
/ VG to Fine
save for slight edgewear normal for vintage posters of this era
This vintage PBS poster is an
ORIGINAL FIRST PRINTING
issued
in 1981. It is
NOT
a reprint or a reproduction. Mobil offered
these posters to PBS television stations during the run of
the series and were not commercially available.
Stored in a
Smoke-FREE, Pet-FREE
environment
Photos are of the
ACTUAL
Poster
Unless otherwise noted, all white spots on photos are
reflections from camera flash and overhead lighting.
A perfect gift for the
"
Mystery
"
lover in your
life, even if it happens to be you!
Note: This poster was never folded. An unfolded
poster is far more difficult to find than a folded
poster of the same title, and finding unfolded
vintage
posters in VG to Fine condition
is nearly impossible!
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protective tube.  It should be backed and
framed by a professional. Backing and
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