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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1912

5,907 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 250

Her Majesty's Theatre

Truth · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 3

"The Quaker Girl," the quaint musical comedy at Her Majesty's Theatre, has now settled down to what promises to be a very successful run. Last night the…

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Waddington's Grand Theatre

Truth · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 3

Next Wednesday is free day at the Grand. All the public are invited to come and spend a pleasant hour watching the latest and best pictures ever yet shown…

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Give Us a Show. Kings Theatre

Truth · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 3

The management of the above theatre continue to maintain their reputation for bright and entertaining picture performances. The dramatic stories and love…

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Pretty Pictures John Seery. (The Big, Bluff, Broadway Bung.)

Truth · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 4

Jack Seery stood at his counter pump, No Seeryous man was he. He pumped the froth on a No. 1 And he chuckled with inward glee…

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West's Pictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 4

At the Glaciarium on Saturday, both morning and afternoon, there were crowded houses to [?] the splendid programme. The afternoon session was patronised by children, for whom the matinee is specially…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 4
Also in The Daily Telegraph

"The Girl in the Train" entered upon the 12th and final week of its run on Saturday night, when "full house" was the record before 8 o'clock. The audience once more laughed heartily at the undignified…

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Adelphi Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

In "A Girl's Temptation," Mr. George Marlow's Company, at the Adelphi, is providing a numerous class of th[?] with a dish of highly spiced sensationalism which is apparently fully appreciated. The melodrama…

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Princess Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 3

An excellent new first part was put on at the [?] Theatre on Saturday night, and immediately found [?]. The week-end audience was a crowded one, and all the numbers contributed by the various artists included in…

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[?] Tivoli Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 4

The two English comedians, newly appearing at the Tivoli made an instantaneous hit with the audience on Saturday evening. Their appearance is sufficiently amusing, attired as they are in a tag-bag…

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Palace Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The reappearance of Mr. George Titheradge and Mrs. Robert Brough in [?] Wild[?] clever play, "A [?] of No Importance"--a work in which the Brough Company some years ago won an unfading dramatic…

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Criterion Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

In point of consistent popular appreciation no artist who has visited Sydney has greater [?] for pride and gratification than Miss Ethel Irving, whose new social drama, "Da[?] Nature," [?] the Criterion Theatre to…

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Tivoli Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 3

The Tivoli programme has been strengthened by the re-appearance of [?] and Will Scott, who have not been seen in Sydney for some time. As a pair of "gentlemen" tra[?] they exchange a rapid fire of jokes and…

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Lyceum.—spencer's Pictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 4

A large audience watched with interest the series of dramatic, scenic, and comic pictures shown on Saturday night at the Lyceum. The central attraction was the drama, entitled[?] "The Altar of Sacrifice." This…

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The Japanese Band. at the Town Hall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 8

On Saturday evening the Japanese Training Squadron Band of 26 performers conducted by Mr. Ryuhel Igeta, joined with Mr. Ernes[?] Truman (city organist) in a concert at the…

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Talking Pictures. Feature of the Future. Film Manufacturer Interviewed

The Sun · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 4

"There will be some great developments in biograph work in the near future, but the greatest will be the talking and singing picture. This is now so far advanced that…

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New Theatre at Queen. Victoria Markets. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 9

Sir,--I was rather surprised to read Ald. T. H. Kelly's remarks made at the meeting of the City Council last Tuesday, in reference to the proposed new theatre at the Queen Victoria Markets. If correctly reported in the…

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