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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1838

111 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 6

The Theatre

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Saturday 24 February 1838 · page 2

On Thursday the burlesque burletta in two acts, called Billy Taylor, or, the Gay Young Fellow, was again performed, although it was announced for the last time this season some…

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The Theatre

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Wednesday 28 February 1838 · page 2

On Monday evening, was produced for the first time in this Colony, the melo-drama of "Maurice the Woodcutter." The scene is laid in Germany, and is somewhat to the following…

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Theatre

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1838 · page 2

The amusements on Thursday evening commenced with the drama of "Melmoth the Wanderer, and Walburg the Victim." We see not the slightest occasion to alter our previous…

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The Theatre

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 6 March 1838 · page 2

It is perfectly inexpliqueable to us, (as Mrs. Downes and Mr. Muayard would say,) how Mr. Lazar has chanced to stumble upon such very…

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The Theatre

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Wednesday 7 March 1838 · page 2

On Saturday night was repeated the domestic Comedy of "Married Life," and although this piece has been performed various times, several of the dramatis persons appeared to know but…

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The Theatre

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1838 · page 2

On Monday night was produced, for the first time in this Colony, the Drama, in two acts, from the pen of George Almar, Esq. entitled "The Charcoal Burner, or the dropping Well of…

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The Theatre

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1838 · page 2

"The more oftener you come," said the talented manager of the Sydney Theatre, addressing the audience at the close of the performances on Saturday evening…

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The Theatre

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Wednesday 14 March 1838 · page 3

On Saturday night was performed, "Charles the Second, or the Merry Monarch." We see nothing to call upon us to alter the opinion we expressed in our late critique, save that the…

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The Theatre

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1838 · page 2

On Thursday evening was produced the highly wrought Melodrama of "Melmoth the Wanderer, and Walburg the Victim," and it was the most successful representation of that piece…

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St. Patrick's Ball

The Sydney Monitor · Monday 19 March 1838 · page 2

We are very sorry we cannot give an account of St. Patrick's Ball, on account of its being held in Mr. Wyatt s Theatre, it was not only the most brilliant that has…

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St. Patrick's Ball

The Australian · Tuesday 20 March 1838 · page 2

We concur with our contemporaries whose publications have intervened between the Ball and the date of our publication, in considering the Ball by the "Sons of St. Patrick," as the…

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The Theatre

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Wednesday 21 March 1838 · page 2

On Saturday night was repeated the Farce of the " Married Bachelor, or Master and Man." This Farce is a lively and amusing bagatelle, and went off with eclat. Mr. Lazar had…

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The Theatre

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 22 March 1838 · page 2

There is something in the recent management of the Sydney Theatre that, we confess, surpasses our comprehension. At a time when a new, and certainly a…

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St. Patrick's Ball—The Attorney General—and the Editor of the Sydney Gazette

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 22 March 1838 · page 2

A paragragh appears in The Monitor of yesterday evening, in reference to the late St. Patrick's Ball, which if it goes forth to the world without explanation,…

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Royal Victoria Theatre

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1838 · page 2

The Royal Victoria Theatre opens on Monday evening. The building with the internal arrangements and fittings are such as to reflect the highest credit upon the spirited Proprietor,…

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Theatre Royal, George- street

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1838 · page 2

RATTING.--The Gazette of Thursday contains a milk and-water article upon the Theatre, not one point of which is tenable. We have no difficulty in seeing through the motive. Does not…

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The Sydney Herald. Monday, March 26, 1838. Politics in a Ball-room

The Sydney Herald · Monday 26 March 1838 · page 2

Although we have for some days past been cognizant of the circumstance to which we are about briefly to allude, we are not aware that we should have made it…

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The New Theatre

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 28 March 1838 · page 3

Mr. Wyatt's new Theatre opened on Monday evening, according to advertisement, with the play of othello. All we have conversed with on the…

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Royal Victoria Theatre

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Wednesday 28 March 1838 · page 2

On Monday evening this, splendid house was opened for the first time for the admission of the public. Upon entering the house, the coup d[?]eil was very imposing, and the…

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Domestic Intelligence. Opening of the New Theatre

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 29 March 1838 · page 2

The Royal Victoria Theatre opened on the evening of Monday last, with great eclat. Previous to the rising of the curtain, the Boxes were almost filled; and at the end of the third act of…

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