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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1882

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Austria. the Burning of the Ring Theatre. 800 Lives Lost

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 January 1882 · page 6

The sensation caused by the appalling disaster at the Ring Theatre in Vienna still occupies public attention. All accounts of the disaster tend to confirm the astounding…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1882 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Daily Telegraph

"Sinbad the Sailor " was repeated at the Theatre Royal, on Saturday night, and will be played every evening until further notice…

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Queen's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1882 · page 6

Miss Ada Word's re-apperance on the Sydney stage has proved to her that her talented acting four years ago has not been forgotten, and also that she has not lost the power which made her former visit to us so plea[?]nt both…

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Gaiety Theatre

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1882 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Another large audience visited the Gaiety Theatre on Saturday night, when the "Green Lanes of England," which has now entered upon its fifth week, was repeated in a most successful…

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The Queen's Theatre

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1882 · page 3

After an absence extending over four years, Miss Ada Ward made her re-appearance in Sydney at the Queen's Theatre on Saturday night in a now and interesting drama written expressly for the…

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The Old Victoria Theatre

Evening News · Monday 30 January 1882 · page 2

Another landmark is disappearing—the front portion of the old Victoria. Theatre in Pitt-street being in course of destruction, to make way for buildings more in accordance with the spirit of the times and…

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Amusements. Miss Christian's Farewell Concert

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1882 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon Miss Christian, one of the most popular, as she is one of the most accomplished, of the many "sweet singers" who have delighted the music lovers of the colonics, gave what…

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The Burning of the Theatre at Vienna. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Vienna, Dec. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1882 · page 7

Shall I find words to tell you how that happened which by the time my letter reaches your hands you will have heard of The telegraph told you of a fine house destroyed by fire, of nearly one thousand lives…

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Children's Corner. Mrs. Grammar's Ball

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 February 1882 · page 21

MR. Richard Ward, Leeds, writes to the "LeedsMercury," stating that he recently came across some verses which he remembers copying from an old book when at school. He believes they are not generally known…

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Burning of the Ring Theatre

Evening News · Saturday 4 February 1882 · page 6

DESCRIBING the excitement caused in Vienna by the recent disaster at the Ring Theatre, and the scenes at the funeral of the victims, the Melbourne "Argus" London correspondent wrote on…

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The Burning of the Theatre at Vienna. Vienna, Dec. 13

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1882 · page 177

How shall I find words to tell you how that happened which by the time my letter reaches your bands you will have heard of ? When a terrible fire breaks out and the alarming news spreads through the town, the…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1882 · page 3

There was another good attendance at the Theatre Royal on Saturday night, when the pantomime" Sinbad, the Sailor," was repented. The clever acting, as on previous occasions, scenred…

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Queen's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1882 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Daily Telegraph

Stirling Coyn[?]'s drama, "The Woman in Red," was produced at the Queen's Theatre on Saturday night, and although inferior perhaps in interest to "Mad," it yet served to show Miss Ada Ward's ability in a line of acting…

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Amusements. Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1882 · page 6

As may be imagined, the long lease of popularity which "Sinbad the Sailor" has enjoyed at the Theatre Royal, has had the effect of making every performer so thoroughly at home in his or her part, that the pantomime goes as a…

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Amusements. Gaiety Theatre

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1882 · page 3

On Saturday night a drama entitled " Michael Strogoff," founded upon Jales Verne's novel of that name, and of the plot of which a detailed description has already appeared in these columns, was…

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The "Moonlight" Band. London, Feb. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1882 · page 5

Three of the leading members of "Captain Moonlight's" band, named Donsdale, Mead, and Tobin, have each been sentenced to seven years' penal servitude for being concerned in…

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Amusements. Gaiety Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1882 · page 6

"Michael Strogoff" is certainly one of the most spectacular dramas yet produced at the Gaiety Theatre, and the management is to be complimented upon the great effects which it achieves, in spite of the comparatively limited space…

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