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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1896

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Concert at Bourke-street Wesleyan Church

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 January 1896 · page 6

A concert was given last night at Bourke- street Wesleyan Church, in old of its trust funds. Considering the unpropitious weather, there was a fair attendance, but it is to be…

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Criterion Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 6

with to-night's production of " Patience " Mr. Tom Pollard will this evening close the season of the Lilliputian Opera Company at the Criterion Theatre. Miss Mitchell will sing the name part, Miss Maud…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 6

The final performance of " Pat, or the Bells of Kathbeal," will be given at the Theatre Royal tonight. To-morrow Mr. C. B. Westmacott will stage " The Work Girl," a new sensational dramu,…

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Amusements. Lyceum Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 6

At the Lyceum Theatre " John a-Dreams " will be performed for the last time to-night. Apart from the interest attaching to the play itself, the tableaux showing the yacht in full sail are…

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Concert in the Bourke-street Wesleyan Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 6

A concert took place in the Bourke-street Wesleyan Church on Wednesday night in aid of the trust funds of the church. There was a moderato attendance. The choir sang three anthoms, Miss…

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Criterion Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 11

Mr. Tom Pollard had the pleasure of closing his season at the Criterion Theatre to a crowded house last night, when the Lilliputian Opera Company appeared in "Patience." Three operas of the long…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 11

Mr. C. B. Westmacott will this evening produce for the first time in Australia a new melodrama in a prologue and five acts by Messrs. Conquest and Shirley. Mr. John Brunton has been…

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Tivoli Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 11

This afternoon and evening there will be a new programme at the Tivoli Theatre, when the Cosman couple, who form the fifth instalment of the new English artists engaged by Mr. Harry Rickards,…

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Amusements. Lyceum Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 11

To-night "The Passport," a new fareical comedy by Messrs. B. C. Stephenson and W. Yardley, will be produced for the first time in Australia at the Lyceum Theatre. Both the authors named above…

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Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 11

This afternoon, and again in the evening, "Robinson Crusco" will be performed at Her Majesty's Theatre, with the addition of new numbers. Miss Marie Luella has already anticipated the…

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On the Track. Band Wick

The Bird O' Freedom · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 8

Coolalta was one of the first out and ran a useful six furlongs, finishing well. Bliss and Juvenile were sent a good once round on the tan, which was done in fair time, both…

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"The Workgirl" at the Theatre Royal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 3

"The Workgirl" bill promises a plenitude of sensational and picturesque entertainment, into which the salt of variety will be sprinkled by Miss Florrie Fordo and by…

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Concert at Gladesville

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 3

The drill-hall, Gladesville, was the scene of a very successful smoke concert on "Wednesday night by the members of K Company 1st Regiment Now South Wales…

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Theatre Royal

Truth · Sunday 19 January 1896 · page 2

THE plot of 'The work Girl' opens with the Marshall-street Murder. Silas Sephten and Keeley Rendall have lured a Captain Bracknell to a low dea, and there for the…

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Lyoeum Theatre

Truth · Sunday 19 January 1896 · page 2

A CROWDED and fashionable audience greeted the first production yesternight of B. C. Stephenson and W. Yardley's farcical comedy 'The Passport a neat adaptation of…

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One Brass Band in China

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 January 1896 · page 8

THERE is only one native band in China. It is, in fact, the only band of any kind in Northern China, except those of the foreign men-of-war, and it created a great sensation…

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Royal Standard Theatre

Truth · Sunday 19 January 1896 · page 2

ON Tuesday evening next, at the Royal Standard Theatre F C Broughton's Charming comedy 'Written on Sand' will be produced by the Government Printers. In…

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Her Majesty's Theatre. An Unrehearsed Force

Truth · Sunday 19 January 1896 · page 2

A VERY laughable because unrehearsed incident occurred at Her Majesty's on Thursday evening In the great variety scone a (dummy) swell, dressed in evening clobber…

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Theatre Royal

Evening News · Monday 20 January 1896 · page 3

"The Work Girl," produced for the first time in Australia at the Theatre Royal on Saturday evening, promises to be as big a success as its predecessor "Pat." Built on ordinary…

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Tivoli Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1896 · page 3

The afternoon performance at the Tivoli Theatre on Saturday was even more that usually well patronised, the gallery and lower part of the house being crowded and the circle nearly filled. In the…

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