1. It is forbidden for any person, company, corporation, partnership, society, club or association of persons whatsoever, to publish, exhibit, distribute, or cause to be published, exhibited or distributed, any advertisement, newspaper notice, poster, prospectus, circular or programme referring to the performance, in whole or in part, of any work or of various works, literary, dramatic, lyric or musical, without stating therein, accurately and completely, the name of such person, company, corporation, partnership, club or association, and the title and the author of such work or works.