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Sydney · Pictures, dances & concerts
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Lovers of music and those who desire to see the public taste elevated, will learn with regret that not only docs Mr. Churchill Otton feel unable longer to pursue the spirited enterprise which for the past three months has resulted in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Great as was the success attending the opening of this pretty little theatre, the proprietor has already found places where improvements could be made. One of these is the extension of the new system of ventilation, which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The attendance at this theatre has been exceptionally; large; from floor to ceiling the house is nightly crowded; and even those persons least disposed to admire pantomime and similar entertainments are obliged to admit that in the…
Continued on Trove, page 70 →With the withdrawal of "The Woman of the People" from the stage, Mr. W. E. Sheridan, has apparently retired from the company. During the week Mr. C. H. Taylor has been playing the title role in "The Shaughraun," with…
Continued on Trove, page 70 →The management last evening carried out their proposed change, and made the whole of the lower floor stall scats at a uniform price. The attendance crowded that portion of the house and largely filled the other divisions. The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Theatre Royal was very well filled again last night, and Mr. Alfred Maltby's pantomime has fully carried out its promise of success. The Faust Family, who form the chief feature of the entertainment, are really very admirable…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →In my garden in the midnight, In the misty shining moonlight, Stand the lilies, swaying, bending, Half afraid that they are lending,…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →A very excellent concert was given at Temperance Hall, Balmain, on New Year's Eve, in aid of the society of St. Vincent de paul. There was not a large…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Churchill Otton very good-naturedly relinquished his claim to the Exhibition building on New Year's Night, and gave his ordinary Saturday concert on New Year's Eve. The result was disastrous to him, for on no occasion…
Continued on Trove, page 70 →This evening for the benefit of Mr. Churchill Otton, the final promenade concert will be given in the Exhibition Building. The number and standard of the sole artists who have volunteared their services and the contributions…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The familiar drama, "Queen's Evidence," was revived at the Gaiety Theatre on Saturday night, in the presence of a large audience. Notwithstanding the manifold revivals which this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Messrs. Pettitt and Meritt's sensational drama, "Queen's Evidence," was revived at this theatre on Saturday evening with great success. The play is exactly suited to the requirements of that suction of the theatre-going public…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Whatever has been the financial re[?]ult of the Saturday promenade concerts, the fact that a large portion of the people approve of them, and that these were auxious to mark their appreciation of Mr. Churchill Otton's labours…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Exhibition Building presented a brilliant spectacle on Saturday night, the occasion being a complimentary benefit to Mr. Sidney Church- hill Otton, the organiser and manager of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The management of the Criterion Theatre announce that, in spite of its continued popularity, they intend shortly to remove the opera of "Falka" from the boards. The last four nights of that sparkling production are advertised, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,—A correspondent writing in your issue of to-day complains of the show cards and pictures exhibited in the windows of the tobacconists as having an evil tendency and calculated to increase crime. I fully endorse his opinion…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A concert was given a: the Manly Aquarium last evening, and that Sydneyites might have a chance of visiting the entertainment everything was done to ensure their comfort. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The opera "Falka" after a prosperous run of three weeks will this evening be replaced by Wallace's evergreen work, "Maritana." The revival will be specially interesting as being the occasion for the debut in opera of Miss…
Continued on Trove, page 122 →After a successful run of three weeks, "Falks" has been withdrawn, and will this evening be succeeded by Wallace's open "Maritana." Beside the interest which in Sydney especially always centres round this popular…
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