Victoria Theatre
A CROWDED house last night again testifled to the popularity of the Stanley troupe in "Jack Giant killer," This charming pantoinine was received with tremendous applause from beginning to end,…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1884
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Newcastle Rowing Club Ball
IT will be seen by an advertisement in our columns that the Newcastle Rowing Club plain and fancy dress ball takes place on Thursday evening next, the 26th instant. We would remind all those who have…
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ANOTHER crowded audience assembled at the above theatre last evening to witness Mr. Grattan Riggs as the "Irish Detective," and the performance was even better than…
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LAST evening the house was again crowded from floor to ceiling to witness Boucicault's celebrated drama of "The Shaughraun," It is not too much to say that this popular piece has never before been…
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THE above, which is par excellence the ball of the season, takes place at the Protestant Hall, and the stewards, secretary, and others have spared no pains to make it…
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DION BOUCICAULT'S celebrated drama, "The Shaughraun," was performed for the second and last time to another crowded house at the above theatre last evening by the…
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THE annual ball in connection with the Newcastle Rowing Club was held at the Protestant Hall on Thursday night. There were about 140 guests present, and the dancing was kept up till 4 o'clock…
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A SMALL panic occurred in the Theatre Royal, Brisbane on Monday night between the first and second acts of opera. Some person left a gas jet turned on underneath…
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A VERY large audience assembled vat the Victoria Theatre last night to witness Mr. Grattan Higgs in "Shin Fano" The piece is familiar to Newcastle playgoers, Mr. Higgs having performed it on his last…
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GRATTAN RIGGS and his dramatic company again appeared in "Shin Faue" at the above theatre on Saturday night, to a house crowded to excess standing, room only…
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THERE was an excellent attendance again last evening to witness the popular Irish drama, entitled "The Colleen Bawn." The play is very familiar to our readers…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—All difficulties having now been removed with regard to the ground required at the corner of Pitt and Market streets for Her Majesty's Theatre, the work…
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YET another good audience assembled to witness the second representation of "The Colleen Bawn" at the above theatre last evening by the members of Grattan Riggs'…
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SIR,âIn perusing the columns of your issue of Saturday last, I observed a paragraph or report referring to the music performed by my band and judging from the tone of it, I am inclined to think…
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"THE Irish Detective " was re-produced at the above theatre yesterday evening to another good house, by the members of Grattan Riggs' Dramatic Company. It…
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WHEN the inclement state of the weather is taken into consideration, a really grand house assembled to witness Grattan Riggs' dramatic company at the above theatre last evening. A "grand double bill"…
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THE entertainment last night was comprised in the "Shaughraun;" being for the benefit of Mr. Grattan Riggs. The genial beneficiare had a bumper house at might have been expected, despite the stormy…
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A GRAND concert will be given at the Victoria Theatre, West Maitland, on Wednesday evening next, in aid of the building fund of St. Peter's Church, East Maitland…
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THOSE of our readers who intend being present at the above ball would do well to inspect J. Hunter's well-selected assortment of Ladies' and Gentlemen's Dancing Boots…
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THE second meeting of the Blue Ribbon Gospel Army Mission was held in the Victoria Theatre on Saturday evening. The theatre was not so crowded as on former…
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