http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/services/Feed ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:3050 This melodrama by William Bourne, subtitled The Great Strike, was first performed in Hanley, Staffordshire, in 1890. It was subsequently seen at the Pavilion, Whitechapel. Hanley was one of the pottery five towns, and the play was one of many nineteenth century melodramas dealing with questions of labour, management, and factory conditions. A set that showed action in several rooms simultaneously was common by 1890. 2010-04-27T06:13:16.065Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:3037 The invention of lithography made possible printing in several brilliant colours and led to the foundation of many large poster-printing firms and the golden age of the British theatrical poster from the 1880s to the First War. The pictorial poster was much more striking for public display than the typographical poster, and outdoor advertising - the posters came in several sizes - became much more important. The poster for My Jack is like most theatrical posters of its kind in that it is for a touring company. The play by Landeck, a nautical melodrama which still survived as part of the Surrey theatre's repertoire was first performed there on September 9, 1889. 2010-04-27T06:13:05.021Z ]]>