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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1902

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New York Theatre Burned. London, Jan. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1902 · page 5

The Bowery Theatre, New York, has been burned…

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Stage, Song, and Show. Her Majesty's Theatre

The Australian Star · Friday 3 January 1902 · page 3

The double bill at Her Majesty's Theatre last night-- "Cavalleria Rusticana" and "I Pagliacel" -- was a conspicuous success. Mme. de Vere Sapio was accorded a great…

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The King's Band

Evening News · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 1

The reappointment of Sir Walter Parratt to be conductor of the King's Band (Master of the Musick is his real title) reminds one that this band has not played for a year and more, and…

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Lyceum Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Silva's new melodrama, "Greed of Gold," continues to draw large audiences at the Lyceum Theatre. Mr. William Anderson has staged the piece, with its many scenic changes, with claborate…

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Palace Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Mr. Charles Arnold announces the final matinee of "Hans the Boatman" for this afternoon, as the last nights of the pretty comedy, with its children's scene in which Lord Barry appears, are now in…

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Tivoli Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Several fresh artists will jo[?] Mr. Harry Rickards's company at the Tivoli Theatre to-day, appearing both afternoon and evening. Mr. J. W. Winton, one of the most successful ventriloquists who ever…

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Criterion Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

At the Criterion Theatre "For the Sake of a Woman" is still drawing crowded houses. Mr. Charles Holloway has mounted the new drama generously, the tableau showing the Marble Arch at…

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Theatre Royal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 11

"Alice in Wonderland" will be made more attractive to-day by the introductions. This afternoon there will be an harlequinade, and in the evening, in addition, Kelly and Ashby, who…

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Empire Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 11
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The pantomime, "Robinson Crusoe, his man Friday, and his Giddy Goat," is delighting the patrons of Mr. Fuller's theatre. A matinee will be given to-day…

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Rockdale Fire Brigade Band

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 2

ONCE more we wish to notify the public of the monthly performance of the Rockdale Fire Brigade Band. Under the conductorship of…

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Amusements. Her Majesty's Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 11

"La Boheme" was presented by the Royal Italian Opera Company last night at Her Majesty's Theatre, and was received with great enthusiasm…

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The Gostwyck Shearing Races and Ball

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 28

AFTER finishing my illustrations of the Windy shearing I made for Quirindi, passing through some beautiful fattening country, including the famous Mooki station. A peculiarity about the Mooki…

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A Brass Band. Composed Wholly of Women. a Chicago Institution

The World's News · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 15

Chicago has a brass band composed of 20 women. There is not a man in the organisation. There are in the United States only two other brass bands composed wholly of women—one in…

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Dresses in "The Great Millionaire." at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 41

Mr. Cecil Raleigh has never written a more telling or successful piece than the one which has just been produced at Drury Lane. It introduces the life of to-day under every aspect, a…

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Lyceum Theatre

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1902 · page 2

"House full" is posted outside the Lyceum every evening, a few minutes after 8 o'clock with monotonous regularity. Patrons have to go early to secure a seat at this popular home…

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