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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1878

143 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 8

Victoria Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 December 1878 · page 3

The Victoria Theatre was crowded last night on tho occasion of the second production of the season's pantomimo, entitled " Harlequin Robinson Crusoe; or the Pirates of Palm Bay and the Indians of Juan Fernandez. " As may…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 December 1878 · page 3

The pantomime at the Theatre Royal last night was the grand success every person attending it anticipated it would be, and one of the most gorgeous affairs seen here for a long time. The house was crowded in every part, and…

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Queen's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 December 1878 · page 3

At the Queen's Theatre last night Mr. Sam. Emery made his first appearance here, sustaining the character of Captain Cuttle in " Heart's Delight," a drama founded on those portions of Charles Dickens's novel of " Dombey, and…

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Confusion at a Ball

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 December 1878 · page 27

The Paris correspondent of the, London Daily Telegraph writes on October 24 —To-day I have met numbers of people who have the most extraoidinary stories to relate about the confusion at the ball a Versailled on Tuesday night. Very…

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