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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1900

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Lyceum Theatre

Evening News · Monday 1 January 1900 · page 8
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The seasonable innovations introduced into the melodrama "The Power and the Glory" at the Lyceum Theatre are naturally welcomed by the audience, who thus enjoy the spectacular and…

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Criterion Theatre

Evening News · Monday 1 January 1900 · page 8
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

"A Tale of the Transvaal," an adaptation of Rider Haggard's novel "Jess," is drawing well at the Criterion Theatre, there being an appreciative attendance on Saturday night. The play is splendidly…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1900 · page 3
Also in Evening News

A matinee will be given at the Theatre Royal to-day of Freeman Wills' romantic drama of the trench Revolution, " The Only Way." Mr. Williamson now announces the last nights of this…

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Amusements. Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1900 · page 3
Also in Evening News

This afternoon there will be a social holiday performance of " Little Red Riding Hood" at Her Majesty's Theatre. The new pantomime drew crowded houses on Saturday, when the review of…

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Palace Theatre.—the Tivoli Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1900 · page 3

There was a very satisfactory matinee performance by the Tivoli Company at the Palace Theatre on Saturday, and in the evening every seat was occupied— a fact which hears strong testimony to the…

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"The Only Way" at the Theatre Royal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 January 1900 · page 3

The last 11 nights of the romantic and interesting drama "The Only Way" at the Theatre Royal are announced. A special matinee will be given to-day,…

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Highland Society's Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1900 · page 3

A great attendance is unticipated at the Town Hall this evening, when the Highland Society will give their New Year's Night eoncert of Scottish music. The rendering of favourite part songs by the…

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Smoke Concert

The Australian Star · Monday 1 January 1900 · page 3

In the Masonic Hall on Saturday night an enjoyable smoke concert was held, under the auspices of the Port Hunter Sailing Club. Among the visitors entertained were those who…

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Highland Society's Concert

Evening News · Tuesday 2 January 1900 · page 7

The Highland Society of New South Wales gave its annual concert last night at the Town Hall, and the event proved entirely successful. There was a very large gathering, the hall being packed…

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New Year's Night Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1900 · page 3

The Highland Society's New Year's Night concert was an unqualified success from every point of view. The programme was unusually well varied, and the attendance at the Town Hall thronged every part of…

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Patriotic Fund Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1900 · page 6

A concert and entertainment will be given at the Paddington Town Hall to-night in aid of the New South Wales Patrotic Fund. There will be an assault at-arms (cutlass and bayonet), and military…

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Highland Concert at the Town Hall

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 January 1900 · page 3

The feature of New Year's Night is, of course, the gathering in the Town Hall, and last night's assemblage, when the Highland Society's concert was held, well bore out the…

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Concert at the Town-hall

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1900 · page 6

An enjoyable ballad and operatic concert was given at the Town-hall on Saturday evening, under the direction of Mr. Edward Farley. The programme was opened by M. Wiegand, whose…

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Concert at the Town-hall

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1900 · page 3

The Highland Society's concert on New Year's Night always attracts a crowded audience, and the gathering last, night was no exception. The vast hall presented an inspiriting sight--a serried…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1900 · page 10

The last nights of "The Only Way" are announced at the Theatre Royal, where the romantic sentiment of the drama and the beauty of the final tableau revealing the here standing on the…

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Criterion Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1900 · page 3

"A Tale of the Transvaal" is entering upon its last three nights at the Criterion this evening. On Saturday evening Mr. Walter Bontley will make his re-appearance for a limited season…

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