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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1838

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

The Theatre

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 8 November 1838 · page 2

The Victoria company were engaged on Saturday evening in the massacre of CHARLES H. We have seen the same piece played above a dozen times on the…

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News of the Day. the Theatre

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Friday 9 November 1838 · page 2

OTHELLO was performed last night to a tolerable house at half-price It was very well performed, though we think we have seen it to more advantage. One cause of…

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The Royal Victoria Theatre

The Australian · Tuesday 13 November 1838 · page 2

Theatricals this week have presented, we are sorry to say, rather a dejected visage, and attenuated form. We think it cannot be the non-attractiveness of the pieces, for the manager…

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Local News. Theatre Royal Victoria

The Australian · Tuesday 20 November 1838 · page 2

The Theatre still continues in a very languishing condition. The past week has presented but a dreary balance-sheet in the exchequer department. Without seeking further reasons for…

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The St. Andrew's Ball. To the Editor of the Sydney Gazette

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 November 1838 · page 3

SIR,— The Saint Andrew's Ball is to be postponed, and very properly so too, in consequence of the present prevailing…

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Theatre Royal Victoria

The Australian · Tuesday 27 November 1838 · page 2

The second campaign of our corps dramatique under the new auspices has very abruptly terminated. The cessation! however, may rather be viewed in the light of a fins of truce, than as a…

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Royal Victoria Theatre

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Saturday 1 December 1838 · page 2

We understand the Theatre will re-open on Saturday, the 8th December, instead of the 26th, as originally advertised. It was certainly prudent on the part of the…

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Theatre Royal Victoria

The Australian · Tuesday 11 December 1838 · page 2

The Theatre reopened on Saturday evening last, contrary to the pre-determination of the proprietor to keep it closed till boxing night. It will be remembered, that, in the early part of…

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The Theatre

The Australian · Thursday 20 December 1838 · page 2

The languishing condition in which theatricals still continue, real v quite disheartens us. We know not how far the proprietor has philosophy to bear up Benin this dulness of the times…

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The Theatre

The Australian · Tuesday 25 December 1838 · page 2

We anxiously await the renovation of Theatricals from their tate langour and despondency; but we are sorry to say that they cannot, as yet, be deemed quite convalescent. Some favourable…

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The Theatre

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Wednesday 26 December 1838 · page 2

DURING the past week there has been father a thin attendance at the Victoria Theatre, owing now not so much to the Influenza, as the dull time of year; still…

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Royal Victoria Theatre

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Saturday 29 December 1838 · page 2

Mr. Jacobs made his first appearance at this Theatre, on Monday evening, to a numerous and respectable audience. For the short time that Mr. Jacobs has been…

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