Darkness at Noon handbill, Civic Theatre, Inc. (English-language handbill distributed in Manila)
A black-and-white English-language handbill for a stage production of 'Darkness at Noon' by Arthur Koestler, dramatized by Sidney Kingsley, presented by Civic Theatre, Inc. Two cast portraits sit left of a silhouette of a figure gripping prison bars, with window light across a floor. A panel gives the venue, dates and ticket prices. The tell is transfer: the title's and prison image's associations are attached to a theatre evening; the sheet itself is an advertisement.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- March 4, 1953
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Media and information, Security and surveillance
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, , retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, March 4, 1953. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 5729935, 306-PPA-35).
Text on the object
CIVIC THEATRE, INC. presents DARKNESS AT NOON by ARTHUR KOESTLER dramatized by SIDNEY KINGSLEY with ERLINDA CORTES * F. (KOKO) TRINIDAD VIC SILAYAN WILLIAM YVANOVICH Produced by FIDEL SICAM LITTLE THEATRE, CATHOLIC PAVILION - INTERNATIONAL FAIR MARCH 24 thru 29, 1953 - 8:00 p.m. * P.60 - P1.60 - P2.60 Tickets on sale at: Rm. 500 Samanillo Bldg., Botica Boie, Manila Hotel
