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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1905

3,371 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 169

Her Majesty's Theatre

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 2

The last three nights of the picturesque "Pirates of Pensance" are now announced. The final matinee will be given this afternoon, with Miss Dolly Castles in the role of Mabel…

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Amusements. Her Majesty's Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 5
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The final matinee of "The Pirates of Penzance" will be given by Mr. Williamson's Gilbert and Sullivan Repertoire Company at Her Majesty's Theatre this afternoon. Miss Dolly…

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London's New Playhouse: Interior of the Scala Theatre

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 1

This view shews the Royal Box and the Staircase leading from the Stalls to the Dress-Circle. [From the "Sketch."…

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Lyceum Theatre Alterations. Action by the City Council

Evening News · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 2

A report was considered by the City Council last night from the City Building Surveyor, stating that with regard to a letter from Mr. George Musgrove on the requirements of the…

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The Giddy She. Handsome George and His Pal's Missus. Theatre, Oyster Shop, and Police Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 4

Two of them came from Tasmania to look for work. The tight little island provided little save the makings of a toy republic, and furnished small means, for a subsistence…

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The Parkina-foldesy Concerts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 4

This morning the box plans will open for the first and second of the concerts to be given at the, Town Hall by the Parkina-Foldesy combination. The season, which will consist of a series of five concerts,…

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The Parkina-foldesy Concert Company

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 2

The Parkins-Foldesy season will be a very short one—six weeks for the whole Australian season. Miss Elizabeth Parkina is a rising star who has achieved success in Paris, and at…

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Tivoli Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 February 1905 · page 3

This evening the Fernandez May Trio will close their season at the Tivoli Theatre, and to-morrow evening Mr. Harry Rickards will bring forward in their place the Sisters O'Meers, the wire-dancers, whose…

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A Dance-room Affray

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 February 1905 · page 8

At the Central Police Court yesterday Robert George Avery, a tile layer, was charged with having mail-ciously wounderd Blanqnt As[?] Asto[?] deposed that on the night of January 23 he was in a…

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Sunday Band Music. Mr. Chamberlain on Desecration

The Australian Star · Thursday 9 February 1905 · page 7

Mr. A. M. Chance, chairman of the Birmingham licensing magistrates, addressed a circular to the clergy in that city, asking them to protest against the desecration of…

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A Dance Room Row. The Layer Sent for Trial

The Australian Star · Thursday 9 February 1905 · page 7

Robert Jeorge Avery 21, a t[?]leayer was committed for trial from the Central yesterday on a charge of maliciously wounding Blanqui Astolfi on January 23. The…

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New Concert Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 February 1905 · page 5

Members of Mr. J. C. Williamson's new concert company, consisting of Mr. Arnold Foldesy (the Hungarian cellist), Mr. Whitworth Mitton (tenor), Miss Margaret Thomas…

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Metropolitan Band

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 8

At the annual dinner held by the Metropolitan Band, presided over by Mr. D. Dash, in the unavoidable absence of Mr. E. C. V. Broughton, M.L.A., a highly satisfactory report was…

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Theatre Royal

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 10

"The Best of Friends" is attracting big audiences to the Royal. The electrical effects and beautiful mounting of the piece combined with a pathetic, stirring story, wins the…

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Tivoli Theatre

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 10

Several new star artists made their first appearance at the Tivoli on Saturday, when Mr. Fred Millis, an exceedingly clever ventriloquist, and Mdlle Yasiho, an able English…

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Lyceum Theatre

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 10

Mr. George Musgrove revived a welcome class of comedy when he produced the German play "Old Heidelberg" on Saturday. This class of piece, always popular with Sydney theatregoers…

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The Tivoli Theatre—vaudeville

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 2

Many new items, of which a full notice next week…

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Amusements. Her Majesty's Theatre

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 10

The last performance of "The Pirates of Penzance" takes place to-night. To-morrow (Saturday) evening. Mr. J. C. Williamsons Repertoire company will enter upon the fourth of the season…

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In the Stalls. Lyceum Theatre—"old Heidelberg."

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 2

Really an object lesson on the stre[?] one life, turning on points with which the man in the Australian street is hardly familiar. We sec[?] under…

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