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Sydney · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1831

2 stories in Sydney's papers

Destruction of the Greenwich Theatre by Fire—threatening Letter

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 16 June 1831 · page 4

Between 12 and 1 o'clock on Tuesday morning, (January 11), the town of Greenwich and neighbourhood was thrown into alarm, in consequence of the theatre, which is situate in…

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Covent Garden Theatre

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 3 August 1831 · page 2

MISS FANNY KEMBLE took her benefit last night with the tragedy of King John, in which of course, she played the Lady Constance; a part of great difficulty, and which has never…

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