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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1881

165 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 9

Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 November 1881 · page 5

LAST evening the members of the Garrick Dramatic Club of Maitland gave a representation Byron's celebrated drama "The Lancashire Lass," in honour of the visit, and…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 November 1881 · page 2

H. J. BYRON'S drama, "The Lancashire Lass," was again produced by the Maitland "Garrick" Club at the above theatre on Saturday evening last. There was a very…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 November 1881 · page 3

LAST evening the celebrated Mendelssohn Quintette Club gave their second performance at the above theatre. We regret to say that there was a miserably thin house; in fact, the…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 December 1881 · page 3

LAST night there was a much better attendance to hear the Mendelssohn Quintette Club than hitherto. This was, no doubt, owing to the belief that this was to have been the final…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 December 1881 · page 5

THE Mendelssohn Qu[?]tette Company performed last night with their usual success to a very enthusiastic and appreciative audience. The programme, in…

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Christ Church Day School Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 December 1881 · page 4

WE have much pleasure in referring our readers to an advertisement in another column, announcing that the above concert in aid of the Day School Prize Fund…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 December 1881 · page 2

LAST evening witnessed the return to Newcastle (after a triumphant sojourn in the Northern districts) of Miss E. A. Lambert's English and Comic Opera…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 December 1881 · page 2

MISS E. A. LAMBERT'S popular opera company appeared for the last time at the above theatre last evening, when Lecocq's comic opera "La Fille de Madame Angot"…

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Christ Church School Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 December 1881 · page 2

WE are requested to call attention to advertisement elsewhere, stating that the above concert has been postponed. It will now be given on Friday evening,…

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Frightful Theatre Catastrophe. Five Hundred Lives Lost. Appalling Scenes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 December 1881 · page 2

LONDON, December 9, 2.25 p.m. News of an appalling calamity at Vienna has just been received. The Rink Theatre took fire during a performance, and before the…

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Christ Church School Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 December 1881 · page 2

WE have much pleasure in reminding our readers that the above concert will take place on Friday evening next, the 16th instant, in the City Hall. The…

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Christ Church School Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 December 1881 · page 2

WE have pleasure in directing the attention of our readers to this, concert which is to be held in the City Hall on Friday evening next. Having been…

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CABLEGRAMS. The Late Disaster at the Rink Theatre, Vienna. the Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 December 1881 · page 2

LONDON, December 13.—The funeral of a portion of the unfortunate beings who lost their lives in the disaster at the Rink Theatre, Vienna, took place yesterday, and…

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Christ Church School Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 December 1881 · page 2

THE above concert will be given in the City Hall, this (Friday) evening at 8 o'clock. We were present at the final rehearsal yesterday afternoon, and can…

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I.O.G.T. Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1881 · page 4

A TEA meeting and concert in aid of the Bethel Lodge of I.O.G.T., was held in the Protestant Hall on Thursday evening last, and was a decided success. The tea was of…

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Christ Church School Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1881 · page 4

THE above entertainment at the City all came off last evening, and was an unqualified success, so far as the vocal and instrumental performances were concerned, bat from is financial point of…

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Concert and Recital

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 December 1881 · page 2

BY advertisement in another column, it will be seen that the annual concert and recital, by the Misses Cooper's music pupils, will take place in their schoolroom,…

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Academical Concert and Recital

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 December 1881 · page 3

THE annual concert and recital by the pupils of Miss E. and L. Cooper took place in the schoolroom (which was tastefully decorated with flags, evergreens, etc.), on Tuesday…

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Miss Marian Willis at the Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 December 1881 · page 4

OUR readers need no reminder that their old favourite, Miss Marian Willis, resumes her ever welcome position on the boards of the Victoria Theatre this evening, in an…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 December 1881 · page 3

THE public responded largely to the demand upon their attendance at the above theatre on Saturday and Monday last. The season commenced on Saturday night, and the…

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