Poetry. the Home Concert
WELL, Tom, my boy, I must say good-bye, I've had a wonderful visit here; Enjoyed it, too, as well as I could Away from all that my heart holds dear…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1878
143 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 8
The Link Concerts
The second of Signora Link's grand concerts in the Guild Hall takes place this evening. A superior programme is put forth…
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SIR,—Permit me to correct an into which the writer of the very excellent cr[?] in your issue of yesterday has un[?] fallen. The "double quart" [?] at the [?]ert by gentleman am[?] is marked in the Orph[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ireland. Mr. Barry Sulivan at the Theatre Royal, Dublin
On Friday evening, 16th November, on the occasion of Mr Barry Sullivan's 'benefit' at the Theatre Royal, that accomplished actor met with an almost unexampled…
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The Euphosic Orchestral Society's concert, under the leadership of Mr. H. Graham, was given last night in the Protestant Hall, Castlereagh-street. There was a large and very appreciative audience, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Exhibition of Pictures. to the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—It would appear that the Agricultural Society of Sydney are about to take the important step of refusing to receive pictures for this year. It appears also that the Academy of Art, of which I am a member, intends to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →HAND-BALL. To the Editor
SIR,—In your issue of the 11th instant there is a letter signed by Messrs. Dillon and M'Hale, re the hand-ball match at Orange, in which they state that they had been requested by several of their friends to [?] the conduct of Thompson…
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MR. GEO. DARRELL has been more than usually successful with his sensational drama, " Back from the Grave." The effect of the fire scene has caused quite a flutter of excitement among the theatregoers, and especially of the sensation hunters. "Transported for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Amusements. Victoria Theatre—[?] well-known play
"The Stranger," was performed on Saturday evening, and afforded a fresh opportunity for Mr. Creswick to display his varied powers. This drama has many palpable defects, but Mr. Creswick imparted a dignity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Oleographs and Pictures
EVEN the veriest dabblers in art would undertake to discriminate, without a moment's hesitation, between real oil paintings and oleographs. There is a want of texture, a crudeness of colouring, and a…
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Mrs. Scott—Siddons, assisted by an excellent dramatic company, opened a farewell season at the Queen's Theatre, on Saturday night, with Mr. H. J. Byron's successful comedy "Our Boys," which has been played…
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ON Saturday ove[?]g, Mr. Goorge Darrell's latest play, entitled " The Struggle for Freedom," was produced at the Theatre Royal. According to the plot, briefly sketched, Lord Marsden (Mr. Rainford), an [?]horent of the Young…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Amusements. Victoria Theatre
THAT portion of the population of Sydney who possess the good sense to go to theatres, and the capacity to enjoy a brilliant performance when there, have now the opportunity of witnessing, at the Victoria Theatre, a specimen of acting as masterly as it is rare. To…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pictures at the School of Arts
The pictures now exhibited at the School of Arte are all copies of European works. They are mainly from paintings in the Dresden gallery, by far the finest collection north of the Alps. The…
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During his Excellency the Governor and his suite's visit to the Themes, the Maori residents gave a ball to him. It was entirely their own affair; and although they were most liberal in the distribution of…
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DURING his Excellency the Governor and his suite's visit to the Thames, the Maori residents gave a ball to him. It was entirely their own affair; and although they were most liberal in the dintribution of…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Concert at Pyrmont
The members of the Pyrmont Band of Hope assisted by a few friends, gave a very pleasing entertainment in the Church of England schoolroom on Thursday evening. Mr. John Roseby, M.P…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Amusements. Theatre Royal
The popular Treasurer of this theatre, Mr. J. Booty, was welcomed on Saturday last by a very large attendance who, from the manner in which the burlesque, " The Miller and his Men," with Mr. Booty as Ravina, the neglected one, was received, shewed their appreciation of…
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THE height of every artist's ambition is to have his or her productions hung out to be looked at and admired. Many and bitter are the complaints made every year at our…
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MACAULAY, and some historians who preceded him, prophesied the Maori occupation of the ruins of London Bridge. In anticipation of that event, the Thames natives of New Zealand lately gave a ball to the Governor of that Island, at which, Punch is informed, " the…
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