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Sydney · Pictures, dances & concerts
1,232 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 62
At the Victoria Theatre, Boucicault's perennially popular sensational drama, "The Octoroon," has been produced with very creditable success. The cast in one or two instances might have been advantageously altered,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There was a special performance at the Theatre Roya last evening, for the benefit of Mr. B. N. Jones, who, for a considerable time past has acted in the capacity of stage manager, besides being one of the most…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Victoria Theatre was crowded in every part last night on the occasion of a complimentary benefit tendered to Mr. J. J. Bartlett, the popular comedian. The programme commenced with a choicely written prologue, by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →There was again a large audience at this theatre last night, when the combination troupes -- the Mammoth Minstrels and the Victoria Loflus -- repeated their programme of the week. To-night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-night Mr. William Creswick will take a farewell benefit at this theatre, when " King Lear," will be produced, and the many admirers of that talented gentleman will see him in one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The mortality caused by the frost during the past three weeks exceeds anything which has occurred for many years so far as the countries of central Europe are concerned. Among the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Beneath soft eve's consenting star. Fandango twirls his jocund castanet."—Longfellow. Sated with the pleasures and dissipations of Sydney, one of the gayest cities it has been my good-fortune to visit, I…
Continued on Trove, page 393 →The third of the Patti concerts was given in the Theatre Royal last night, and the crowd in the house threw adverse criticism its back. The attendance was greater than on either…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The third concert of Madame Carlotta Patti, in the Theatre Royal, last night, was given in the presence of an audience which filled the dress circle and stalls to excess; the upper parts of the house were moderately attended. Mine…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →IF perfection in art be the purest ecstatic delight of the refined and educated mind, then must those who love music in its highest forms and with all attendant attributes have realised the most exquisite enjoyment…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →There was an excellent attendance at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday evening, when "The Octoroon" and the buriesque of " Aladdin" were played in a very successful manner. " The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Queen's Theatre was crowded on Saturday evening on the occasion of another performance given by the Victoria Loftus Troupe and the Mammoth Minstrels, cither of which may well be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Queen's Theatre was most uncomfortably crowded on Saturday night, when the Loftus troupe and the Mammoth Minstrels were in the full exercise of their faculties for entertaining the public. The programme comprised…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The hearty support accorded to the farewell benefit of Mr. Creswick must have been, as he afterwards stated, very gratifying to the recipient; but it is satisfactory to all, as evincing a lively interest in the preservation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →This great actor was presented at the Theatre Royal, last Sat unlay night, with a complimentary benefit. Mr. Samuel Lazar, the lessee, placing the house freely at his disposal, and all the members of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—It is remarkable that should be under the necessity of sending to the ante-room or behind the scene for information which they lack themselves, and which, having obtained, they do not acknow,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Queen's Theatre was densely crowded in every part last night, when the Victoria Loftus Troupe and the Mammoth Minstrels presented a very varied programme. The singing of Messrs. Beaumont Read, E. Amery, and T…
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