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Sydney · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1859

73 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 4

New Theatre at West Maitland. (From the Northern Times.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 May 1859 · page 3

THE ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new Olympic Theatre, West Maitland, took place on Thursday last. For the purpose of lowering the foundation stone, a triangle had been rigged, upon the…

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The Australian Some Companion, and Band of Hope Journal. Liberty, and the Authors of It

The Australian Home Companion and Band of Hope Journal · Saturday 21 May 1859 · page 10

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Royal Victoria Theatre

Empire · Monday 23 May 1859 · page 9

The frequent repolltion of Medra, which was again giren to a crowded house on Friday evening, proves not only that Miss Provost's power of attraction continues unabated, but also that an audience is to be found in Sydney capable of appreciating the…

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Scraps. Leech's Pictures in Punch

Empire · Monday 23 May 1859 · page 3

There is no resisting the charm of the hearty, genuine, good humoured fun which overflows in every page—fun which is often satirical, but never ill-natured; and at all times very different from the trenchant old caricature…

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Prince of Wales Theatre

Empire · Monday 23 May 1859 · page 9

On Friday night before a crowded Bouse tho three elsters Kelson took their farewell benefit at this theitre. To criticise the evening's entertainment on such' on occasion without partlality would be difficult, were it not that the extant of their…

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Royal Victoria Theatre

Empire · Monday 30 May 1859 · page 5

THE play of "Camille" was repeated at this house on Wednesday evening, and as we have had no opportunity of ecpressing our opinion of this performance, we may be permitted, even at this late hour, to say a few words regarding its merits. We do not…

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Prince of Wales Theatre

Empire · Monday 30 May 1859 · page 5

As the careworn and juded traveller in the sandy desert or the bush welcomes the oasis that suddenly presents itself before him—as the weary voyager, after a night of fearful storm, greats the faint breathing of the morning air, when all the turbulance…

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Royal Victoria Theatre

Empire · Tuesday 31 May 1859 · page 5

On Saturday evening, the management, ever aliva to the changeral re[?] [?]ts of public, put on stage for the first time in the colouios [?] a new place, o[?]. The H[?] of Do Cla[?] or, the Husband of an Hour: hy Kilmiinrt Kaloonor,…

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The Drame. "For I Am Nothing if not oritical." Othello. Royal Victoria Theatre

Empire · Thursday 2 June 1859 · page 4

The production of "Pauvrette" at this house, has been de, servedly successful. It is one of the charming little places which, though adapted from the French, is nevertheless so disguised, &c., so divested of the morbid sentimentality "and…

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The Australian Home Companion, and Band of Hope Journal. Royal Homes

The Australian Home Companion and Band of Hope Journal · Saturday 4 June 1859 · page 10

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The Australian Home Companion, and Band of Hope Journal. Politics and Public Houses

The Australian Home Companion and Band of Hope Journal · Saturday 18 June 1859 · page 12

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The Great Napier Ball. {From the Saturday Review.)

Empire · Thursday 23 June 1859 · page 2

JENKINS flourishes in the States as well as in the mother-country and polite society creates an appropriate kind of penny-a-lining in Washington as well as in London. On February…

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The Masonic Ball

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 June 1859 · page 5

THE annual ball of the Masons, in celebration of the festival of St. John, was held last night at the Prince of Wales Theatre. Between 400 and 450 cards were issued, and about that number of persons were…

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Prince of Wales Theatre. Il Trovatore.—the Troudadour

Empire · Saturday 25 June 1859 · page 5

THE general reheareal of this opera that took place yesterday convinced us that something far above medicerity may be relied on and that an Opera Company is established at the Prince of Wales Theatre, that without aspiring to equal the great…

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University Concert. to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Tuesday 28 June 1859 · page 8

SIR—I attended a rehearsal of the above this afternoon, and I felt much surprised to observe the scarcity of orchestral parts required, three or four gentlemen playing from off one copy, while others were unable to…

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Temperance Items. Surby Hills Band of Hope

The Australian Home Companion and Band of Hope Journal · Saturday 2 July 1859 · page 21

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The Australian Some Companion, and Band of Hope Journal. All About Ourselves

The Australian Home Companion and Band of Hope Journal · Saturday 2 July 1859 · page 17

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Death of Miss Ellem Mortyn. Late an Actress at the Theatre Royal Melbourne. Extraordinary Aspsrstons on the Character of the Deceased. Post Mortem Fxamination and Inquest

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 2 July 1859 · page 2

Intelligence was received hy telegram in Sydney on Thursday week, of the death, in Mulbourne, on the previous day, of this much ad mired actress; and most painful rumours had obtained carrency reflecting upon the…

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Behaviour in the Ball Room. (From Punch's Pocket Book)

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 9 July 1859 · page 4

The subjoined remarks are addressed exclusively to young gentlemen. All young ladies know how to behave— An invitation to a ball should be sent in an envolore,…

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The Australian Some Companion, and Band of Hope Journal. the Moral Verdict

The Australian Home Companion and Band of Hope Journal · Saturday 16 July 1859 · page 14

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