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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1897

3,410 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 171

"Lights O' London" at the Theatre Royal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 February 1897 · page 6

There are hair a dozen pieces which never seem to grow old or wearisome to the true playgoer. "The Lights o' London" is one of those pieces, and can be reproduced at intervals with a…

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Stage, Song, Show. "The Lights o' London." At the Theatre Royal. " The Strange Adventures of Miss Brown " --Mr. Frank, Thornton's Company at the Criterion

The Australian Star · Monday 8 February 1897 · page 2

Mr. George Rignold returned from the experimental drama to the established drama on Saturday night, and the patrons of the Royal witnessed a…

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Benefit Concert at North Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1897 · page 3

At the North Sydney School of Arts on Friday a concert in aid of the widow and children of the late tram conductor, W. T. Wilson, was held, and very largely attended. A lengthy and varied programme…

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Gaiety Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 February 1897 · page 7

It is announced that the Gaiety Theatre will be re-opened next Saturday with a variety company of 30 players…

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Tivoli Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 February 1897 · page 7
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

At the Tivoli there is a big and variegated bill, in which prominent names are those of Mr. Edgar Granville, Mr. Chirgwin, Wilton and Stack, the Leslie Brothers, "My Fancy," Miss Florrie Forde,…

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Palace Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 February 1897 · page 8

There will be the usual matinee at the Palace Theatre to-day with the full strength of the Palace company. On Saturday night Miss Jossie De Grey, a new English soubrette, will make her debut and…

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Amusements. Palace Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 February 1897 · page 7

At the Palace Theatre a performance will be given this afternoon in accordance with Mr. Rickards's policy of mid-weekly matinees. Mr. Crackles, Mr. Lawton, Mr. Winton (whose long…

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Amusements. Criterion Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 February 1897 · page 8

Crowded houses have followed the introduction of "The Strange Adventures of Miss Brown" at the Criterion Theatre. Mr. Frank Thornton's girlish impersonation in the new comedy is as clever as his…

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Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 February 1897 · page 8

At Her Majesty's theatre "The Silver King" continues to draw large audiences and enthusiasm is especially kindled by the scene at Nellie Denver's cottage Mr. Scot Inglis here plays with feeling and…

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Footlight Flashes Criterion Theatre

Referee · Wednesday 10 February 1897 · page 7

Few comedians have the same happy faculty of impersonating female characters that Mr. Frank Thorton has In "The strange of Adventures of Miss Brown" he…

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"The Lights O' London" at the Theatre Royal

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 February 1897 · page 7

Mr. Rignold's long, clean dive into deep water is necessarily a sensational attraction at the Theatre Royal, where "The Lights o' London" nightly pays out its interesting plot to an…

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Waverley Benevolent Society's Concert

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 February 1897 · page 7

An entertainment in aid of the funds of the Waverley Benevolent Society was given last night at Stratton's Athenaeum-hall, Waverley, by Mrs. Aylmer Jay and her pupils, assisted by several…

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Theatre Royal

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 February 1897 · page 6

The last nine nights of Mr. Rignold's season at the Theatre Royal are announced. "The Lights o' London," which is at present filling the boards,…

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Amusements. Concert at Leichhardt

Evening News · Thursday 11 February 1897 · page 3

A concert in aid of the widow and family of the late Mr. R. Martin, who was killed by a runaway horse some time ago, was given in the Leichhardt Town Hall last night before a good attendance. The…

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Concert at Newtown

Evening News · Thursday 11 February 1897 · page 3

An entertainment in aid of Mr. Thomas Turner, who recently met with a serious accident while employed at J. Danks and Company's, was given by the Bow Bell Ministrels last night at the Oddfellows'…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 6

"The Lights o' London" will be performed in this theatre for the last time to night…

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Pen Pictures

The Catholic Press · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 19

Poetry neither can nor will dwell with sordid or artificial life. The atmosphere is too dense and those who inhale it acquire a taste for its impurities upon…

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The Model Band

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 3

The above band was tendered a grand concert by two lady well-wishers on Wednesday evening of last week, in the Macquarie Hall, when there was a fair audience. Before the…

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Tivoli Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 11

Mr. Rickards will himself come into the Tivoli bill to-day, with, some new songs. Miss Alice Clarke and Mr. Edward Conway, newly arrived from England, will make their Australian…

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