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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1913

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Lyric Theatre

Truth · Sunday 26 January 1913 · page 4
Also in Sunday Times

Pictures come (that is moving ones) and pictures go, but there is one thing that can be said about the Lyric Theatre and the pictures there town. The building is large…

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Empress Theatre

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 January 1913 · page 2
Also in Truth

Lovers of Shakespeare, should welcome "The Tempest," at the Empress Theatre, to-morrow. Some wonderful "stage effects" are promised…

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Colonial Theatre

Truth · Sunday 26 January 1913 · page 4
Also in Sunday Times

The principal film to be shown this week at the Colonial is the fourth of the series narrating the alleged exploits of Dick Turpin, the highwayman, who was eventually…

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Adelphi Theatre

Truth · Sunday 26 January 1913 · page 4

There will be another matinee of "The Monk and the Woman" at the Adelphi Theare to-morrow. This play, with its story of monastery and Court, entered upon its…

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Theatre Royal

Truth · Sunday 26 January 1913 · page 4

"Faust," at the Theatre Royal, is booming along. The J. C. William management have stage the play with an attention to detail that puts it on high artistic…

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Grand Theatre

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 January 1913 · page 2

At Waddington's Grand Theatre, Pitt-street, to-morrow, the management will show "A Balkan Conspiracy." The programme will include "The Sailor's Sweetheart," "Lass of the Light,"…

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Criterion Theatre

Truth · Sunday 26 January 1913 · page 4

"Milestones," in which Julius Knight is starring at the Criterion, has been drawing crowded bouses since the opening night, and a striking fact, is that the audience in-…

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Her Majesty's Theatre

Truth · Sunday 26 January 1913 · page 4

"The Sunshine Girl," at Her Majesty's has established herself as a warm favorite among Sydney playgoers, although the German banditt have got hold of her, and…

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Band Contests. at the Sydney Sports Ground

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 January 1913 · page 2

The eleventh inter-State contest, under the auspices of the Band Association of N.S. Wales, is being held on the Sydney Sports Ground. The results in the "B" Grade Championship…

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Give Us a Show. Tivoli Theatre

Truth · Sunday 26 January 1913 · page 4

Every week something new is shown at the Tivoli, and on Saturday the Maxim Brother, with their fox termer Bobby, took the advances by storm. They are all…

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West's Pictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 3

A film of no email historical interest was shown at the Olympia and Glaciurium theatres on Saturday. This, the latest of Messrs West's imports, is a tale woven round Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. The…

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American Pictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 3

The atmosphere of the Pitt-street American Picture Hall will be one of intense excitment during the next few days. For to-day a special holiday programme will introduce. "The Race for an inheritance." The…

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Interstate Band Contest

Evening News · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 8

Added interest attached to the third session of the Interstate Band Contest held at the Sydney Sports Ground on Saturday night by the fact that only the A grade bands competed…

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Adelphi Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 3

There will be a special matince performance to-day at the Adelphi of the drama "The Monk and the Woman." There was a capital house on Saturday evening. when the piece enteral upon its sixth week…

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Colonial Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 7

The fourth series "Dick Turpin," those entertaining pictures of life on the riods in days of old that usually terminated on Tyburn-hill, is the big picture at the Colonial Theatre to-day. It is full ol brisk encounters, sword…

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The Grand Pictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 3

"Golden Glitter" at the Grand Theatre Pitt-street, on Saturday attracted good audiences. This picture film is to give place to-day to the star war drama, "The Balkan Conspiracy," in connection with which…

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Lyric Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 7

At the Lyric Theatre, the programme for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday include "Not on the Circus Programme," depicting the mystery of an unrehearsed turn: "Smoky Stors'," a comedy, 'Warwick Chronicle,"…

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