The shape of the new governments of Eastern Europe was largely decided through negotiations around tables. The Polish and Czechoslovak round-tables were rectangles, the East German tables often squares. The Hungarian opposition was itself a round table, so when it met with government and other civic institutions it did so triangularly. The famous, seven month dispute over the configuration of the delegations at the Vietnam peace conference in Paris was finally resolved by two large semi-circular tables separated by a kind of trench.

This is a print of the National Theatre 1990 production poster for The Shape of the Table. The bookshop has collaborated with the team to bring you an exclusive collection of custom prints taken from original National Theatre artworks.

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Please note all prints on paper have a white border, surrounding the image. Our prints are printed on demand and are therefore ineligible for refunds. As each print is hand made to order, there may be slight variations in size.