Criterion Theatre
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1889 · page 6
Mr. F. C. Burnand's irrosistible three-act comeny, "Betsy," with its " pink domino" complications, was played at the Criterion Theatre on Saturday night by the Brough and Boucicault Company. The cast was as…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1889 · page 6
A very good house attended the representation of "The Vendetta" at Her Majesty's Theatre on Saturday evening, and the drama was played capitally. Whilst the great feature of the production is…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1889 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald
"It is Never Too Late to Mend" was revived at the Theatre Royal on Saturday, when the great feature in the favorite drama was Mr. Charles Warner's fine impersonation as Tom…
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Evening News · Monday 4 March 1889 · page 8
The ALHAMBRA.—The "service" which was presented here last evening was elevating, thoughtful, and pleasurable to a degree, and was witnessed and duly appreciated by a…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 March 1889 · page 5
The thirteenth smoke concert of the Orpheus Club took place last evening at the usual place of meeting— Aarons' Exchange Hall. The attendance was fully up to the average, and the performance appeared to…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 12
Also in The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser
The drama, "It's Never Too Late to Mend," has been drawing crowded houses during the week, and judging from the enthusiasm with which it has been nightly received, it will probably have a long run…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 12
"Betsy" reigns supreme at the Criterion, and judging from the attendance it seems hardly likely that any change will be made for some time to come. However, the management, who are always alive to the…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 486
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald
"Vendetta" abbreviated seems to have caught the favour of the frequenters of Her Majesty's Theatre, and large audiences have been the result. The condensing has had an excellent effect in…
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The Australian Star · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 7
Sir,--The above band once again disappointed the public in the Botanical Gardens on Wednesday last, without the semblance of an excuse. This, after…
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Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 15
THE erection of the new organ in St. Bridget's Church, Marrickville, was celebrated on Tuesday evening by a sacred concert, the performance of the chief numbers of Handel's oratorio of " The…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 March 1889 · page 9
Neither the unpropitious state of the weather nor the counter attractions elsewhere seemed to have had any effect upon the patronage accorded to "Betsy" at the Criterion Theatre on Saturday evening, for not only…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 March 1889 · page 9
During last week there was no want of appreciation of the perforrance of the interesting drama, "It's Never Too Late to Mend," at the Theatre Royal and on Saturday evenmg the popular portions of the house…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 March 1889 · page 9
Now that Mr. Gilbert Parker's drama, "The Vendetta," has been judiciously pruned, it is presented in a more compact and attractive form, and the result is apparent from the increased interest taken in it by…
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The Australian Star · Friday 15 March 1889 · page 7
AN interesting dramatic relic has been sent to the British Museum on loan by the University of Utrecht. It is a representation and description of the Swan…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 March 1889 · page 12
Messrs. Brough and Boucicault evidently reckoned without their host when at the commencement of the presont week they came to the conclusion that by last evening "Botsy" would have palled upon the public…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1889 · page 533
An interesting correspondence has been carried on in a portion of the daily press as to the cause which led to the financial failure of "Captain Swift." Messrs. Charles Warner and H. H…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1889 · page 533
"Betsy" seems to grow in public favour, and the audiences at the Criterion Theatre now know the piece so well that all the points are anticipated, and the laugh comes with rather than after…
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