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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1893

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Concert at Cook's River

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 February 1893 · page 15

A SUCCESFUL concert in aid of SS. Peter and Pauls Church, Cook's River, with Fr.E. O'Callaghan presiding, was given last week. The contributors included Miss Josephine O'Reilly, who…

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The Passion Play, Lecture and Sacred Concert

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 February 1893 · page 15

IT showed well for the popularity of the Very Rev. Alphonsus Q'Neill, C.P , that his lecture on the Sacred Passion Play of Ober-Ammergan quite filled the Royal Standard Theatre at such fancy…

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Church Concert at Waverley

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 February 1893 · page 17

ON last Thursday evening a first-class vocal and instrumental concert was given at the Athenaeum Hall, Waverley, the proceeds of which are to be applied to the establishment of a…

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Promenade Concerts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1893 · page 10
Also in The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser

A series of promenade concerts will be initiated at the Exhibition Building on Saturday week under the musical direction of Mr. Gordon Gooch, A.R.A.M. The tariff of admission to all parts of the hall will be…

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Stage, Song and Show. the Flood Fund Benefit. "Miss Esmeralda" at the Lyceum. "Hoodman Blind" at Her Majesty's. The Criterion Programme -- New Talent for the Alhambra -- The Theatre Royal--The Tivoli Company at the Garrick-- London Summary--The Faust Family at the Opera House--New Attractions at the Vaudeville

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 February 1893 · page 3

Everybody will be glad to know that there is comforting prospect of a flood fund benefit on Wednesday afternoon that shall establish a record, both for its artistic…

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The Gaiety Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1893 · page 9

On Saturday Dan Tracey's Vaudeville Minstrel and Specialty Company at the Ga[?]ty Theatre gave two performances, the first of which was a matin[?]o, at which several new artists made their appearance, and…

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The Tivoli Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1893 · page 9

Mr. Harry Rickards having removed his [?]longings to the Garrick Theatre, which he has leased for a long term and renamed The Tivoli, opened the new season there on Saturday evening with an augmented…

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Benefit Concert

The Australian Star · Monday 20 February 1893 · page 2

The committee of the late concert given to Mrs. Connelly, of Marrickville, who is in distressed circumstances, held a meeting last Friday, Mr. W. J. Hartley in the…

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Royal Standard Theatre

Evening News · Tuesday 21 February 1893 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

At the Royal Standard Theatre last evening, the Government Printing Office Dramatic and Musical Society gave one of their enjoyable entertainments. The play chosen for the occasion…

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The Church and the Theatre. a Wesleyan Minister's Views

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 February 1893 · page 5

At the Newtown Wesleyan Church on Sunday evening the Rev. Rainsford Bavin preached to a crowded congregation on the subject of the theatre, choosing for his text,…

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The Theatre and Modern Life

Evening News · Thursday 23 February 1893 · page 2

At the Newtown Weeleyan Church on Sunday night the Rev. Rainsford Bavin preached on the subject of the theatre, taking for his text the words, "Have no fellowship with the unfruitful…

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Amusements. Benefit at Tier Majesty's Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 February 1893 · page 5

Her of Majesty's Theatre, which had been granted for the occasion by Mr. George Rignold, was filled by a large audience yesterday afternoon, when a performance…

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Amusements. Sydney Liedertafel Flood Relief Concert

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 February 1893 · page 6

The Sydney Liedertafel concert last evening at the Town-hall in aid of the Queensland relief fund attracted an audience of nearly 3000 people. The Liedertafel, under…

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Brass Band Contest

The Australian Star · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 5

Mr. Larmour has arranged for a champion brass band contest, to take place at the Coogee Palace Aquarium on Good Friday and Easter Saturday, March 31 and April…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 10

Messrs. Howe and Baker's Dramatic Company will this evening produce for the first time an original four-act sensational drama, which the authors, Messrs. Walter Howe and H. C. Hanon, have…

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Criterion Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 10

This evening Messrs. H. and E. Paulton's mythological modern comedy, " N[?]be All Smiles " will be produced at the Criterion Theatre for the first time in Sydney. The new farcical…

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Tivoli Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 10

There was again a large audience at the Tivoli last night, so that Mr. Rickards's initiatory experiences at his new house have been decidedly encouraging. This evening there will be a change of programme…

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Gaiety Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 10

Dan Tracey's Vaudeville Minstrel and Specialty Company continue to make the Gai[?]ty Theatre their home, and they still attract large numbers of their friends to their entertainments. This is due to two…

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