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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1896

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Amusements. Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1896 · page 6

There was the usual matineo performance of "Robinson Crusoe" at Her Majesty's Theatre yesterday, and again in teh evening there was a large attendance. Indeed, Messrs Alfred Woods and…

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Concert at Burwood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1896 · page 6

In aid of the choir fund of the church a concert was given in St. Paul's school hall, Burwood, on Tuesday night. Instrumental items were rendered by the Misses Lena Gooch and Florrie Carae, and…

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Amusements Criterion Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1896 · page 6

The box plan is open at Nicholson's for the first performance of "Hide and Seek," at the Criterion Theatre, to-morrow night. Mr. W. J. Wilson has organised an excellent…

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The Model Band

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 4

Mr. Geo. O'Shea, the bandmaster of the Parramatta Model Band, is in receipt of the following letter from Mr. T. E. Bulch of Melbourne (the gentleman who adjudicated at…

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Criterion Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 10

Mr. W. J. Wilson will reopen the Criterion Theatre to-night with "Hide and Seek," a farcical comedy by Mr. Walter Craven, last produced here under Mr. Wilson's management at the Opera House…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 10

There will be a matinee performance of "The Work Girl" on Monday, in honour of Anniversary Day, when the curtain will rise at 2 p.m. At present large audiences are witnessing the performances…

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Tivoli Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 10

This afternoon and evening the new programme at the Tivoli Theatre will reintroduce Mr. Charles Faning in his new jubilee song, "The Coloured Spree," and Mr. Frank Yorke will make his first…

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The Race Ball

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 34

The festivities closed with the ball,which is always such a success, and is generally a little bit of Sydney, as so many people stay in the district from year to year, and always patronise the races and the…

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Christmas Pictures from Coolgardie

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 182

In this issue we present two pictures taken at Coolgardie during the Christmas holidays. On Christmas Day the Eastern and English mails—comprising over 8000…

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Amusements. Lyceum Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 10

The diverting complications of "The Passport" entitle it to the favourable consideration of playgoers, and the piece is placed before the audiences at the Lyceum with so much spirit that questions of…

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Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 169
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

There is no diminution of interest in "Robinson Crusoe" as represented by Miss Marie Luella, whose songs are a great source of strength. The "second edition" of the pantomime—for the…

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A Detective Story. in Pictures

Evening News · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 1

The cuts herewith represent the various disguises in which Arton, the man who distributed the mysterious cheques in the Panama bribery ease, dodged the French police…

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Theatre Royal. The Work Girl

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 169

In undertaking to present a series of melodramas whose attractions have been in divers degrees successful in London, Mr. C. B. Westmacott, after a prosperous run with "Pat, or the Bells of…

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Music and Drama The Lyceum Theatre

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 169

If the object of the management in producing "The Passport" was to give their patrons a hearty laugh, that object was thoroughly achieved, so far as last Saturday's audience was concerned, and…

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Fire at a Theatre. London, Jan. 21

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 170

The theatre at Ekaterinoslav, in Southern Russia, was burned down during a performance last night. Forty-nine of the audience were burned to death…

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Complimentary Concert at Newcastle

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 15

ON Thursday evening, the 16th instant, a compli­mentary concert was tendered Mr. J. J. R. Swinbourne, conductor of the Sacred Heart Church choir, by the members, and was a brilliant success…

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Burns Club Concert

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 6

As yesterday was the 127th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, the Scottish poet, the Burns Club--which can lay claim to be the literary branch of the Highland Society of…

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Lyceum Theatre

Truth · Sunday 26 January 1896 · page 2

DECIDEDLY 'The Passport' is a pretty piece, and by the brisk manner in which it is rattled through it has speedily become a favorite. The Parts fit the Various members…

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Theatre Royal

Truth · Sunday 26 January 1896 · page 2

LOVERS of the sensational will find plenty of material in 'The Workgirl' now running to good houses at the Royal. This is a melodrama from the Surrey side, and as it depicts…

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