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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1912

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Spencer's Pictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 20
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Spencer's exclusive picture, "The Altar of Sacrifice," or " 'Twixt Love,and Law,"t will be screened for the last time at the Lyceum to-night. This drama tells a story of social life. A heartless father gives his…

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State Military Band

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 20

The eighth annual meeting of the New South Wales State Military Band will take place on Tuesday next at the new Masonic Hall. The concert commences at 8 p.m…

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Theatre Royal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 14
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

"The Girl in the Train" is now in the last six nights of the Sydney run, with a final matinee next Wednesday. The popularity of this musical co[?] is due to its bright music, smart dialouge, and [?]…

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Princess Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 20

Large audiences continue to fill the Princess Theatre each evening when an attractive programme of bright views and good songs is presented by Bain's Advanced vadertile Entertainers…

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Victoria Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 20

The Victoria Theatre is presenting an excellent programme at present. Among the most popular items on the programme are "The Dumb Messenger," "At the Door of Death," "The Red Man's Penalty," and…

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Coronation Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 20

An excellent series of interesting and attractive pictures is being displayed at the Coronation Picture Theatre. Among the favourites chiefly are "Death," and a thrilling war dance, "The Battle." Next…

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Palace Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 20

The Plimmer-Denniston Dramatic Company is still presentig Oscar Wilde's cynical drama, "The Woman of No Importance, "at the Palace, and providing an intellcetual treat, which the audiences fully…

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Criterion Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 20

Henri Bataille's drama, "Dame Nature," is still drawing packed house at the Criterion, a fact which somewhat refutes the suggestion that Sydney audiences invariably prefer the frivolity of comic opera…

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Princess' Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 14

Mr. J. C. Bain has gathered a promising company of vaudeville specialists at the Princess Theatre, including Vivian and Alton, Mysto, Levarto, Delavale and Gilbert, Charles Smith, and several other well-known…

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Adel[?] Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 14

"A Girl's Temptati[?]," in the hands of the George Mariow Dramatic Company, is apparently meeting [?] the demands of those who enjoy this type of drama at the Adelphi. From present indications the play would…

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Tivoli Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 14

Two clever vandeville combinations that are have already won the approval of Tivoli audiences will be added to the company providing the entertainment at that theatre to-day namely, Ike and Will Scott, English, comedians,…

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Mosman Lyric Pictures

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 14

The Mosman Lyric Pictures, showing at Military-road, near Suit Junction, include several excellent subjects, such as "On the Brink," "Heroine of the Revolution, "Back to Nature," and "A Southern Girl's Heroism…

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What the Band Played

Evening News · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 7

Opposing an application in England for leave to hold Sunday concerts in the theatre, Councillor J. M. Hogge, at a meeting of the York City Council, recently, said that one Sunday…

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The Adelphi Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 20

Marlow's Company at the Adelphi appears to have "struck oil" with the melodrama "A Girl's Temptation," the moral of which is sufficiently obvious and salutary. The various "thrills" incidental to…

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New South Wales Band Association

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 14

The Band Association of New South Wales is holding its annual championship contest next week, beginning Wednesday, the 24th, and concluding Saturday; the 29th and the programme will be the biggest yet submitted to…

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Her Majesty's Theatre Sold

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 9

The McQuade family returned from Europe to Sydney recently, and decided to realise on their property, Her Majesty's…

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Theatre Nurseries. Care Pf Children

Evening News · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 13

An entertaining proposal has been under consideration in London that theatres should have nursery attached, where mothers who wish to attend mati[?] leave their young…

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Musical Gossip. the Theatre Bore. Sydney Violinist Returning

Evening News · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 12

A complaint was made during the season of grand opera in Sydney, and it was repeated this week in the "Evening News," of the irritation caused by persons, musical or otherwise…

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