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Sydney · Pictures, dances & concerts
49 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 3
ON Thursday evening, a preliminary meeting, pursuant to advertisement of the residents in and about the neighbourhood of the Haymarket, was held at the Woolpack Inn, for the purpose of adopting steps for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE ex Queen of Naples has fled from her husband, [?] refuge in an Au[?]sburg [?]ry, as [?] protection against the treatment to which she has of [?] been subject. Thus ends the short career of the her[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE complimentary concert and presentation of a silver baton, tendered as a mark of esteem by the members of the Volunteer Rifle Band to their director, Mr. D. Callen, took place on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE complimentary concert and presentation of a silver baton, tendered as a mark of esteem by the members of the Volunteer Rifle Band to their director, Mr. D. Callen, took place on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our chief Metropolitan Theatre was the scene of a demonstration last night, a glowing account of which, if made in Athens for " Prince Alfred." would be flashed on the "lightning wires" all…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Masonic Hall on Wednesday evening was attended far less numerously than we had expected on the occasion of this lady's debat; which is attributable only to the counter attractions of the Victoria Theatre and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Paying a visit of inspection recently to the splendid Thespian temple which Mr. Fitzgerald is erecting in Castlereagh-street, I was gratified to notice that, in addition to the Bolidity of the workmanship, the theatre…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FIERC[?]LY sang the while-lipped s[?]ges—and the [?]es of their thunder Fled among the ragged caverns, glaring on the restless main;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This pretty little theatre will re-open on Monday evening next, on the occasion of the advent of even a greater mart than the Wizard of the North-Professor Anderson, the mysterious personage who now challenges the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Theatre Royal has this morning been completely destroyed by fire. A conflagration —than which a greater, or one that will cause more general and wide spread regret, has not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The railway celebrations at Singleton were brought to a conclusion with a ball in the spacious pavilion at the rear of the Royal Hotel. The company, which numbered nearly a hundredâthe ladies considerably…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The announcement of the visit to this city of Mr Washington Simmons, whose fame as a Wizard had preceded him from Melbourne, drew a crowded assemblege to this theatre on Monday evening, despite the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WE are at leng[?]h enabled to report the completion of the new Prince of Wales Theatre. The spacious and handsome edifice is to be opened with the performance of Martha by Lyster's Opera…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →SIR,—I think Mr. Lyster has made mistake in charging two shillings and sixpence for entrance to the pit. At the close of the last opera season in Sydney, he warmly acknowledged the extensive patronage he had received;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—Amongst a certain order of people, it is believed that a poor hard-working man can have no taste for refined music, and, consequently, does not know how to appreciate it. Mr. W. Lyster seems to be under this…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—I have just taken a sofa in the dress circle of this Theatre, for Saturday night, and find, to my surprise, that it states in my ticket, "no seat retained after the rising of the curtain."…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WE are at length enabled to report the completion of the new Prime of Wales Theatre. The spacious and handsome edifice is to be opened with the performance of Marths by Lyster's Opera…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—I have read the letter of a "Working Man " in year paper of to-day, who complains of the charge of 2s, 6d, for admission to the pit. Perhaps he is not aware that he can be admitted to the gallery, for one…
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