Standard Theatre
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1891 · page 3
The Sydney Amateur Oporatic Society repeated their pleasing performance of Planquette's pretty comic opera, "Les Cloches do Corneville," at thir theatre last evening. The entertainment was for the benefit of…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 January 1891 · page 6
At the Theatre Royal, "Cinderella" with its wonderful scenery and marvellous pictures, drew a crammed audience, who were loud in their applause at the graceful acting of Miss…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1891 · page 3
Professor Anderion gave another of his Interesting entertainments at the Gaiety Theatre last evening before a very moderate hourn. The "floating lady" and the "haunted pavilion" were as interesting as…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 January 1891 · page 6
The Sydney Operatic Society repeated " Les Cloches do Corneville" at the Royal Standard Theatre as a complimentary benefit to their conductor. Mr. A. W. Juncker. Generally the…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1891 · page 3
In noticing the Now Year's night concert which took place last evening at the Centennial Hall, we have to record the "farewell" appearance in Australia of Madame Patey, the last of the four great musical…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1891 · page 3
Last night a concert was given in the Unitarian Church, Liverpool-street, Hyde Park. There was a large and enthusiastic audience, and the happy way in which the Rev. Geo. Walters, the chairman, spoke to…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1891 · page 3
The entertainment, consisting of Scotch elections, given by the Bairnsfather Family at the Temperance Hall last evening, well deserved more patronage than it received from the lovers of Scottish music. The…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1891 · page 5
The festival promoted by the Highland Society was brought to a close in the evening by the annual concert. It was given in the Protestant Hall, Castlercagh-street, and was attended by a crowded audience. The affair…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 January 1891 · page 6
Madame Patey, who will be absent in China and Japan for three or four months, gave her farewell concert at the Centennial-hall. There was an immense audience, the ground floor…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 15
The pantomime of "Cinderella " is the Christmas entertainment at the Theatre Royal. The opening on Boxing Night was witnessed by one of the largest gatherings seen in the building, and…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 15
The revival of "Impulse," and as far as the Criterion Theatre goes the production of Mr. Stephenson's adaptation of "La Maison du Mari" by the members of the Brough and Boucicault…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 15
Mr. Hamilton's version, of "Moths" still occupies the Garrick, and the efforts of the actors well merit the approval given. Miss Olga Nethersole is a most winsome Vere Herbert, standing out…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 15
From Sir John Falstaff to Sir Richard Whittington—according to historic chronology—the journey is not long. Both are credited with living in the time of Henry IV. and V., and, therefore,…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 8
The p[?]tomime of "Cinderella," which has been magnificently mounted under the direction of Mr. George Musgrove, is proving a great attraction he[?] So far as scenery and costumes are concerned, the…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1891 · page 5
Professor Anderson continues to mystify patrons of his entertainment at the Gaiety Theatre by the quickness and ease with which the tricks of the "magician" are performed. The Professor has posed for a long…
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Evening News · Monday 5 January 1891 · page 3
The concert arranged by the committee of the Highland Society, at the School of Arts Hall, Bathurst, was the only opportunity afforded to tho public of the city of enjoying themselves on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Birchall's Book. His Life, Trial and Prison Experiences. Birchall's Life at School and Oxford University. Always a Remarkably Lively Youth. More Serious Joking at the University -- Oxford Girls of All Kinds Described in Prose and Picture -- Warnings to Young Men -- Managing a Theatre
The Australian Star · Monday 5 January 1891 · page 2
THE following is from Birchall's book, written in Woodstock while awaiting his doom for the murder of Benwell: -- PREFACE…
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The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 January 1891 · page 3
This brings me to what will be the longest part of my narrative, and perhaps the most interesting to my readers. But before I go any further, let me beg of any of my readers…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1891 · page 5
Beyond the [?] that "Cinderella" continues to draw crowded hou[?], there is little to chronicle in connection with Mr. George M[?] handsome production. The pantomime, as already announced, can only be…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 January 1891 · page 4
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Mr. John Wilson, proprietor of the Palace Hotel, to-day swore an information against Oswald Twist, late boots of the hotel, who is now undergoing 18 months'…
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