Concert at Ashfield
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 August 1879 · page 5
The people of Ashfield, or rather a large number of them, had a treat last night in the shape of a concert, which was given in the Oddfellows' Hall. It has been found that some improvements are necessary in the grounds of their…
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 August 1879 · page 5
Messrs. Hiscock's and Hayman's ever-popular Mammoth Minstrels repeated their splendid programme last night at the Queen's Theatre, and the very large audience that assembled to enjoy the…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 August 1879 · page 6
Mr. Creswick took a farewell benefit at the Theatre Royal last night, and thus closed a season which, though marked by the production of a number of high-class dramas, has notproved a financial success. The audience was a large…
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 August 1879 · page 5
At the Theatre Royal last night Mr. Croswick took a benefit, and to signalize the occasion, for the first time this season produced the fine historical play of "William Tell." The various…
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Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 August 1879 · page 15
Notwithstanding the very unfavourable state of the weather, the concert in aid of the funds of St. Patrick's choir took place on Thursday evening, 7th August, at the Masonic Hall, and, although…
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 August 1879 · page 5
On Thursday evening last a concert was given in the Oddfellow [?] Ashfield, the proceeds of which are to be devoted paying for prizes for the children attending the Public school there and…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 August 1879 · page 6
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The Queen's Theatre, on Saturday night, was packed by a most appreciative audience, and the Mammoth Minstrels have received every inducement in the way of public support to stay here for a considerable time to come. The…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 August 1879 · page 6
"The Bohemians," a drama upon which Mr. Boucicault founded his great sensational piece, "After Dark," was produced at the Theatre Royal on Saturday night to a moderately good house. The play abounds with incidents…
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 August 1879 · page 3
Bizet's charmingly tuneful opera "Carmen was repeated to a very large audience at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night. Now that the lively melodies which sparkle so freely through every…
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 August 1879 · page 3
At the Theatre Royal on Saturday night the sensational drama entitled "The Bohemian" was produced. The plot of this play is similar to many with which the playgoing public is well…
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 August 1879 · page 3
Messrs. Hiscocks and Hayman's Mammoth Minstrels have evidently made an impression of a most decided character upon the Sydney public for another crowded house assembled, in the…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 August 1879 · page 6
One of the most hardworking stage managers and versatile actors on the Sydney stage, Mr. B. N. Jones, took a benefit last night at the Theatre Royal, to which very distinguished patronage was accorded. His Excellency the…
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 August 1879 · page 3
Mr. D. N. Jones took a benefit at the Theatre Royal inst [?]. A large audience assembled and the programme proved of a very, amusing and entertaining character. The first piece…
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 August 1879 · page 3
Another house filled lo excess had assembled within the walls of the Queen's Theatre when the curtain rose last night, and from the opening overture to the long, last, and prolonged bursts of…
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 August 1879 · page 3
Byron's comedy "Our Boys" was performed at the Theatre Royal last night, with substantially the same cast as upon many previous occasions. Mr. South was the vulgar old butterman, Perkyn Middlewick;…
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 August 1879 · page 3
Another " tremendous audience was present, in the Queen's Theatre last night, and thoroughly enjoyed the capital entertainment the two or throe hours with Messrs. Hiscocks and Hayman's Mammoth…
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 August 1879 · page 3
Bizet's beautiful opera " Carmen was repeated at the Victoria Theatre last night in the presence of a large audience, and the fine work succeeded as well as ever in calling forth the…
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 August 1879 · page 3
The sensational drama "The Bohemians" was repealed last night with the same cast and the same general effectiveness that marked its production on Saturday night last. To-night a performance…
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 August 1879 · page 3
As usual the Queen's Theatre was crowded to excess again last night. The comicalities of the several gentlemen who make the audiences roar with laughter from the beginning of, the Per-…
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