Victoria Theatre. Miss Amy Sherwin
IT was fully anticipated that there would have been a large audience last night, on the occasion of the second appearance in Newcastle of the widely renowned vocalist, Miss…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1887
218 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 11
Victoria Theatre. Miss Amy Sherwin
IT would seem that Newcastle never wishes to advance beyond the burnt-cork stage of minstrelsy or the amateur solo style of vocalism. We occasionally with others,…
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ANOTHER crowded house on Saturday night testified to the unceasing popularity of the entertainments got up by Mr. C. H.Hannell for the benefit of the Newcastle Hospital. The…
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THIS troupe of variety artistes opened last night to a crammed ground floor. On the rising of the curtain a pretty sight was disclosed, viz., five ladies, all in virgin white…
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THE theatre was well filled in its lower places last night to witness and hear the Star Minstrel troupe, there being also a fairly good attendance in the circle. The troupe is a…
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The above concert took place on Monday evening last. The audience was not by any means as large as might have been expected. Some…
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THE annual entertainment in aid of the prize fund of the Newcastle Superior Public School will be hold to-night in the Lyceum Hall, when a concert, which promises to be very…
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THE Lyceum was crowded to excess last night upon the occasion of the annual concert given by the pupils of the Newcastle Superior Public School and several friends in…
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LAST night a marvellous and most amusing entertainment was given in the Victoria Theatre by Messrs. Davison and Wilks, who provided a performance, unique and…
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THE combination known as St. Vincent's Spectrescope and D'Arcy Read's Ghost Company were not so well patronised by the public last night as the entertainment…
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A St. Petersburg correspondent to the Pall fall Gazelle writes that the new theatre in Odessa will be opened in October. No less than 1,200,000 roubles were spent in its…
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THE Mechanics' Institute was crowded to excess last night upon the occasion of the annual concert given by the pupils of to, above school, and several ladies and…
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FRANK SMITH'S No. 2 Combination, consisting of twenty lady and gentlemen artistes, direct from the Standard Theatre, Sydney, open in the Theatre to-night. The first part…
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Yesterday evening the theatre was thronged to excess by persons from all parts of the district, assembled to hear Dr. Dale. The service was commenced by the singing of a…
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WHEN the curtain rose at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night the audience, which was a large one, despite the heavy downpour of rain that fell about opening time, was…
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A CHANGE of programme, by Mr. Frank Smith's No. 2 Combination at the Victoria Theatre last night, attracted another very large audience. The company have become…
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ANOTHER large audience occupied the Victoria Theatre last night, to appreciate the excellent variety bill of fare provided for them by Mr. Frank Smith's No. 2…
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THE first moonlight promenade concert of the season will take place on the Newcastle Cricket Ground to-morrow night, and promises to be as great a success as the…
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LORD CARRINTON'S visit to the theatre last night caused a fashionable assembly in the circle, which was fairly crowded, the gay uniforms of the military and the bright…
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THE first moonlight promenade concert of the season will take place on the Newcastle Cricket Ground to-night, end we hope the many who are interested in its success will be…
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