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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1912

5,907 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 250

Lyric Theatre

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 2

"Pinocchio," the story of a puppet, will be exhibited at the Lyric Theatre to-morrow. The other moving pictures which have been selected are: "Calino as a Jerry-builder," "Ninety and…

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Princess Theatre

Truth · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 3
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Business at the above theatre during the past week has been exceptionally good, and last night a large number of people were turned away. The newcomers were…

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Palace Theatre

Truth · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 3

Last night "A Woman of No Importance" packed the pretty Palace Theatre, the production being in every way a success. The already powerful company was still further…

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Tivoli Theatre

Truth · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 3

Mr. John Leete has quite a number of top-notching items on hand at the Tivoli Theatre (packed to the doors last evening). The contributors-in-chief include Bert Levy,…

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Theatre Riots

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 20

The riot at the first performance of "The Playboy of the Western World" in New York was declared by some of the newspapers to have been the worst disturbance of the kind on…

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Criterion Theatre

Truth · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 3

Miss Ethel Irving continues to attract large and appreciative audiences to the Criterion Theatre, where, last evening, "Dame Nature" was again given in great…

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Alhambra Theatre

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 2

At the Alhambra Theatre, Haymarket, to-morrow, the star picture will be "Her Hero." The programme includes "The Stage-driver's Daughter," "Nat Pinkerton, or Tracked by…

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Band Contest in Sydney

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 2

The Band Association of New South Wales have made arrangements for the Championship Band Contest, which is to take place at the Sydney Sports Ground. Moore Park, on the…

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The Kings Theatre

Truth · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 3

Last evening the management of popular Kings Theatre (at the railway end of the city) presented a particularly attractive programme. There was a crowded…

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New York Theatre

Truth · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 3

Something good is to be shown at the comfortable popular New York Theatre, near the Circular Quay, commencing to-morrow. This is none other than the…

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Colonial Theatre No. 2

Truth · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 3

As at the other Williams' palaces of amusement, so to at the No. 2 Colonial, patrons are being right royally catered for, and up-to-date programme and large…

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Colonial Theatre No. 1

Truth · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 3

To-morrow night's change of programme will include "The Gaumont Graphic." "An Up-to-date Painter." "Mother Edward's Cat," "Maud Muller" (Whittier's well-known…

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New Pitt-street Theatre

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 2

The latest photo playhouse in the city is Waddington's "Grand" Theatre in Pitt-street. During the past four months this theatre has been in the course of construction and…

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Pretty Pictures Jack Ongley. (The Broadway Fish Leviathan.)

Truth · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 5

Who's this I see this morning? By Cripes! It's old George Reid. I know him by his tummy, Which holds a ton of feed…

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Give Us a Show. Her Majesty's Theatre

Truth · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 3

No more genuine first night success has ever been chronicled in Sydney than that of "The Quaker Girl," produced in the presence of an immense audience at Her…

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New Pitt-street Theatre. Waddington's "Grand" Nearing Completion

Truth · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 6

One of the latest and most up-to-date photo-play houses of the city will be Waddington's "Grand" Theatre, in Pitt-street. During the past four months this…

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Sydney Symphony Orchestra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1912 · page 10

This society closed the past year with a general meeting, at which Mr. Joseph Bradley was re-elected honorary conductor. and Messrs. T. H. Kelly, T. E. Rofe, E. Wunderlich, were placed on the…

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Time Ball

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 15 January 1912 · page 4

The Time Ball at the Sydney Observatory is dropped every day at 1 p.m. Sydney standard time, corresponding to Greenwich Mean Time, [?]hrs. Om. Os. Should any error occur in the…

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Lyceum.—spencer's Pictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1912 · page 10

Both the afternoon and evening sessions at the Lyccum Theatre were well attended on Saturday, the audiences manife[?]ing a keen appreciation of the good pictures shown. The prinicipal attraction was an…

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