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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1879

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Queen's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 August 1879 · page 5

The Mammoth Minstrels now performing at the Queen's Theatre had an excellent house last night, and carried out a programme similar to that of previous evenings, and with quite the usual amount of success…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 August 1879 · page 5

A very fashionable audience assembled last night at the Theatre Royal, the occasion being the performance of "Cyril's Success," by the Romany Amateur Dramatic Club in aid of the funds of the Hospital for Sick Children…

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Amusements. Theatre Royal

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 August 1879 · page 3

The Romany Amateur Dramatic Club gave their first performance last, evening, in aid of the Hospital for Sick Children, The performance last evening . in aid of the was under the patronage and presence of His…

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St. Vincent's Hospital Ball

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 August 1879 · page 3

A meeting of the committee of the above ball was hold in their rooms, Royal Hotel, yesterday afternoon. There were about 15 gentlemen present, and Mr. George Hurley occupied the chair…

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VlCTORlA THEATRE

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 August 1879 · page 3

For the last time for the present season, Bizet's popular opera "Carmen" was produced at the Victoria Theatre last night. Tie audience was a, very large one, and was frequently moved to give…

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Queen's Theatre

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 August 1879 · page 5

The first programme presented by Messrs. His- cocks and Hayman's Mammoth Minstrels to the Sydney public, and which has made so great an impression upon them, was performed in the presence…

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Amusements. Theatre Royal

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 August 1879 · page 5

At the Theatre Royal last night, on the occasion of a benefit, generously tendered to the doorkeepers of the theatre by Mr. S. Lazar, one of the most effective among the many dramas founded upon battles…

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International Exhibition--the Pictures, &c. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 August 1879 · page 7

Sir,--When will the hon, the Premier give a definite decision with respect to the proposed building for the proper exhibition of the valuable pictures and works of art still cased up, and, as I am distinctly…

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Queen's Theatre

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 August 1879 · page 3

If Messrs. Hiscocks and Hayman's Mammoth Minstrels call be said to have hit the public taste by their first programme there can be no doubt they have confirmed the good opinion formed of…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 August 1879 · page 5

It is nor usual for an eminent performer on the stage to leave in the very zenith of fame, but this was precisely what Miss Dargon did. In her previous season here she almost enchanted us with the powerfulness of her portrayals—the…

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Amusements. Theatre Royal

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 August 1879 · page 3

On Saturday night Miss Dargon re-appeared before a Sydney public in the poet-laureate's play, " Queen Mary." In depicting the various powerful scenes in this play, Miss Dargon is supremely…

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The Queen's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 August 1879 · page 5

The entertainment which the Mammoth Ministrel are offering attracted audience on Saturday night sufficiently large to fill the Queen's Theatre. The programme was not remarkable for any peculiar novelty. It consisted of the…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 August 1879 · page 5
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Even had Miss Dargon never appeared here in any play but "Queen Mary," we should have considered her a great actress, a woman of noble nature and fine-strung sensibilities, who succeeds in merging her own individuality in…

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Queen's Theatre

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 August 1879 · page 3

The Mammoth Minstrels attracted another numerous audience last night, and sent them away in the very best of humour. From so piquant a programme it is not easy to say what was best;…

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The Queen's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 August 1879 · page 5

The mammoth bill produced at the Queen's Theatre on Saturday night was repeated last night to an excellent audience. Bent and Cheevers, as before, occupied one end of the row of chairs, and Brown and Newland the other;…

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St. Vincents Annual Ball

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 August 1879 · page 3

A meeting of the committee in connection with the above was held at their rooms, Royal Hotel, last evening; Mr. W. H. Archer, K.S.G., in the chair. A sub committee, consisting of Messrs,…

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Concert at Protestant Hall

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 August 1879 · page 3

Last, evening a concert was given at the Protestant Hall, under the auspices of the Friendly Society of [?]mmoalders, and patronage of the Loyal Wandering Minstrel Lodge of Odd fellows and the…

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Queen's Theatre

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 August 1879 · page 3

The Mammoth Minstrels again drew a crowded house last evening; the programme presented was indeed a very enjoyable and amusingone. Thecharibus, of which we spoke on Monday, was even better…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 August 1879 · page 3

When Miss Dargon shall have left as many will regret not having availed themselves of the opportunity of witnessing her magnificent impersonation of Queen Mary. Taking it only from an…

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