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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1901

3,779 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 189

Amusements. Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 14

This evening Miss Lilian Coomber, Madame Janson, Signor Salvi, and Mr. Lawrence Mooney will appear with other artists in "The Bohemian Girl" at the Theatre Royal, and on Monday…

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Her Majesty's Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 11

The military command night at Her Majesty's Theatre last night, when "Australia, or the City of Zero" was repeated, was a great social success. Almost the whole of the circle and stalls was…

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Rockdale Fire Brigade Band. Annual Meeting

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 3

THE annual meeting of the Rockdale Firs Brigade Band was held on Tuesday evening last. The secretary (Mr. G. Ostl[?]) read his report, which…

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Old Drury. Tale of the National Theatre

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 7

Among all the traditions of the English theatre there is no place-name more fragrant with bright and splendid memories than Drury Lane, a few of which are well told in…

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The Transvaal. Activity in the North. Concerted Attacks on the Railway. Repelling the Cape Invasion. Extreme Measures Probable. London, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 9

The Boers on the night of January 7 simultaneously attacked all the British outposts at Belfast, Wonderfontein, Nooitgedacht, and Wildfontein Pan on the Delagoa…

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Military Smoke Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 14

The Citizens' Commonwealth Committee will give an invitation smoke concert at the Town Hall tonight to the Imperial troops and navel forces now in Sydney. Dr. James Graham (Mayor of Sydney)…

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Regimental Smoke Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 9

At the headquarters of the No. 4 Electric Company of the New South Wales Engineers, Dawes Point, a regimental smoke concert was given last evening, with the twofold object of bidding…

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Smoke Concert to the Imperial Troops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 9

An excellent programme is advertised for the above concert, which takes in the Town Hall tonight. The hall will be decorated, and light refreshments will be served in the gallories as well as…

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Spectacles et Concerts

Le Courrier Australien · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 4

Her Majesty's Theatre. — Australis, or the City of Zero, est, comme toutes les pièces de ce genre, un prètexte à mise en scène et à exhibition…

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Palace Theatre

Truth · Sunday 13 January 1901 · page 2

IF Nicola Tesla's yarn about receiving a message from Mars has been received in scientific circles with more than scepticism, Richard Ganthorne's three act play has received prompt acceptance,…

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Lyc[?] U Theatre

Truth · Sunday 13 January 1901 · page 2

LAST evening Mr. Sheridan's Company commenced the reproduction for six nights only of the comedy-drama, "when the Lamps are Lighted," to a large and…

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Give Us a Show. Crit[?]rion Theatre

Truth · Sunday 13 January 1901 · page 2

The popular Dampier Company is still staging " Moule Chile " at the Cri., and it is received nightly as well as ever. That Mr. Dampier has sustained great success with his interpretation…

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Liceum Theatre

Evening News · Monday 14 January 1901 · page 8

"When the Lamps axe Lighted" was revived on Saturday night at the Lyceum, and the drama- with its numerous and varied characters, its interesting situations, and its humorous incidents-…

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Criterion Theatre

Evening News · Monday 14 January 1901 · page 8
Also in The Daily Telegraph, The Sydney Morning Herald

The popular theatre at the corner of Pitt and Park streets was well filled on Saturday evening, when Mr. Alfred Dampier's holiday production, "Monte Cristo," entered upon its third week…

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Theatre Royal

Evening News · Monday 14 January 1901 · page 8
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

"The Bohemian Girl" was again produced at the Theatre Royal on Saturday evening before a large and appreciative audience, all the old familiar airs of the opera, being enjoyed and…

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Palace Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1901 · page 5
Also in Evening News

At the Palace [?]heatre " A Message from Mars " drew a large audience on Saturday, so that it may now be taken for granted that the Hawttey Comedy Company will assist in a considerable run of…

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