Queen's Theatre
The success of "Pinafore" continues unabitcd. List night the Oueen's Theatre was crowded to overflowing, and those present were quite as pleased with the performance as most previous audiences have been…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1879
707 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 36
The Mercantile Rowing Club Ball
SINCE the formation of that most successful Rowing Club, the Mercantile, the committee have organised annual balls, which have now become an affair of the season, and for a winter to pass over without the,…
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The Mercantile Rowing Club's annual ball, held at the Exhibition building on Thursday evening, was a brilliant success. It was attended by between 600 and 650 ladies and gentlemen, among whom were his Worship the Mayor,…
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SIRS,--A lettear appeared in your issue of the 28th ult., signed "G.H.S.," in which the writer expresses the more than astonishment with which he greeted the communication…
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Mr. Creswick first introduced himself to theatre goers in Sydney some eighteen months ago, in the character of Virginius, and in that character he achieved his greates [?] success. It was not a matter of astonishment therefore that…
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A woman who has made painful sacrifices on a man's behalf, forgetting for his sake her pride, her prejudices, and her former rules of conduct, invariably becomes his slave, on some mysterious…
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A second representation of Virginius was given at the Theatre Royal last night to a well filled house, and the performance went more smoothly and effectively than on Saturday evening. So far as Mr. Creswick and Miss Ashton…
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H. M. S. Pinafore is now entering upon the sixth week of its success here. Last night the Queen's Theatre was crowded in every part, and the performance, as usual, was perfect, and productive of much merriment…
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"Richelieu'" was produced last night at the Theatre Royal, and Mr. Creswick, for the first time in Sydney, appeared in the name part. Miss Ashton was Julie do Mortemar; Mr. Douglas, De Mauprat; Mr. Jones, Joseph;…
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"Richelien" a may be considered one of Mr. Creswick's greatest successes here, although there is one point or feature in the character to which he does not give sufficient prominence, and that is, the Cardinal's love of power for its…
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"Richelieu," as played at the Theatre Royal last night, was perhaps the most complete performance given here for a very long time. Mr. Creswick's Richelieu is a magnificent study, for he has evidently thought out the character…
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The Queen's Theatre was again crowded last night, with a delighted audience, to witness the amusing incidents on board. "H. M. S. Pinafore." The opera seems to gain in popular favour as the weeks go by, and promises to be on…
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Those who assembled the other evening at the, Princess Theatre, Melbourne, to witness the performance of "Poul a Dhoil," which had been duly advertised and billed, were rather surprised to find that at…
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THE concert then commenced and lasted until half-past ten o'clock. Signor Giorza was prevented from attending, by ah injury to his hand, and a medical certificate to that effect from…
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It would almost seem as if the popularity of "Pinafore" was never going to wane. On Saturday evening the Queen's Theatre was again crowded to overflowing, when another representation of that highly enjoyable piece was given,…
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On Saturday night "Hamlet" was played at the Theatre Royal to an audience which crowded the lower parts of the house. Mr. Croswick's Hamlet is not so good a performance as his Lear, his Ingomar, or his Virginius, but…
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On Saturday night Mr. Creswick appeared at the Theatre Royal as Hamlet. In depicting the unhappy prince whose fate decreed that he should adjust the disjointed actions of the time, Mr. Creswick, as might…
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A deputation, consisting of Mr. P. A. Jennings, G.M.G., Mr. J.C. Blanchard, Mr. C. S. Coveny, and Mr. T. M. Slattery, waited on his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor this morning, to request the…
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The first brass band contest ever held here on a large scale took place last evening at the Masonic Hall. Yorkstreet, and though it was a success musically speaking, it was scarcely so in a financial sense. Seven bands…
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