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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1893

1,749 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 88

Gaiety Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1893 · page 7

The Gaiety was crowded last night. This was due to the fact that Alf. M. Hazlewood was taking a benefit. The announcement of the complimentary benefit was accepted by the friends and admirers of…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1893 · page 441
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The new and original drama, "Light Ahead," though well acted, has very little that is original to recommend it. The situations are so familiar that not the most cunning literary mosaic worker could…

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Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1893 · page 441

"Hoodman Blind," with its powerful appeal to the sympathies of an audience, its splendid scenery and mounting, and the graphic portrayal of the passionate, easily influenced Jack Yeulett, depicted in…

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Amusements. Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1893 · page 7

The last six nights of Henry Arthur Jones's stirring drama " Hoodman Blind" are announced at Her Majesty s Theatre. The skill with which the interest of the second act of the play is sustained…

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A Bird of Passage. Chapter Xvii. the Ball. "There was a sound of revelry by night." (Continued.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 March 1893 · page 4

Miss Caggott had tern her dross badly— her columbine shirts— and Helen was not sorry to be called aside to render assistance. She was unutterably weary of Mr. Quontin and his…

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Concert at Cooma

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 March 1893 · page 15

THE concert in aid of St. Patrick's debt came off on Wednesday night at the School of Arts, Cooma, when a very large audience was present, every available seat being occupied. The programme…

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Promenade Concerts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1893 · page 7

The first of the new promenade concerts will be given at tbe Exhibition Building this evening under the musical direction of Mr. Gordon Gooch. A.R.A.M., and with Mr. George H. Naylor as…

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Complementary Concert

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1893 · page 441

Miss Maud FitzStubbs was the recipient of a complimentary benefit given in the Centenary Hall, York-street, in presence of his Excellency the Governor, Lord Villiers, the Hon. T. M. Slattery,…

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Congregational Church Concert

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1893 · page 6

A CONCERT in aid of the building fund in connection with the Congregational Church, Rookwood, was held in that building on Tuesday evening last. There were about 150 persons…

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Gaiety Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 5

The Vaudeville Minstrel and Specialty Company, which has already had an extended season at the G[?]ty Theatre, was, considering the number of counter attractions, exceedingly well patronised on…

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The Gaiety Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 3

Patrons of the Gaiety Theatre can always be sure of a first-class entertainment. Mr. Dan Tracey never allows his programmes to become tedious by continued repetition, nor…

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The Tivoli Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 3

Mr. Harry Richards and his specialty company grow apace in public favor. On Saturday evening, every seat in the Tivoli Theatre was occupied, and many patrons…

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Amusements. Scene in a Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 5

A small audience assembled at the Theatre Royal on Saturday night to see "Judge Not," but the drama was not produced. In place of it a little comedy was performed at 9 o'clock, in which Messrs…

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A Strike of Actors. Extraordinary Scene at the Theatre Royal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 5

The auditorium of the Theatre Royal was occupied on Saturday night by an audience representing about £10 in admission fees who had foreseen intellectual enjoyment in…

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A "Royal" Row. Scene at the Theatre Royal. the Actors on Strike. Mr. Moss Mobbed

Evening News · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 5

Although the curtain was not raised at all at the Theatte Royal on Saturday evening, and the audience did not have an opportunity of expressing an opinion as to the merits of "Judge Not,"…

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The Promenade Concerts

Evening News · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 3

On Saturday evening there was a large and appreciative audience at the Exhibition Building, Prince Alfred Park, when the first of a series of "People's Shilling Concerts" was given. Judging…

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Promenade Concerts at Exhibition Building

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 5

"Music for the million!" The cry rang through Europe years ago, and the cry was answered. Concerts were organised in the open and under cover, bands played in all public resorts, and at this…

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Amusements. the Promenade Concerts

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 3

The spirited promoters of "The People's Shilling Concerts" have every reason to be satisfied with the excellent start made on Saturday. The Exhibition Building in…

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A Stage Strike. at the Theatre Royal. Mr. Moss and the Mummers. No Performance Given. A Slanging Match on the Stage--A Fuming Audience--The O.P. Box--Messrs. Howe and Baker's Explanation

The Australian Star · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 3

The announcement that Frank Harvey's play "Judge Not" would be presented at the Theatre Royal on Saturday night was not fulfilled, for reasons that, in the…

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