Amusements. Victoria Theatre
JOSEPH DERRICK'S sparkling comedy "Confusion" was performed for the fifth and last time at the above theatre last evening to another very good house. The piece…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1885
199 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 10
Victoria Theatre
AT the above theatre, on Saturday evening, the members of Rignold and Allison's Comedy Company appeared for the sixth and last time, to a very good house. A…
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LONDON, Friday.—"The Ruling Passion," a pointing now being shown by Mr. J. E. Millais, R.A., has been bought for the Sydney Art…
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ONE of the best audiences of the season assembled at the above theatre last evening to witness the production of Lecocq's opera bouffe, "Manola." by the members of the…
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THE next day a party of middies, of whom Frank was one, was to go on shore and some distance inland. I cannot tell you with what joy this…
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BUCALLOSSI'S comic opera "Les Manteaux Noirs" formed the attraction at the above theatre last evening. The house was crowded from floor to ceiling, and the…
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LAST evening Offenbach's famous opera "Barbe Bleue" was performed at the above popular place of amusement by the London Comic Opera Company. There was a large…
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WE have very great pleasure in drawing the attention of our readers to the fact that a concert given by the members of the Ladies' Liedertafel, conducted by Mr. A…
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THE Dunning London Comic Opera Company have apparently hit the public taste of the Newcastle playgoers, judging from the crowded and enthusiastic audience that…
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This very pleasing event in the annals of the musical world of Newcastle is attracting a large amount of attention, and bids fair to be highly successful in every respect…
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THE annual ball of the Newcastle Rowing Club will take place at the City Hall this evening. On this occasion it is to be of the kind known as ''plain and fancy,'' and we…
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THE above entertainment, conducted by Mr. A. H. Gee, took place in the Lyceum (late City Hall) Newcomen-street, last night before a crowded and fashionable audience,…
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THE annual ball in connection with the Newcastle Rowing Club, which has been on the tapis for some considerable time past, come off last night at the City Hall,…
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EL PASO, TEXAS, April 15.—During the festivities of the officers of the Teeth United States Cavalry (coloured troopers) in this city last night, a…
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THE first concert by the members of the Newcastle Ladies' Liedertafel, conducted by Mr. A. H. Gee, took place on Tuesday evening last at the Lyceum (late City Hall),…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Two persons have been fined £10 each for having obscene pictures on their premises, which, it is believed, were for the purpose of sale…
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THE second benefit entertainment to the Honeysuckle Volunteer Fire Brigade will take place in the above theatre this evening. As the object is a most praiseworthy one,…
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DURING one of the intervals at the Fire Brigade's entertainment in the above Theatre on Saturday evening a most disorderly scene ocurred, which was the means…
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ON Saturday it was announced in the Press that a lecture would be delivered by Mr. Thomas Walker, in the Theatre Royal, on the subject of "State Murders of Capital…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victoria Theatre, Newcastle Miss Genevieve Ward. ["Forget Me-not."]
THE Newcastle public has been for some time kept in an almost feverish state of excitement waiting to welcome Miss Genevieve Ward, Mr. W. W. Vernon, and the…
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