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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1899

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Palace Theatre

Truth · Sunday 1 January 1899 · page 2

THE Jubilee Singers, who have been doing excellent business during the week, presented a change of programme yesterday afternoon. The new bill was very much…

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Theatre Royal

Truth · Sunday 1 January 1899 · page 2

THE fine drama, Whem London sleeps, has attracted crowded houses every evening through 'tis the second week of a most successful run. And very justly so. In itself…

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Lyceum Theatre

Truth · Sunday 1 January 1899 · page 2

WHEN it was announced that the Hears Macmahon intended producing grand opera at popular prices the wiseacres shook their sapient beads and prophesied disaster. Such…

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Give Us a Show. Her Majesty's Theatre

Truth · Sunday 1 January 1899 · page 2

'THE FORTY THIEVES' has proved a big success, despite the fact that it is possibly the poorest pantomime the Firm has given us. Still the superb mounting and dressing,…

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The Gatton Crime. Finding a Blood— Stained Pillow-case. Did the Murderers Know, the Ball Would Be Gatton, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 January 1899 · page 7

At noon to-day M'Nell, brother-in-law of the victims, brought in, a colored cotton pillowslip bearing two blood stains, each about the size of a florin, which he said he…

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Criterion Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1899 · page 3
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There will be an afternoon performance of "Robbery under Arms" at the Criterion Theatre to-day. The animated Australian drama was one of the few pieces which really drew well on New Year's Eve,…

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Tivoli Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1899 · page 3

The matinee at the Tivoli Theatra on Saturday afternoon was well attended, and long before the curtain rose for the evening performance the theatre was crowded to its utmost capacity. The change of…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1899 · page 3

At the Theatre Royal "When London Sleeps" provides a plethora of well-staged, sensational situations for the amusement of playgoers. Mr. Charles Holloway has produced this melodrama on an…

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Palace Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1899 · page 3

Both at to-day's matince and in the evening the Jubilee Singers will present special holiday programmes. The plantation songs and choruses will include "Turn Back Pharaoh's Army," "Roll,…

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Alhambra Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1899 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon Whitfield Liliputian Variety Company performed at this teatre, and in the evening the final performance of Mixed" was given. On Monday there will be to presentations…

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Lyceum Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1899 · page 3

This afternoon and again in the evening Bizet's "Carmen" will be performed at the Lyceum Theatre, a final representation of the romantic work will be given to-morrow night, and "Maritana"…

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Royal Standard Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1899 · page 3

The New Year's attraction at the Royal Standard Theatre is "The Miner's Daughter," which will be repeated of Madeley's Dramatic Company to-night. The new piece is a serviceablo adaptation of Bret…

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Band Recitals. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1899 · page 3

Sir,--I shall feel grateful if you will, through the medium of your widely-circulated journal, endeavor to elicit the reason why tho powers that be have incurred expenditure for the…

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Amusements. Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1899 · page 3

This afternoon there will be an extra holiday performance of "The Forty Thieves" at Her Majesty's Theatre, the box plan for which and for the evening representation will be available all day in the vestibule…

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"When London Sleeps." at the Theatre Royal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1899 · page 3

Mr. Charles Holloway and his company keep a strong hold on the popular fancy with their bright and entertaining production of "When London Sleeps." ' The play is an ideal one of…

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Highland Society's Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1899 · page 3

The Highland Society of New South Wales will give their customary New Year's concert at the Town Hall to-night, when Miss Maggie Stirling will render "Cam Ye by Athol" and "Doun the Burn."…

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Highland Society's Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 6

There was a splendid attendance at the Highland Society's annual New Year's concert at the Town Hall in the evening so that the effo[?]ts of the concert committee and of Messrs. Walter C. Marshall…

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The Highland Society's Concert

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 2

The programme at the Highland Society's concert in the Town Hall last night was worthy of the immense audience which filled the building. The fine old Scottish ballads…

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Tivoli Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1899 · page 7

The new programme at the Tivoli Theatre is crowding the house nightly, the chief attractions being Miss Peggy Pryde in her best character songs and the Sisters Phillips and the Brothers Lorenzi in…

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