Masonic Ball
A GRAND Masonic festival was held in the Masonic Hall, Walker-street, St. Leonards, on Friday evening, in commemoration of the jubilee of her…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1886
294 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 15
Victoria Theatre. "Girofle Girofla."
THE performances of Farley's English Opera Company still continues to attract large houses in all weathers, which fact attests the growing popularity of the…
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THE unpropitious state of the weather last evening militated against a large attendance at the theatre to witness the second performance of Lecooq's comic opera,…
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A VERY large audience witnessed the presentation of this ever-welcome comic opera last evening; and judging from the frequent outbursts of applause which…
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THE production of Gounod's famous Opera in five acts at the Victoria Theatre, last evening, did not fall short of the expectation held out, for it attracted an unusually…
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THE large and fashionable attendance last evening at the above theatre to witness the repetition of "Faust" by Farley's Opera Company, is an undoubted roof that…
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The theatre at Tinnevelly, in the Presidency of Madras, was destroyed by fire during the performance. A hundred persons were killed and many injured…
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LAST evening this ball of which great expectations had been formed, was held in the Lyceum, Neweomen street, and seldom has so splendid a success been achieved in…
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NOTWITHSTANDING the threatening aspect of the weather last night, a very large audience witnessed the second performance by Farley's English Opera Company of Balfe's opera, in…
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THE opera season at the Victoria Theatre concluded last Saturday evening, but Mr. Farley with commendable generosity decided to give one more…
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LAST evening, in spite of the unpropitious weather, a large audience assembled to witness Farley's English Opera Company give their farewell performance, generously…
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THE Victoria Theatre is to be occupied to-night by a company, under the management of Mr. E. A. Hart (of Hart's Happy Hours Company), and who recently…
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LAST night the boards of the above place of amusement were occupied by "Harts' Happy Hours" combination, and Messrs. Maltby and Rollison, the American famous…
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A PLEASING variety entertainment was given in the theatre last night. Considering that Messrs. Malthy and Rollinson, the celebrated cyclists, were billed for the…
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It has been resolved to give a return ball to the Mayor and Mayoress…
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The choir under the conductorship of Mr. T. J. Jones, are in active practice for a concert to be given shortly for the benefit of the widow and family of the late Mr…
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AT the Victoria Theatre last night, Mr. Horatio Gilbert Parker, the celebrated reciter and litterateur, of Canada, gave an excellent recital of dramatic and humourous…
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YESTERDAY afternoon the Rev. D. Porteus, of the united Methodist Church, gave the first of a series of lectures in the Victoria Theatre. There was a large attendance…
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IN the Victoria Theatre last evening Miss Edith O'Gorman, (Mrs. Auffray) "the Escaped Nun," delivered a lecture on her experiences of "Life in a Convent." The…
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Lal Brough and Boucicault leave for Australia with a full opera bouffe company…
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