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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1909

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Famous Violinist's Weird Experience a Wild Dream of Witches Strange Figure Appears in Concert Hall

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 5

[A pupil, like Miseha Elman and Zimbailst, of Professor Auer,, Miss Kathleen Parlow is probably the most brilliant of all the lady violinists before the public…

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The Highland Concert

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 4

As a wind-up to a successful day's sports the Highland Society promotes a concert in the Town Hall last night. There was an enormous attendance, many people being…

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The Concert

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 7

The day's festivities concluded with a concert at night in the Town-hall. The big hall was filled to overflowing when the Highland Society's pipe band skirled the well-known marches, "The…

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Miss Marie Narelle's Concert

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 14

Miss Marie Narelle and her concert company will appear in the Town-hall on Saturday night next, after a successful country tour. Miss Narelle is reported to be in excellent voice. Mr. M'Eacharn, the basso, will give…

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Glaciarium—west's Pictures

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1909 · page 2

The management of West's Pictures is always up to date. Last evening they screened an interesting' series, showing scenes of Sicily, and much of the country…

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World's Championship Pictures

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1909 · page 10

Owing to the great desire of the public to witness the Burns-Johnson pictures, arrangements have been made to delay one of the five touring shows for a week so that five more nights may…

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Queen's Hall—"our Empire" Pictures

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1909 · page 2

The educational treat being provided by the living pictures entitled "Our Empire" at the Queen's Hall, opposite the Criterion Theatre, has been very largely availed of…

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Fight Pictures in Melbourne Melbourne, Saturday Night

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 3 January 1909 · page 1

The Town Hall was crowded to-night on the occasion of the first night of the Johnson-Burns fight pictures. The assemblage enthusiastically greeted the various incidents,…

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Saw Her Son Killed in Theatre

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1909 · page 4

Herbert Lee, who was shot by "Clementine, the Queen of Firearms," during a "William Tell" performance at the Middlesex Music Hall last month, died next…

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The Tenor on Stage and Concert Platform

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1909 · page 6

Jean do Reszko, the tenor "lion" of his day, and who is now regarded as a god in exile, has been teaching in Paris, more for pleasure than for profit, since his…

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The Scottish Concert

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1909 · page 2

There was a crowded attendance at the Highland Society's concert in the Town Hall on New Year's Night. The Scottish Rifles' Brass Band, and the Sydney Madrigal Society…

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Marie Narelle Concert

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1909 · page 2

On Saturday evening next, at the Town Hall, Miss Mario Narollo, supported by a strong company, will give a concert. The favorite Irish-Australian soprano has…

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West's Pictures

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 10

An innovation in cinematograph films was introduced at the Glaciarium on Saturday night by Mr. T. J. West, this being Alphonse Daudet's drama "L' Arlesienne" in living picture as…

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Exhibition Pictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 3

A large programme of interesting film was produced at the Exhibition Building on Saturday night. These included a number of comic pictures, as well as scenic, dramatic, and instructive films. It is announced that…

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Theatre Royal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 10

"The Sign of the Cross," which has formed the Christmas and New Year bill at the Theatre Royal, shows little or no sign of decadence in popularity, since the house was filled again on…

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Chiterion Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 3

"The Gayest of the Gay" drew a crowded house at the Criterion theatre on Saturday, when Miss Eugenie Duggan played her triple character with an animation matched only by the vigour of Mr. Lawremce…

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Tivoli Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 3
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The excellent combination at the Tivoli Theatre attracted large audiences all list week, and Saturdays performances were crowded to the doors. The dainty Continental girls Amalia and Leonora, continue to…

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Palace Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 3

In the afternoon "Robinson Crusoe" attracted an audience to the Palace which included hundreds of children, and no doubt the juvenile pantomime will be repeated for many daily matinees this month…

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Glaciarium—west's Pictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 3

The biograph is getting better every year. When the interior of Africa and the great shiny-limbed people of Uganda swim past you as did West's Pictures of them at the Glaciarum on Saturday night—it is not going…

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