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SIR,--It is a difficult task--one that might tax the concentrative powers of the most ingenious--to corner into a small space anything like a comprehensive…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This elegant little theatre has been closed during the [?]cek, in order to allow time for Messrs. Wilson and Habbe to complete a series of grand suenes for the production of Faust on Monday next. Mr. and Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Hussey, Kelly, and Holly Minstrels will bring their engagement at this house to a conclusion at the end of the present week. The attendance during the last few nights has been less than moderate, if we except Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,--My last letter placed before your readers certain phases which the drama and theatre present to the clergy, I briefly glanced at each of them, and pointed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The entertainments this week have been of a varied character; the most prominent feature being the introduction on Thursday evening of Abe Hicken, the middle weight Champion of the English and American King, to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A house crowded in all parts greeted the efforts of the managers, Lionel Harding, Wilson, and Habbe, on Easter Monday; when, after a short recess of six nights, they commenced a new season, and inaugurated it by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AIRâ"Partant pour la' Syrie." Advance, advance Australia, May heaven upon thee smile; Far be the blight of failure…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →THE hint which Mr. PUNCH gave in last week's issue has been most courteously acknowledged by the gallant officers of the 18th, and arrangements have been made for their splendid band to play alternately (on Tuesdays, from three to five o'clock) in the Gardens and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →RESPECTED PASSENGERS,--The Captain of the good ship Protestant Standard kindly permitted me to pilot you round the islands of the Drama and Theatre…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE State ball at the Tuileries was exceedingly brilliant. The Emperor, who looked remarkably well, and seemed in excellent spirit, is declared by those who see him habitually, and are admitted to the honour of talking with him,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →SIR,--Off our second voyage round this subject, the first spot "that" invites a visit is Greece. Here then drama and theatre were born. Here Poesy built her ancient…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,-- My last contribution closed with a brief sketch, gathered from the best authorities, of the history of the poet [?]schylus. To the same historians I am indebted for the information…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A SERIES of yells, with a sort of drum accompaniment, rose suddenly upon the breeze, and gave His Excellency such a turn, that, as he afterwards remarked, his "top began to spin." He dropped the untasted gohanna, and looked round…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sir,--In descending from the times when the Athenians were " stage-struck," to that of the colonial productions of Mr. Walter Cooper--the latest of modem play-scribes--a waggon-load of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—Your account of the disturbance at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday evening last is slightly incorrect, but which, with your permission, I will describe more accurately…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,--Despite the long conversation we have had upon this subject -- some seven or eight weeks' talk -- it might easily be continued from week to week for a period of twenty years to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,--BY Inferring, to the introductory part of first letter (No.,1.) it will, be found that instead" of' assuming ail antagonistic' attitude to the drama and the 'theatre, as institutions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Can there be any good reason why the larger entry-gate into the gardens, and that communicating with the inner gardens should not be opened on occasions such as yesterday? A very large number…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →For three odd years--and very odd years they must have been--the colony was governed by a corpse! By its own corps in fact; by the New South Wales Corps; or, as it was afterwards called, the 102nd Regiment; which the colonists declared to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →GOOD news for the students of Sydney! The Lyric Muse is going on a visit to her sterner sisters, and hopes to mitigate those rather inexorable beauties, who are in the habit of rejecting so many of their admirers. What think you of it, my poor friend Noodle? If you…
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