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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts
10 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers
The ball given in honor of the return of this gentleman, came off on Tuesday night, at the Royal Exchange The gusts, received by members of the committee began to arrive about nine p.m. Sir Charles Nicholson, arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This Theatre opened on Thursday night with a new dramatic company from Sydney, under the management of Mr Henry Edwards. We have been so long denied the pleasure and advantage of witnessing a good play, that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A crowded house on Saturday night was a testimony that the public are not indifferent to good acting. On this occasion the boxes were filled with the chief families of the town, and a most intense interest was manifested…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new Olympie Theatre, West Maitland, took place on Thursday, at noon. The spectators present amounted to about a hundred, amongst whom were all the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Since our last notice, the entertainments have been of a varied character, but the patronage extended to the actors has not been very liberal. On Wednesday the "Serious Family" was performed. The Mrs Ormsby…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The opening of this elegant and commodious theatre, on Monday, the 1st of August, was quite an event in the history of Maitland, an event which cannot fail to be pleasing to all those who like to see people derive one of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is not easy to conceive how Buckstone's drama of the "Green Bushes," played on Saturday at the Olympic, achieved such an immense popularity in London. The plot in itself is improbable, and decidedly romantic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The members of the Maitland Philharmonic Institute gave their first concert this season, on Monday evening last, at the School of Arts, and, taking into consideration the attractions elsewhere, and the very short…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An excellent bill out on Wednesday—three pieces—the Housekeeper, Rough Diamond, and Mr and Mrs White. The first-named is one of Douglas Jerrold's comedies, and is replete with humour, wit, and satire. What can…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Since our notice in our issue of Saturday, of Professor Bushell's scientific entertainments the apathy of the public has been awakened and its patronage liberally accorded to these intellectual recreations if full boxes…
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