The Game of Scandal, 1987
Scope and Contents
A Spitting Image board game, The Game of Scandal, manufactured by Parker, under licence from Spitting Image Productions Limited (SI/443). The game features photographic images of Spitting Image puppets on the lid and on the gaming cards, which have been taken by John Lawrence Jones. There are seven game pieces that have been modelled by the Spitting Image Workshop, which represent various politicians and other figures, including: Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Neil Kinnock and David Owen.
Dates
- Creation: 1987
Creator
- Jones, John Lawrence, b 1951 (Photographer) (Person)
- Parker Brothers (Toy and Game Manufacturing Company) (1883-1998) (United States of America) (Organization)
- Spitting Image Productions Limited (TV/Film Production Company) (1981-) (United Kingdom) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright - held by Roger Law.
Extent
1 archive box(es) : Paper; plastic
Language of Materials
English
Separated Materials
The Photographic Material series holds related items. There are also chess piece in entry MS Add.10275/3/8/4/1, which are connected to the development of this product.
General
A second example of this board game has been weeded out of the archive.
Subject
- Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich, 1931-2022 (President of the Soviet Union) (Person)
- Kinnock, Neil Gordon, 1942 (Baron Kinnock of Bedwellty, Labour politician) (Person)
- Owen, David Anthony Llewellyn, 1938 (Baron Owen, statesman) (Person)
- Reagan, Ronald Wilson, 1911-2004 (President of the United States of America) (Person)
- Thatcher, Margaret Hilda, 1925 - 2013 (née Roberts, Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, Prime Minister) (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository
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