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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1896

3,420 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 171

Mr. Childe's Orchestra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1896 · page 7

The above society gave its initial concert in the new Presbyterian Hall, Pymble, on Saturday evening last. This orchestra, which has only just been formed, consists of some 26 members, and gave with…

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Tivoli Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1896 · page 7

The Melbourne papers write in terms of high praise of Mr. Charles Godfrey, a celebrated comic singer, from the principal London theatres of variety, who has just appeared at the Melbourne…

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Theatre 'Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1896 · page 7

At the Theatre Royal Mr. Westmacott announces the last nights of "The Work Girl," in which Mr. Brunton's beautiful tablen of Blackfriars Bridge and the realism of the scenes in the sweating den,…

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HER MAJESTY's THEATRE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1896 · page 7

The new drama "To the West," by Messrs. Kenneth Mackav and Alfred Dampier is now tunning smoothly and well at Her Majesty's Theatre, where the big explosion scene was received…

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Amusements. Lyceum Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1896 · page 7

"The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith" will be performed for the last time to-morrow night, after which the Brough-Boucicault season at the Lyceum will close. There was a large attendance last…

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Panic at a Baltimore Theatre. Loss of 24 Lives

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1896 · page 8

In a senseless panic caused by a defective gasbuner and a foolish cry of "Fire" at the old Front-street Theatre, Baltimore on the night of 27th December, 21 people were killed two fatally…

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Concert at Parramatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1896 · page 6

An entertainment under the auspices of the St. John's Parramatta branch of the Church of England Temperance Society was held in St. John's schoolroom on Monday last. The Rov. R. Ro[?]k presided,…

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The Manchester Concerts

Evening News · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 4

LONDON, February 13.—Mr. F. H. Cowen, the well-known composer, has been appointed to succeed the late Sir Charles Halle as conductor of the orchestral…

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Seamen's Mission Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 6

Trafalgar House was crowded as usual on Tuesday evening, when a concert was given in connection with the Church of England Mission to Seamen by Miss Uther, assisted by Miss Trevor Jones, Miss…

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Manchester Orchestral Concerts. London, Feb. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 5

Mr. F. H. Cowen has been appointed to succeed the late Sir Charles Halle as conductor of the orchestral concerts at Manchester founded by Sir Charles Halle…

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Tivoli Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 10

This afternoon nnd evening the chief change at the rivoli Thentre will enahle Miss Alice Leammar to introduce "Madame Duvan," one of the songs in which she made a great success with the…

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Theatre Royal

Evening News · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 7
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser

Despite the fact that the "Work Girl" is still a big draw at the Royal, this musical drama Trill be withdrawn, on Friday night next, other arrangements having been entered into. During…

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Local and District Items Our Boys' Brass Band Concert

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 2

A concert in aid of " Our Boys' Brass Band," was given in the Cumberland Hall, Auburn, on Friday last…

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The Lyceum Theatre

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 325

"The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith," with which the Brough-Boucicault season terminated on Thursday evening, proved a successful draw until the close, though the exacting part of the heroine make it…

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The Criterion Theatre

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 325

"Mixed," a play by the author of "Hide and Seek," revived at this theatre on Saturday last, has, so far as Sydney is concerned, been absent for ten years, and therefore, to the younger section of…

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Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 10

At Her Majesty's Theatre the new drama "To the West," by Messrs. Kenneth Mackay and Alfred Dumper, eontinues to run briskly, and by beginning puuctually at 7.45 o'clock the conclusion is hastened,…

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Amusements. Lyceum Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 10

The Hoyal Cumic Opera Company, which sailed from Hobart after Thursday night's performance, will open a short sesson at The Lyceum Theatre on Monday evening. Messrs. Williamson and…

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Music and Drama Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 325

The production of a play depending for much of its success on the perfect working of very complicated scenic appliances on the night following the withdrawal of a pantomime in which nearly an…

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