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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1839

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Royal Victoria Theatre. This Evening (Monday), March 4, 1839

The Sydney Herald · Monday 4 March 1839 · page 2

Will be performed for the first time these two years, Otway's admired Tragedy, entitled VENICE PRESERVED In which, a young gentlemen will make his first appearance, in this Colony, in…

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Miss Wallace's Concert

The Sydney Standard and Colonial Advocate · Monday 4 March 1839 · page 3

MOST sincerely do we congratulate Miss Wallace on the success of her Concert which took place on last Wednesday evening. The presence ol their Excellencies the Governor and Sir Maurice…

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The Theatre

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Wednesday 6 March 1839 · page 2

SATURDAY.--This evening the new piece, en tided Doctor Bolus, was performed ; and a nauseous pill the spectators had to swallow, in the performance of this…

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Haymarket Theatre

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Wednesday 6 March 1839 · page 4

last night, on the anniversary of the production of The Loua Chace, Mr. Sheridan Knowles's new play, The Maid of Mariendorpt, was brought out at this house, and with complete success. It is a…

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Royal Victoria Theatre

The Sydney Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1839 · page 2

TO-MORROW EVENING (Thursday), March 7, 1839, will be performed, the favorite domestic Drama in three acts, entitled THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. After which, for the first time…

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Theatre

The Australian · Thursday 7 March 1839 · page 3

We have for some time past declined taking any formal review of Theatrical proceedings, for the same reason as men are sometimes silent in society, viz.—Because we have had nothing good to say. With one…

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Theatre

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1839 · page 2

The following is extracted from Thursday's Australian. "We have for some time past declined taking any formal review of theatrical proceedings, for the same reason as…

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Royal Victoria Theatre

The Sydney Herald · Friday 8 March 1839 · page 2

SATURDAY, March 9, 1839, will be performed a Farce, entitled, THE RIFLE BRIGADE. After which, the Conne Extravaganza of DOCTOR BOLUS. To Conclude with the Melo-Drama,…

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Olympic Theatre

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 11 March 1839 · page 4

A successful little farce, called The Printer's Devil, was produced at this house last night. Pierre Pica (Mr. KEELEY), an unlicensed printer in Paris, who combines…

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Royal Victoria Theatre

The Sydney Standard and Colonial Advocate · Monday 11 March 1839 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Herald

THE interesting drama of the MAID AND THE MAGPIE was performed on Thursday evening to a very respectable audience, the piece was very creditably produced, and the acting by no means…

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Correspondence. the Theatre. To the Editor of the Sydney Standard. Sydney, March 12, 1839

The Sydney Standard and Colonial Advocate · Monday 11 March 1839 · page 2

SIR, -- You will I am sure be surprised when I inform you that ever since the opening of a theatre in Sydney (a period of about six years), the feelings of the Christian community had been…

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Royal Victoria Theatre

The Sydney Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1839 · page 2

TO-MORROW, (Thursday), March 14, 1839, will be performed the Grand Romantic Drama entitled FAUSTUS. After which, a Dence by Mr. Fitzgerald. To conclude with, first time in…

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Royal Victoria Theatre

The Australian · Thursday 14 March 1839 · page 2

THIS EVENING, (Thursday), March 14, 1839, will be performed the Grand Romantic Drama entitled FAUSTUS. After which a Dancer by Mr Fitzerald. to conclude with, for…

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Royal Victory Theatre. This Evening the 15th MARCH, 1839

The Sydney Herald · Friday 15 March 1839 · page 2

FIRST NIGHT of the French Operatic Company, who will have the honor of representing MICHAEL AND CHRISTINA, a Vaudeville in one Act, by Scribe and Dupin. After which,…

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Covent-garden Theatre

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 18 March 1839 · page 7

After The Tempest on Saturday evening a petite comedy, lb two acts, was produced, called Jealously. We demur to the class in which this piece is ranked; for the…

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Royal Victoria Theatre

The Sydney Herald · Monday 18 March 1839 · page 2

THIS EVENING, March 18, will be performed, for the first time, a Drama entitled THE GROVES OF BLARNEY. After which, a favorite Dance by Miss Lazar To conclude with…

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Sydney Monitor & Commercial Advertiser Monday Morning, March 18, 1839. Nothing extenuate, nor ought set down in malice. SHAKESPEARE. The Theatre

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 18 March 1839 · page 3

Theatrical manangers from the earliest infancy of the stage, have often been charged with favouritism with respect to performers, and with making the…

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Theatre

The Australian · Tuesday 19 March 1839 · page 2

A new era in our colonial dramatic annals has taken place within the list week in the introduction of a French operatic company amongst us. To say that we view this event as a…

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The Theatre

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Wednesday 20 March 1839 · page 2

EVERY Manager, from time immemorial, has a favorite, says a correspondent in Monday's Monitor in a theatrical article; and by the same rule we may add…

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