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Sydney · Pictures, dances & concerts
1,035 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 52
The musical public will scarcely need re[?]ding that this eveving is that set apart for Miss Pedley's concert in the Protestant Hall. In addition to the reappearance in public of some of the best artists in Sydney, there will be a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A GRAND conceit was held in the Presbyterian school-church, Granville, on Friday evening last, in aid of the site and building fund of the church, The attendance was not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir John were a Gladstonian hat, and a man in the gallery, though he was well disposed for sleep, endured much shaking by a vigorous young policeman, and kept his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Grand Theatre at Derby was totally destroyed by fire on the night of May 6 just before the time at which a performance was to be given by Mr. Edward Torry and his company, The fire is said to have originated in a gas…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Protestant Hall last evening were an air of brilliancy only equalled on the social nights of the Sydnoy Liedertafel concerts. There was, however, a contrast presented by the appearance of the platform to that on such…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Protestant-hall held a large and fashionable audience last night, Miss Pedley's benefit concert being the occasion of the assembly. The concert was given under the patronage of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A wreath for the lost leader, of course, and a wreath that should have been twined by a few words of simple, sorrowful eloquence from leaders of all…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The theatre tad opera-house recently erected by Mr. R. Melville in Derby, England, was burned down lately. The firs occurred through a gas explosion on the stage thirty-five minutes before the performance…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"In his Power," a highly sensational story, has afforded scope for some excellent acting at the Theatre Royal during the week. The piece plays during the Franco-German war; the scene is Paris, where Herbert…
Continued on Trove, page 1283 →Miss Pedley's benefit concert, given on Wednesday evening, in the Protestant Hall, holds a unique position in entertainments, apart from its merits in a musical sense, from the fact that the piece de…
Continued on Trove, page 1283 →Again the Williamsons with "Struck Oil," and again an audience that crowded the Theatre Royal to the roof, and which included his Excellency Lord Carrington, with Lady…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A change of programme took place at the Theatre Royal on Saturday night, when there was a repotition of "Struck Oill," and the Williamsons, after a long absence from the Sydney stage, again appeared. The performance was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WEST MAITLAND, Saturday.-- A theatre of a most elaborate character is about to be erected in Maitland, and a company with a capital of £10,000 in being now formed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Professor Robert Ellis Thompson was recently asked to lecture on Free-trade and Protection before the Brooklyn Free-trade Club. Mr. Thomas Shearman, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →And what's the matter in King-street ? It was like Parliament House Yard on the morn of Gladstone's speech, or the Sunday night when Parkes locked the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On Wendensday evening last a concert was held in the School of Arts, Ashfield, given by members of several of the musical societies of Sydney, in aid of the organ fund of the Wesleyan Church. The programme was varied by several…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The field of this battle les pleasantly on the western slopes of the colony, beyond the first great mountain chain, past Bathurst, on the road to Orange; and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Would it not be well to adjourn the House till Sir Henry Parkes returns? Might it not be advisable to cry off the work of legislation for a week to proclaim…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Struck Oil" is drawing large houses at the Royal, and the revival of this popular play has been received with a perfect ovation. The "Chinese Question"…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At the Princess's Theatre (late Old Masonic Hall), Yorkstreet, Buckley's Hibernicon and Comedy Company has been drawing fair houses duriug the week. The programme comprises a number of popular songs, and some interesting…
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