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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1880

314 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 16

Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 August 1880 · page 5

THE romantic melo-drama of "The Lyon's Mail" was repeated last evening with great success, Mr. Dampier personating the dual characters of Lesurques and…

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Site of the Late Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 August 1880 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—The site of the late Victoria Theatre was offered at auction to-day. £290 a foot was the highest bid, ant which price it was passed in…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 August 1880 · page 2

ON Saturday night the boards of the Victoria Theatre were again trodden to much effect by Mr. Dampier and his popular company, in a repetition of the dramatised…

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I.O.G.T. People's Concerts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 August 1880 · page 2

THE usual weekly people's concerts took place in the upper room of the Protestant Hall, on Saturday evening last; the chair being occupied (in the absence of his…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1880 · page 2

THE place enacted last night at the Victoria Theatre by Mr. Dampier's company —"The Nihilists, or Russia as it is"— was greeted, as anticipated, with a very…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 September 1880 · page 2

LAST evening the entertainments were for the benefit of the popular juvenile favourites Lily and Rose Dampier, and consisted of the farce of "Helen's Babies"…

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Improvements to the Maitland Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 September 1880 · page 2

THROUGH the spirited enterprise of the new proprietors of the Victoria Theatre, West Maitland, the building is being attractively improved, and placed in a…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 September 1880 · page 2

LAST evening the intensely interesting drama of "Valjean, Saint or Sinner," founded on Victor Hugo's remarkable novel "Les Miserables," was produced at the above…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 September 1880 · page 2

THE drama of "Vanljean, Saint or Smner" was produced last evening with every success, Mr. Dampier appearing in the title role, and the rest of the characters…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1880 · page 4

LAST evening there was one of the best houses of the season, testifying to the popularity of Mr. Dampier, the occasion being one of a complimentary benefit to…

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Victoria Theatre, Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1880 · page 2

OUR Maitland correspondent writes:— Since the above theatre fell into the hands of Messrs Mayo and Company it has undergone such a thorough and…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 September 1880 · page 2

MR. DAMPIER'S popular company closed a successful run at the Victorian Theatre on Saturday night, the piece enacted being "The Flying Dutchman, or…

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I.O.G.T. Concerts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 September 1880 · page 2

WE would direct especial attention to an advertisement notifying the first of a series of Good Templar concerts which are to take place in the Protestant Hall…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1880 · page 2

THE entertainment at the above theatre, last evening, consisted of the well-known musical terpsichorean melange, "Conrad and Lizette," followed by an amusing…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 September 1880 · page 2

THE Juvenile Troubadours, last evening, ably repeated the programme of the previous night, consisting of "Conrad and Lizette," and "Bib, Ash, and Tucker."…

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Good Templar Concerts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 September 1880 · page 3

AT the Protestant Hall, on Monday last, was inaugurated a series of popular concerts in connection with the Good Templar body working under the jurisdiction of the…

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I.O.G.T. People's Concerts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1880 · page 2

ANOTHER of these highly popular concerts took place in the Protestant Hall, on Saturday evening, to one of the largest and most attractive audiences that has been…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 September 1880 · page 2

THE Juvenile Troubadours appeared again last evening in the well-known drama of "Struck Oil," with their accustomed success. Master Parlato acting as John…

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Good Templar Concerts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 September 1880 · page 2

THE second of the series of Good Templar concerts takes place at the Protestant Hall, this (Monday) evening. In addition to other well-known amateurs, Mr…

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Good Templar Concerts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 September 1880 · page 3

THERE was another large audience at the Protestant Hall on Monday evening last, to witness the second entertainment given by the Independent Order of Good…

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