Czech Theatre Poster – Alois Jirásek's Lucerna (The Lantern), 1917

Na všeobecnou žádost – Lucernu [By Popular Demand – The Lantern]. Jilemnice: A. & O. Baumgartner, 1917. A4 (approx. 30 × 21 cm). Original letterpress poster printed in black on multicoloured paper. Good condition, with small tears to borders, small hole to top border. An original Czech theatrical poster announcing a performance of Alois Jirásek's four-act play Lucerna (The Lantern) on 19 August 1917 at the U Grosmanů inn in Branná, near Vrchlabí. The performance was organized by the amateur dramatic society of the local branch of Národní jednota severočeská (North Bohemian National Union) in Vrchlabí.

An example of Czech provincial theatrical ephemera from the final years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, documenting Czech-language cultural activity in the ethnically mixed border region of northern Bohemia during the First World War.

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