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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1895

3,075 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 154

Theatre Royal

Truth · Sunday 17 February 1895 · page 2

Mr. Bland Holt has followed up his first successful production by a revival composed of all the elements requisite for the creation of another success. 'The Union Jack'…

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Lyceum Theatre

Truth · Sunday 17 February 1895 · page 2

A CROWDED house greeted Messrs. Brough and Boucicault's latest efforts in the way of amusing and instructing the public. A double hill was presented, consequently the…

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Her Majesty's Theatre

Truth · Sunday 17 February 1895 · page 2

MR. GEORGE RIGNOLD brought his successful pantomime season to a close on Saturday to a well filled house. All the special features which had contributed to make…

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Tivoli Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 February 1895 · page 6

This house was well patronised on Saturday evening, when a programme including many new features, as well as those that have previously been found popular was presented. The entertainment…

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Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 February 1895 · page 6

This evening Mr. George Rignold will reappear, after an interval of several years in his famous character of William, with Miss Adeline Wood, a new actress as Black-eyed Susan. As already…

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Theatre Royal.—"union Jack."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 February 1895 · page 6

The interval of five or six years, which is the period that has elapsed since the "Union Jack" was first produced in Sydney, is a sufficiently long one to blot from memory the starring incidents which make…

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Amusements. Her Majesty's Theatre

Evening News · Tuesday 19 February 1895 · page 2

Never, perhaps is the change which a few years will bring in the public taste brought home to us more forcibly than on the occassion of the revival of an old play…

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Harvest Festival Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1895 · page 4
Also in The Daily Telegraph

There was a large attendance at the Centenary Hall. York-street, last night, When a harvest festival concert was held. The hall was m[?]ly decorated with fruits and flowers. Special seats were arranged…

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Pictures by Wire. San Francisco Discovery. an Ingenious Device

Evening News · Thursday 21 February 1895 · page 3

With no tools but a working wire, a stump of a lead pencil, and a sheet of paper ruled off into minute squares, a San. Francisco inventor says he can…

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The Theatre in London. Mr. Boucicault on Plays and Players. Irving Likely to Visit Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 February 1895 · page 5

Mr. Boucicault went to London mainly because when one has been in Australia for some years one apprehends that he may have lagged behind his time a little--…

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Theatre Royal

Evening News · Saturday 23 February 1895 · page 4
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Daily Telegraph, The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser

The spectacular play "The Union Jack" has drawn good houses at the Theatre Royal during the past week, and will continue to hold the boards until the…

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Lyceum Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1895 · page 10

"Aunt Jack," a dashing farcical comedy which had an immense run at the Court Theatre, London, some time back, will be produced for the first time in Sydney at the Lyceum Theatre to-night. The…

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Tivoli Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1895 · page 10

This afternoon and evening Mr. Harry Rickards announces a fresh programme at the Tivoli Theatre, whore the bakers will uppear in an entirely new act, in which "refined business will…

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Sherwood. Band of Hope

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1895 · page 9

The usual monthly meeting of this merry Juvenile society was held at “Linnwood ” Hall last Monday evening, a pleasant and entertaining programme being gone through…

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Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1895 · page 377

That Douglas Jerrold's nautical drama has still much to command public support was shown by the attendance at Her Majesty's Theatre on Monday night, when Mr. Rignold reappeared in his…

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Amusements. Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1895 · page 10

At Her Majesty's Theatre the attractions of the serious drama and the burlesque on "Black-eyed Susan " justify the management in expecting a substantial return for the talent, time, and…

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