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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1883

72 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 4

Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 January 1883 · page 3

ON Saturday evening Do La Vigne's great historical play of "Louis XI" was produced for the first time in Newcastle, the title role being sustained by Mr. W. E…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1883 · page 3

LAST evening witnessed the performance at the above theatre of a play which has very rarely, if ever, been presented to a Newcastle audience. It we that beautiful…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1883 · page 2

LAST evening, by particular desire, Louis XI was reproduced at the above popular place of amusement, to an excellent house, the part of the infamous French King…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1883 · page 3

SHAKESPEARE'S grand tragedy of "Othello" was produced last evening, to an excellent house, the Moor of Venice being personated by Mr. W. E. Sheridan, and the gentle…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 January 1883 · page 2

" OTHELLO," one of Shakespeare's grandest tragedies, was repeated at the above theatre last evening to a fashionable audience. Mr. Sheridan was equally as successful as…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1883 · page 5

LAST evening the old English play, by Massinger, of "A New Way to Pay Old Debts," was produced to a full house. In fact we have rarely seen the auditorium so…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1883 · page 4

LA FILLE DE MADAME ANGOT was produced at the Victoria Theatre last night by South's Opera Company to a fair house. The caste throughout was well placed and…

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The Lambton Band at Armidale Railway Opening. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1883 · page 8

SIR,—The editor of the Armidale Chronical has thought fit to insert an article in his paper which is calculated, unless contradicted, to do the Lambton Band an…

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Stockton Public School Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1883 · page 4

ON Thursday evening last a very successful vocal and musical entertainment was given in the old schoolroom, Stockton, in aid of the prize fund of the Stockton…

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Concert at Wickham

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1883 · page 3

ON Friday evening last, at the Wickham School of Arts, the members of the Wickham Choral Society gave one of their excellent entertainments in aid of Mr. Jno…

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Wickham Superior Public School Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1883 · page 2

ON Tuesday evening last, a very pleasing and successful entertainment was given at the Wickham School of Arts, in aid of the prize fund. Long before the commencement…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 March 1883 · page 2

Long before the hour of opening, a large, crowd spread itself across the road in front of the theatre, waiting for admission. The attraction was the opera of "Patience" by…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 March 1883 · page 2

The second production of the opera "Patience, or Bunthorne's Bride" last evening was highly successful. It was not to be expected that the house would be so full as…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1883 · page 5

THE well-billed condition of the city and suburbs will have left us no occasion to remind our readers that the great farcical comedy of "The Strategist," by the…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1883 · page 3

LAST evening a crowded and fashionable audience welcomed the Montague-Turner Opera Company on their fourth visit to Newcastle. The dress circle presented a…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1883 · page 3

IN spite of the inclement weather last evening, there was an excellent house to witness Balfe's favourite opera "Rose of Castile," which had been substituted for the…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 April 1883 · page 3

ONE of the most fashionable audiences that has yet graced the dress circle of the above theatre was present last evening, to witness the first representation of "Norma" in…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 April 1883 · page 2

LAST evening Balfe's ever-popular romantic opera "The Bohemian Girl" was most effectively produced at the above theatre to the largest house this season. This…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1883 · page 5

LONG before the performance commenced last evening, the above popular place of amusement was crowded to witness the representation of Gounod's grand opera of…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 April 1883 · page 3

ON Saturday evening there was another excellent house to witness the performance of "Maritana" by the Montague Turner Company. Although this opera has been…

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