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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1892

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Grand National Concert

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 January 1892 · page 6

The national concert held at the Protestant-hall last night, under the auspices of the Australian Natives' Association, proved very successful. The attendance was quite…

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People's Promenade Concerts

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 January 1892 · page 6

The third of this popular series of entertainments attracted a large audience to the Centennial-hall last evening. One of the most remarkable features at each of the…

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Exhibition of Pictures in Melbourne. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1892 · page 5

The steamer Woolloomooloo, which arrived on Sunday from London, has on board the collection of British pictures scoured by Mr. Joshua Laka for exhibition in Melbourne. The exhibition…

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Centennial Hall Concerts and Larrikins. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1892 · page 6

Sir,—With your kind permission I should like through the medium of your valuable paper to express my disgust at the unseemly conduct of a very small minority of the great audience assembled at the above…

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Temperance Concert. Mittagong

The Australian Star · Thursday 28 January 1892 · page 5

On Tuesday evening the members of the I.O.G.T. gave a grand concert in the Canterbury Hall in aid of the School of Arts, The attendance was large. Members from…

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People's Promenade Concerts

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 January 1892 · page 6

The final concert by the company of artists who have recently been delighting the audiences assembled in the Centennial-hall was held last evening. It is unnecessary…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 239

No change is yet announced in the programme, nor is there any diminution of interest or falling off in attendance of the gorgeous spectacle which, under the name of the " Forty Thieves," has…

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Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 239

The management have decided to anticipate the time when the pantomime should wane in popular favour, and in the full tide of success have closed the Christmas bill, and this evening (Saturday)…

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The Grarrick Theatre

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 239

Mr. John F. Sheridan has transferred his company to this theatre, and opened on Tuesday night to an audience by no means commensurate with the merits of the programme. Mr. Sheridan…

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The Criterion Theatre

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 239

The return of Mr. Robert Brough with a large contingent of the Brough and Boucicault Company was welcomed by a very large audience on Saturday last. "Uncles and Aunts" was…

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Our Photographic Competition-eighth Series of Pictures

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 26

Mossman's Bay, Sydney. (By Mr. D. C. Kilburn, Bondi, Sydney.)…

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Music and Drama. The People's Concerts

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 239

The three concerts announced to be given by the Exhibition Concert Company, under the musical direction of Mr. W. J. Turner, and in Sydney under the management of Messrs…

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Glebe Electoral League Smoke Concert

The Australian Star · Monday 1 February 1892 · page 3

A SMOKE concert in aid of the propanganda fund of the above league was given in the Glebe Town Hall on Thursday night. Owing to the enforced absence of the labor…

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Benefit Concerts (?)

Evening News · Tuesday 2 February 1892 · page 2

At last night's meeting of the Glebe Council two applications were received for the free use of the Town Hall assembly room for a concert and quadrille party respectively in favor of persons…

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The Hospital Concerts

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 February 1892 · page 7

As the result of the efforts of a few ladies and gentlemen who are generously devoting themselves to the entertainment of patients in the local hospitals, a highly…

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Footlight Flashes. "Forty-nine" at Her Majesty's. a Successful Production. Continued Success of "Uncles and Aunts." Revival of "Bridget O'Brien, Esq." Unabated Popularity of "The Forty Thieves." Benefit to Sadie Stringham. A Look Around the Other Houses—Saered Concerts—And Dramatic Notes from Various Sources

Referee · Wednesday 3 February 1892 · page 7

On Saturday last at Her Majesty's Theatre the pautomime of "The Babes in the Wood" made way for an American piece entirely new to Australia, entitled "Forty-Nine," from the…

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Footlight Flashes. "Forty-nine" at Her Majesty's. a Successful Production. Continued Success of "Uncles and Aunts." Revival of "Bridget O'Brien, Esq." Unabated Popularity of "The Forty Thieves." Benefit to Sadie A Look Around the Other Houses-Sacred Concerts-And Dramatic Notes from Various Sources

Referee · Wednesday 3 February 1892 · page 7

On Saturday last at Her Majesty's Theatre the pantomime of "The Babes in the Wood" made way for an American piece entirely now to Australia entitled "Forty-Nie," from the…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 295

The last nights of the most successful pantomime for many seasons past are announced, and this (Saturday) evening "The Forty Thieves" commence their last week of Sydney existence. There have been…

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The Criterion Theatre

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 295

"Uncles and Aunts" runs very smoothly at the Criterion, and the piece is nightly received with clamorous applause. Mr. Brough well maintains his reputation, and the new comedian, Mr. Tom Cannam,…

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The Garrick Theatre

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 295

Mr. John F. Sheridan has adopted the night in gale's policy, as the German, poet prettily says the bird of spring requires no new song, but year after year charms with the old one. Mr. Sheridan has fallen…

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