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Sydney · Pictures, dances & concerts
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This theatre has secured large audiences during the week, and was well filled again last night, when Mr. Alfred Maltby's pantomime, "The Sleeping Beauty; or Harlequin Mother Goose and the Seven Champions," was received…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mr. W. E. Sheridan and Miss Louise Davenport are appearing nightly in "Madeira," a new title for the "temperance moral," "The Woman of the People," introduced here some years since by Herr Bandmann. In…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →This theatre, which for freshness and brightness leaves all others in Sydney far behind, was formally opened on Boxing Night, in the presence of his Excellency the Governor and Lady Carrington and a brilliant assembly, which…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →THE admirable Saturday evening promenade concerts, at the Exhibition Building, under the management of Mr. Sidney Churchill, Otton served to bring out our Catholic musical talent…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The production of "Messiah" at the Gaiety Theatre on Christmas night with an orchestra of 10, and soloists and chorus numbering together five voices, reflected far more on M. Caron's boldness than judgment; indeed, considering…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The fifteenth Promenade Concert was held at the Exhibition-building last night when is spite of an excellent programme, the change to New Year's Eve did not draw so large an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Churchill Otton deserves far better support from the public than has been accorded at the last two promenado concerts. It must, however, be remembered that the night has been changed, and that each of the occasions on which…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A promonade concert, accompanied by a grand pyrotechnic display, arranged in aid of the funds of the Congregational Church at Croydon, was held on the Ashfield Recreation Ground. The affair proved…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →On Saturday evening Dion Boucicault's Irish drama "Arrah-na-Pogne" was revived for one night only, and with this production the Sheridan season in Sydney has finished for the present. Mr. Sheridan as Shaun…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Every seat and box in all parts of this theatre was occupied on-Saturday evening, when "Falka" was repeated. The audience was lavish of approval, and throughout the evening testified its satisfaction with the work and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The first of two Scottish National Concerts was given in the New Masonic-hall, Castle-reagh-street, on New Year's Night. There was not a large attendance, bat this no doubt was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Exhibition Building were a very attractive appearance on Saturday evening, when the Fifth Scottish Regiment gave a grand promenade concert, under the patronage of his Excellency the Governor; Major-General…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dion Boucicault is a master of the stage—he is in fact the Lopez do Vega, or the D'Ennery of the English drama; he knows by heart every secret of " la boite aux surprises," and last night "The Shnughraun" was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"The Shaughraun" is one of those fascinating Irish dramas which, if well put on the stage, is always a sure draw, Mr. C. H. Taylor, aware of the vitality of Boncicault's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Falka" had numerous admirers last evening, the orchestra stalls and dress circle being largely attended. The opera was well received, but the excess of the dialogue, great at first, is still increasing, and is in places drawn out…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A MOST enjoyable concert was given in Town Hall an New Year’s Night under the suspices of the Parramatta Branch of the High land Scoiety of New South Wales. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The pantomime of the "Sleeping Beauty; or Harlequin Mother Goose and the Seven Champions," has drawn crowded houses ever since the first production, at the Theatre Royal, and last night the play…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. Sydney Churchill Otton, the spirited and energetic manager of the Promenade Concerts at the Exhibition Duiluing, is to be the recipient of a complimentary benefit…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Sydney Scottish Rifles had a splendid conceit on Saturday evening last (New Year 's night), which was very well attended indeed. The concert was under…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The military concert given at the Exhibition Building on New Year 's night was a tremendous success, being patronised by a numerous and fashionable audience,…
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