I decided to better fill my knowledge about Victorian Entertainments, I would look online at posters and adverts for shows and events during the Victorian era. I wanted to see the styles that were used, specifically looking at fonts, layouts, and content.
Here are some examples:
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| The Infamous Lagfest Poster Source: usarmycorpsofengineers.com [Accessed 17.03.17] |
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| Theatre Royal, Newcastle. The Band of the 37th Regt Source: amdigital.co.uk [Accessed 17.03.17] |
These posters gave me ideas about exactly what I was looking for (fonts...etc). It also showed me how so much information was shown on each page. People in these times would be in much less of a rush compared to nowadays, therefore they could stop and read every piece of information that these posters would show. Compare this to present day and a lot has changed. People are so busy that only important information is given such as the title and a brief explanation, and possibly some information about costs and location.
Another reason that there is so much information on these posters, is that printing costs were much higher. Producers would want as much value for money as possible, so would print every necessary piece of information that they could fit on the poster.
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