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Sydney · Pictures, dances & concerts
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The Raynor Brothers, the well-known and popular comedians and musicians, took their farewell benefit at this theatre last evening, when the final performance of Mr. Alfred Maltby's successful Christmas pantomime. "The…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Balfe's romantic opera, the "Bohemian Girl, "was played for the last time for the present at this theatre last evening, when it attracted a very fair audience, that thoroughly appreciated the performance. This evening a new and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →With the exception of "Hamlet," "East Lynne" is, without doubt, the most vital piece upon the English-speaking stage; and last night the special revival of Mr.Dampior's version attracted a large audience to this theatre. At first…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Balfe's well-known opera, "The Bohemian Girl," was given at this theatre on Saturday evening last to an audience which filled the house to overflowing, and which testified its approbation of the rendering of the…
Continued on Trove, page 273 →FATHER E. J. Butler, M.A., of St. John's College, by whose personal efforts the concert in aid of the Good Samaritan Refuge at Tempe was got up, and Mr. J. A. Delany, the conductor of St…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →On Friday, the 28th ultimo, the New Masonic Hall was largely attended, when a concert was given in aid of the funds of St. Magdalene's Refuge at Tempe. Mr. J. A. Delaney undertook the…
Continued on Trove, page 273 →Miss Carrie Swain, the American comedienne, made her first appearance in Sydney at this theatre on Saturday evening, and with great success, from a popular point of view, in her play of "Carrie, the Tomboy." Dramatic art…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On Saturday evening a new and original comic opera, in three acts, "Nell Gwynne," written by H. B. Furnie, with music by R. Planquette, was produced at this theatre with success. In the first scene, the Dragon Inn, we find…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miss Carries Swain, an American comedienne, made her first appearance here at the Theatre Royal on Saturday night in a comedy-drama entitled "This Tomboy," which stretches into…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Rel the Romany," a melodrama in five acts, which, when produced in England by Mr. Southern, as "A Long Chase," and in America, by Mr. Lester Wallack, under the title of Rosedale," secured great popularity, was revived at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Rel the Romany," one of a class of plays which have ever had a charm for theatre-goers, was produced by Mr. A. Dampier at the Royal Standard Theatre on Saturday night before an…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Gaiety Theatre opened last evening under entirely new management. The price to he gallery has been made once more a shilling, and the audience of last evening was not only…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Signorina Marchetti, a lyric artist from Italy who is making a tour of the world, having safely sustained the fatigues of her journey in China and Japan, has now arrived in Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. S. C. Otton and those associated with him in bringing to this colony the accomplished prima donna, Signorina Marchotti, seored a triumphant success last night at the half of the Y. M. C. A. The lady's voice is a genuine…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miss Carrie Swain, and her play written specially for her by Mr. Leonard Grover, attracted a very large attendance at the Theatre Royal last evening. Miss Swain gave a performance that no one save herself can give, and she…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Nell Gwynne" has much improved in go since the opening night, all nervousness has disappeared from the company and chorus, and last evening the comic opera went remarkable well. As a work of art it will not bear comparison…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A very large and enthusiastic audience witnessed the performance of Mr. Leonard Glover's comedy-drama, "The Tomboy," at this playhouse, last evening. It was the expressed opinion of a poet that variety was the spice which…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The drawing power of Mrs. Henry Wood's successful novel "East Lynne" has become theatrically proverbial, and last night the final revival of Mr. Dampier's stage version attracted a good audience…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →THE entertainment given last week at the new Masonic Hall in aid of the funds of the St. Patrick's branch of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul took the pleasant form of a concert-lecture. The lecture…
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