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Sydney · Pictures, dances & concerts
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A very large and enthusiastic audience assembled at the Standard Theatre on Saturday evening to witness the first production in Australia of the late Charles Read's realistic drama, in six acts, entitled "Life in the Coal Pits."…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On Thursday evening last the Commercial Amatour Minstrels gave an entertainment at the Randwick Asylum for the amusement of the inmates. The programme consisted of some very excellent solos, duets, and other musical…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A large audience witnessed the performance of Charles Reade's drama, in six acts, founded on Mrs. Hodgson Burnett's novel, "That Lass O'Lowrie," and entitled, "Life in the Coal Pits," at the Standard Theatre last…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miss Carrie Swain still continues to draw large audiences to the Criterion Theatre, with the drama of the "Miner's Daughter," especially written for her by Bret Harte. Last evening the threatre was well filled, and both the play…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →We have been shown by Mr. F. Gerard, who recently returned from India, a neat little programme of a social got up by a number of those interested in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Charles Reade's adaptation of Mrs. Francis Burnett Hodgson's pathetic story, "That Lass o'Lowrie's," entitled "Life in the Coal Pits," has proved very successful at the Standard Theatre. The drama is well mounted, capitally…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wilkio Collinss' drama of "The New Magdalen" will be produced for the first time at the Standard Theatre this evening, it being the occasion of a special complimentary benefit tonderod to Mr. Alfred Dampier, the popular…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A complimentary benefit was tendered to Mr. Alfred Dampier by Mr. Frank Smith, the members of Mr. Dampier's dramatic company, and an influential committee, at the Standard Theatre, last evening. "The New Magdalen"…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →In celebration of the Kingswood Hall as a Fashionable Dancing Academy, Mr. L. O'Brien invited a number of his friends and pupils to on joy the pleasures of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Last week we promised our readers that we would give them a more detailed report of the flower show and concert, organised by the Pride of the Forest Lodge, Ancient…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Thursday a concert was given in the Albert Hall, for the benefit of Mr. Tom Macbeth, who is seriously ill. The Leichhart Oriental Minstrels gave their services gratis…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Friday.--Notwithstanding the unwanted appearance of the interior of the Melbourne Town-hall, with lofty tiers of scaffolding erected at each end in connection with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Martin Simonsen's Italian Opera Company, during the past week, played with success Bellini's ever popular opera " Norma" on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday; on Wednesday, " Rigoletto;" on Friday, " Faust;" and on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →When Sir Alfred Stephen called upon his Excellency Lord Carrington to declare the new Art Gallery open to the public, he pointed to it as a building in which "the treasures collected…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ponchielli's melodramatic opera, "I Promess Soosi," was, given for the frist time last night in the Theatre Royal. The attendance was poor, but those who were present seemed much interested in the performance…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,--It is with considerable regret that I have to direct your attention to the fact that many of the pictures in our new Art Gallery are suffering from the effects of a damp and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →M. Simonen is to be congratulated on his enterprise in introducing to the music-loving public of Sydney such talented artistes as those who for some time past have been nightly delighting the audiences at the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The concert instituted by the Hurstville Literary and Debuting Club, in aid of the Bulli Fund, took place last ovening, and resulted in the most successful and brilliant gathering over seen in the district. As Hurstville cannot…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A highly successful sacred concert, in aid of the Bulli Relief Fund, was given in the Congregational Church, Point Piper-road, Woollahra, last evening. The church was nearly filled, and the various items submitted—most of…
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