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Sydney · Pictures, dances & concerts
170 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 9
The Exhibition Building has rarely pre[?]ted such a brilliant appearance as last night when Mills. De Murska made her fifth appearance in this city in the presence of his Ex[?] the Governor, the Hon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THIS took place yesterday evening, jn the Exhibition Building. The audiences continue steadily to improve; indeed. it could hardly be possible for [?]ma de Murska to be heard once without inspiring the desire to enjoy again those goms…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Mr. Du Faur and his gallant little band of companions recently made their home amongst the valleys."--S. M. Herald, Nov. 11th, on the late Conversazione of the Academy of Art. AIR--"Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are marching."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. J.P. Hydes, a comedian well and familiarly known to Sydney playgoers as Johnny Hydes, makes his re-appearance to-night, after many years absence at the Victoria Theatre, as Frederick Stork, in a comic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE De Murska company hare held two very successful concerts in the Exhibition Building this week, and are holding a third now as we go to press. The Exhibition Building is done up in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →IT is quite clear that Mdle D[?]Murska needs only to be beard to be appreciated, and a[?] evidence of this was afforded yesterday evening at the E[?]ibition Building; the audience being in excess of the previous one, large as that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE public assembled again in great for[?] at the Exhibition yesterday evening, when the seventh of the D[?] Murska concerts took place. The edif[?] was almost entirely filled; the resorved chairs were fully occupied, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the Victoria Theatre to-night Augustin Daly's sensational drama, "Alixe" is to be preseated. with the Misses Lingard in the principal parts. Mr. Frank Lawlor is cast in the piece, and so is Miss Flora…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A correspondent of the ENGLISH MECHANIC gives the following directions for brazing band saws: 1. Make a splice with a file on flat way of saw, the length of two teoth. 2. Get a pieco of flat iron, and bend it…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →"Saratoga" is certainly the "hit" of the Lingard season at the Victoria Theatre. This play is a compound of comedy and the modern society drama, and was written to travesty the "high falutin"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A grand concert of Scottish music is to be given this evening in the Masonic Hall, in aid of the funds of St. Andrew's Scottish Benevolent Society. A strong corps of artists is engaged for the occasion, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Had the Misses Lingard opened in "Saratoga" instead of the miserably dreary mixture of melodrama and sensation, "The Two Orphans," their season would have been far more successful. "Saraloga"…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The grand annual concert of St. Andrew's Scottish Benevolent Society took place last evening, at the Masonic Hall. The entertainment was advertised "under the patronage of the two companies of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AT the rooms of the Academy of Art, in Elizabeth-street, Sydney, there are on view two old pictures of much interest—one said to be a Salvator Rosa and the other a Van Herpe. They have been lent by their…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE attendance at the final concert of the De Murska [?]eries was by no means con[?]mitant with the attractions of the entertainment; it was indeed very poor not with standing the circumstance that Mdlle. was to sing three airs that she…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Miss Dickie Lingard takes her first benefit to-night at the Victoria Theatre, and as she is a young lady to whom Sydney playgoers have became very much attached, it is probable she will receive a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The new Theatre Royal is now completed, and opens on Saturday with Daisy Farm, a drams by Byron, which gives great opportunity for scenic-display. Mr. Lazar has a fairly strong company to open…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Theatre Royal, which is to open its doors for the first time to the public on Saturday night, may safely bear comparison, for elegance and comfort, with any theatre of its size in the world. The time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Rev. Charles Clark has been giving a series of highly enjoyable catertainments at the Masonic Hall during the week. He has had the assistance of Mrs. Clark, Signor Giorza, and Mr. Breadhurst, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE theatre which is to be opened on Saturday evening, and the rebuilding of which has been steadily progressing for some months, stands in Castlereagh-street, and is [?]n the exact site of the Prince of Wales Opera House, which…
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