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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1879

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Amusements. Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 June 1879 · page 5

The combined attractions of a new play and a new actor caused a large audience to assemble at the Theatre Royal on Saturday evening The actor was Mr. Titheradge, a gentleman who brings high credentials from Melbourne, and…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 June 1879 · page 5

The historical drama " Clancarty, or Wedded and Wooed," was repeated last night at the Theatre Royal, to a very good house. Mr. Titheradge, who enacts the part of Lord Clancarty, as we anticipated, improves upon…

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Amusements. Queen's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 June 1879 · page 5

"Ten Nights in a Bar-room," a drama which recently enjoyed the lengthy run of ten weeks at the Princess' Theatre, Melbourne, was produced last night at the Queen's Theatre. It is hard to understand how the play was so…

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Theatre Royal

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 June 1879 · page 16

MR. TITHERADGE, an actor who has been Spoken of in very favourable terms by the Melbourne press, made his first appearance at this theatre on Saturday evening last in Tom Taylor's…

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Victoria Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 June 1879 · page 5

At the Victoria Theatre, last night, another representation of "Hamlet" was given, with Mr. Dampier, of course, as the Prince of Denmark. The attendance was large, and the piece was, to all appearance, greatly enjoyed. There is…

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Amusements. Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 June 1879 · page 5

At the Theatre Royal, last night, "David Garrick" was played, and so well was this comedy put on the stage and acted, that it is to be regretted that it is to be replaced this evening by a nautical drama. Mr. Titheradge represented…

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Band and Albion Consols, Ballarat

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1879 · page 994

We are obliged to Mr. C. M. Fisher for the following latest information as to this valuable mine:—This celebrated old mine has once more come to the front with a rush, having proved the existence within its extensive…

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The Proposed Ball in Commemoration of the 12th JULY. To the Editors of the Protestant Protestant

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 21 June 1879 · page 7

SIRS,--In several recent issues of the Herald an unsigned advertisement has appeared convening a meeting of members of the Loyal Orange Institution for the purpose of making…

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Queen's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 June 1879 · page 6

After an absence from Sydney of some weeks, the Kelly and Leon troupe reopened at the Queen's Theatre on Saturday Hight in that most delightful of [?]nic operas, which for some time past has created such a furore in England and America,…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 June 1879 · page 6

"David Garrick" was repeated at this theatre on Satur[?]ay night before a very large audience. The performance went smoothly and satisfactorily, and Mr. Tithoradge was again, in the second act, obliged to transgress the propriety…

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Victoria Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 June 1879 · page 6

A complimentary benefit was given, at the Victoria Theatre, on Saturday night, to Mr. John Bennett, the lessee. It was so amply patronised that every part of the theatre was filled—a strong evidence, no doubt, of acompliments which…

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Our Contemporary at the Theatre

Evening News · Monday 23 June 1879 · page 2

The theatrical reports and critiques of our ancient contemporary are refreshing at times from their simplicity, and are equally remarkable for their incorrectness. On Friday night our venerable friend was…

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Highland Society's Concert

Evening News · Wednesday 25 June 1879 · page 2

The concert of the Highland Society of N.S.W., in the Protestant Hail, last evening, was a decided success. An excellent programme was provided, consisting of solos, duets, part songs, a recitation, Highland…

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Masonic Ball

Evening News · Thursday 26 June 1879 · page 2

Last sight will long be remembered by the brethren of the mystic craft as the night on which one of the most successful masonic balls ever held in Sydney took place. The occasion was the inauguration of…

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Masonic Ball

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 June 1879 · page 13

WEDNESDAY will long be remembered by the brethren of the mystic craft as the night on which one of the most successful masonic balls ever held in Sydney took place. The occasion was the inauguration of…

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Queen's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 June 1879 · page 5

"H.M.S. Pinafore" is having an unprecedented run at the Queen's Theatre night after night. An audience that fills not only the seats but also all the available standing room at the theatre, is attracted by the sparkling operetta,…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 June 1879 · page 5

The Theatre Royal was moderately well patronised last night, when "David Garrick" and the "Peep-show Man" were played with a considerable amount of success. In the comedy, Mr. Titheradge played the title r[?]le with…

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A Gallows Ball in Virginia

Evening News · Saturday 28 June 1879 · page 7

A singular festivity took place in New Kent, Virginia, the other day. It wag termed a " gallows ball," and its occasion was the execution of two negroes, Patrick Smith and Julius Christian, for…

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Mrs. Gamp at the Theatre

Sydney Punch · Saturday 28 June 1879 · page 3

THIS esteemed friend of Mr. PUNCH'S has recently been to the Victoria, and her impressions are given for the benefit of the public in the columns of our cotemporary, The Herald. Mr. PUNCH is so struck with the originality of the Old Lady's criticisms (evidently the…

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Queen's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 June 1879 · page 5

There was again a crowded house at the Queen's Theatre on Saturday evening, when another performance of Pinafore was given. Already all that can be said about this piec[?] has been said, and all we can do now is to recommend those who have not seen it to see it…

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