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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1876

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Theatre Royal, Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 May 1876 · page 2

MR. LAZAR, lessee of the Theatre Royal, has, it is reported, acting on the best legal advice, commenced an action for libel against the proprietors of the…

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Cricket Match. Victoria Theatre v. Half-holiday Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 May 1876 · page 2

THIS match came off yesterday on the Club ground. The Victoria Theatre were captained by Mr. B. N. Jones, and the Half-holiday Association by Mr. Clarence…

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The Late Panic in a Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1876 · page 7

THE American papers received in Cork on Monday, contain an account of the alarming panic, already reported by telegraph, that occurred in a theatre in…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 May 1876 · page 3

The friends of the drama have long desired an opportunity of witnessing the productions of Shakespeare placed upon the stage in a really…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1876 · page 3

LAST night witnessed the first production of a series of dramatic representations at the above house. We regret to have occasion to observe that, with the exception of a few of the more…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1876 · page 3

LAST evening, (Friday), Lord Lytton's justly celebrated play of the "Lady of Lyons" was placed upon the boards of the Vic., with a splendid caste, mechanical effects, and…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1876 · page 3

THE attendance at the Theatre was greater last night than on several of the preceding ones, the lower part of the Theatre being well filled, and a fair number being present in the…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 May 1876 · page 3
Also in The Newcastle Chronicle

Sheridan's brilliant comedy—"The School for Scandal," when announced to be played by a company adequate to the representation and in a theatre equal to its production…

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The Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 May 1876 · page 2

In the evening a grand concert was held in the building. A great number of persons were unable to obtain admission, and the entertainment was in every respect an unqualified…

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Victoria Theatre. "Leah, the Forsaken."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1876 · page 3

THIS is one of the most interesting dramatic pieces ever put upon the stage, and was splendidly played, to a good house, at the Victoria Theatre, last night…

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Victoria Theatre. the Woman in Red

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 May 1876 · page 2

ON Saturday was produced the sensational drama "The Woman in Red." Miss Adelaide Bowring, in the title role, fairly surpassed any of her previous efforts, if we…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1876 · page 3

LAST evening an excellent audience attended to witness the admired play of "The Stranger." The plot of this attractive pi[?]re is well known to most of our readers. The…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1876 · page 3

THE comedy "Leap Year" was produced last night to a fair house. This is without doubt one of the most amusing comedies presented before an audience, and at…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 June 1876 · page 2

ON Saturday night the melodrama of "Susan Hopley" was played to a fair audience in the lower part of the house, the dress Circle, however, being but poorly…

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Poor Tom's Theatre of Arts. Scene: a green room in modern times

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 6 June 1876 · page 4

LADIES and gentlemen, (I beg pardon) low and immoral people seated, some busily studying, quietly conversing on rational and scusible subjects, such as refined and educated people…

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Victoria Theatre. Aurora Floyd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 June 1876 · page 2

LAST evening a very large audlence was in attendance at the Victoria Theatre, on the occasion of a complimentary benefit being rendered to that most popular of all stage…

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Letters to the Editor. (We do not hold ourselves responsible for opinions expressed by our Correspondents.) Victoria Theatre. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 10 June 1876 · page 3

SIR—It appears that notwithstanding the number of eloquent defenders of the drama and dramatic performers in the Press and School of Arts Debating Club, yet the present season of…

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Wallsend Band of Hope

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 June 1876 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of this society was held in the Primitive Methodist Church on Monday evening. There was, as usual, a…

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Victoria Theatre, Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 June 1876 · page 2

Our readers with dramatic taste will be glad to hear that the company lately playing at the Victoria Theatre, Newcastle, have mot with a warm reception at Maitland. The theatre…

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