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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1879

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Queen's Theatre

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 September 1879 · page 5

The new programme at the Queen's Theatre, on Saturday night, proved to he one of the most enjoyable yet given. Each of the 21 members of this troupe is entitled to be termed a…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 September 1879 · page 6

"Macbeth" was repeated at the Theatre Royal last night to a fairly large audience. Miss Dargon, Mr. Vincent, and Mr. Douglas for their acting, and Mr. South and the Misses Deorwyn for their singing, fairly earned the approbation of…

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Queen's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 September 1879 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Daily Telegraph

The Mammoth Minstrels at the Queen's Theatre had a good house, and the new programme went very well. Mr. Campbell was welcomed back to the stage by quite an ovation, and his song "When the Moon with Glory…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 September 1879 · page 5

"East Lynne" was produced at the Theatre Royal las night to a fairly large audience. Miss Dargon played the dual parts of Lady Isabel and Madame Vine, and played them with that thorough finish which characterises…

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Concert at Ashfield

Evening News · Wednesday 3 September 1879 · page 2

Last evening the concert, in aid of the "prizes and garden funds" of the Ashfield public school, was repeated at the Oddfellows' Hall there, and proved to be what was anticipated, an unqualified…

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Amusements. Theatre Royal

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 September 1879 · page 3

" East Lynne" rarely fails [?] attract an appreciative audience, and more so[?] still to interest and affect those who witness its protection. Last night,proved no exception to the rule…

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Victoria Theatre

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 September 1879 · page 3

Balfe's delightful opera "The Bohemian Girl" is a never-failing source of attraction to opera goers under almost any circumstances and when it is so efficiently rendered as it has been lately by…

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Queen's Theatre

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 September 1879 · page 3

Messrs Hisiocks and Hayman's great Mammoth Minister are of course liable to reverses of fortune but nothing of that kind so far has affected them. Through reverses of weather adversites of servere…

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Amusements. Theatre Royal

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 September 1879 · page 3

Miss Dargon appeared as Julia in Sheridan Knowles' charming play "The Hunchback," at the Royal, lost night. There is something especially poetic in the character of Julia in this drama,…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 September 1879 · page 5

James Sheridan Knowles beautiful play at." Hunchback" was repeated with the same ea and general effect at the Theatre Royal last nig Miss Dargon's Julia is among the most delicately…

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Queen's Theatre

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 September 1879 · page 5

For the last time the glorious programme performed during the week by Messrs. Hiscock's and Hayman's Mammoth Minstrels was repeated last night, and with the same splendid effect as upon…

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St. Vincent's Ball

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 September 1879 · page 373

Last week we published a report of St. Vincent's Ball, which has become an exceedingly popular social event in Sydney. Many Protestants, who have few but bard words for the pastorals which are teeming from the…

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Queen's Theatre

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 September 1879 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Of all the many attractive programmes offered by Messrs. Hiscocks and Hayman's Mammoth Minsterls for the amusement of their numerous partons that of last Saturday night was about the…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 September 1879 · page 5

The announcement that " Elizabeth, Queen of England," was to be produced, under the direction of Mr. Lazar, drew such a large number of persons to the Theatre Royal on Saturday night, that every part of the house was filled. It…

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Amusements. Theatre Royal

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 September 1879 · page 3

At the Theatre Royal on Saturday night Glacdmeeti's beautiful play, "Elizabeth, Queen of England," and that version of the noble dranta with which the name of Adclaide Ristori is so…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 September 1879 · page 5
Also in The Sydney Daily Telegraph

The weather interfered to some extent with the attendance at the Theatre Royal last night, although a considerable number of persons assembled to witness the presentation of "Queen Elizabeth." Miss Dargon again played the part…

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The Queen's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 September 1879 · page 5

The Mammoth Minstrels will terminate their engagement at this institution on Saturday next. The benefit season has set in, and last night it was Messrs Brown and Newand's turn. The programme the minstrels offer has proved…

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