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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1880

1,232 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 62

Queen's Theatre

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1880 · page 3

The Victoria Loftus Troupe were again highly successful in pleasing a numerous audience in the above place of amusement. The various performances gave unqualified satisfaction, and the…

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Victoria Theatre

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1880 · page 3

There was a good attendance at the Victoria Theatre last evening to witness the third performance of the nautical drama of "Insured, Al at Lloyds'." The various roles were well sustained…

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Amusements. Theatre Royal

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1880 · page 3

" Escaped, or Fetters and Flowers " was repeated at the Theatre Royal yesterday evening, for the last time, and to a crowded audience. Notwithstanding the great popularity this piece has…

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Victoria Theatre

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 February 1880 · page 2

"Insured, AI at Lloyds," is still being successfully produced at the Victoria Theatre, and last night, when another representation was given, there was a good attendance. The piece is of the sensational and…

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Queen's Theatre

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 February 1880 · page 2

The same programme that the Loftus Troupe performed on several previous evenings was again rendered at the Queen's Theatre last night, when, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, the…

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Amusements. Theatre Royal

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 February 1880 · page 2

With a view to giving Mr. Creswick a couple of evenings' rest previous to appearing on Friday and Saturday evenings in "Richelieu" and "Hamlet," "Sentenced to Death" was put on boards at the…

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The Patti Concerts

Evening News · Thursday 19 February 1880 · page 3

OUR readers are already a ware that the Patti concerts will commence on Monday evening next, at the Theatre Royal. Opera prices have been fixed for admittance, and the sale of season tickets will…

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Victoria Theatre

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 February 1880 · page 3

"Insured, Al at Lloyd's " continues to attract good houses at the Victoria Theatre, and the drama appears to give a good deal of satisfaction to the audience. Another performance is to be given this evening, and…

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Queen's Theatre

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 February 1880 · page 3

Another entertaining and varied programme was given at the Queen's Theatre last night by the Victoria Loftus Troupe, and, as on previous occasions, the efforts of the several performers met with a good…

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Amusements. Theatre Royal

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 February 1880 · page 3

This evening Mr. Creswick will make his last appearance hut one at the Theatre Royal, his engagement terminating to-morrow evening. To-night he will appear as Richlieu--one of his grandest…

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The Patti Concerts

Evening News · Friday 20 February 1880 · page 2

The sale of reserved seat tickets for the Patti concerts commenced this morning at Messrs. Nicholson and Ascherberg's, and great a draw. There was a regular rush for tickets, and in a very…

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Queen's Theatre

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 February 1880 · page 5
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The same programme, including the mirth-provoking absurdities of "Irish Justice" and the "Elephant Bolivar," was repented by the Victoria Loftus Troupe at the Queen's Theatre last night,…

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Victoria Theatre

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 February 1880 · page 5

Once again the lovers of sensation drama had an opportunity of enjoying their penchant to the fullest extent at the Victoria Theatre last night, when "Insured was repeated to a good house…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 February 1880 · page 5

"Richelieu," was performed at the Theatre Royal last night, and the large audience we take to be an indication that the public are not slow to appreciate the double gain of a great actor in a…

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Amusements. Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 February 1880 · page 6

[?]uulwer's well-known historic play, "Richelieu," was produced last night at the Theatre Royal, with Mr. Creswick as the great Cardinal. The stirring times in which the scenes of this powerful play are laid possess a lasting…

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The English Exhibitors Ball

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 21 February 1880 · page 3

ONE of the most pleasant incidents in connection with the International Exhibition was the ball given by a number of representatives of British Exhibitors to nearly two hundred and fifty inhabitants of Sydney, as…

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The Patti Concerts

Evening News · Saturday 21 February 1880 · page 5
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

ON Monday next the far-famed Cariotta Patti will appear on the beards of the Theatre Royal, in this city, as a songstress. Her fame as one of the few great cantatrices of the world, reached Australia…

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Amusements. the Patti Concerts

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 February 1880 · page 5

It will scarcely have escaped the memory of our musical readers that on Monday evening next at the Theatre Royal, the first of a series of Patti concerts is to be given. The name…

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