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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1913

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West's Pictures

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 February 1913 · page 2

At West's Olympia and Glaciarium, a monster programme holds, away. The Asta Neilsen Matinee on Saturday simply packed the house. This management announces pictures of the…

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Criterion Theatre

Truth · Sunday 2 February 1913 · page 2

Milestones are usually stationary things, but the "Milestones" at the Criterion have now entered upon their last two weeks. Mr. Julius Knight. Miss…

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Lyric Theatre

Truth · Sunday 2 February 1913 · page 5
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At the Lyric Theatre a good show is always assured, and the programme, for the first three days of tills week, is no exception to the rale. The chief film will…

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Theatre Royal

Truth · Sunday 2 February 1913 · page 2

"Faust" is on his last legs at the Theatre Royal, that is to say, that the adaptation of Goethe's poem of that name now running at the Theatre in question…

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Adelphi Theatre

Truth · Sunday 2 February 1913 · page 2
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"The Monk and the Woman" are now tottering to their fall although they are nightly being held up by big audiences. The last five nights of the drama over…

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Empress Theatre

Truth · Sunday 2 February 1913 · page 2
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In the grim and beautiful days of chivalry, when man wore iron clothing; and ladies worshipped before marriage and despised afterwards—as a rule—…

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Colonial Theatre

Truth · Sunday 2 February 1913 · page 2
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The programme at the Colonial Theatre, for to-morrow ard the two following days, is up to the usual standard ot this picture playhouse. There will be an…

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Her Majesty's Theatre

Truth · Sunday 2 February 1913 · page 2

"The Sunshine Girl" is still keeping merry, and making all who see her at Her Majesty's Theatre also merry. The musical part of the show is catchy, and,…

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Sydney Theatre Sold

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 February 1913 · page 2

The Criterion Theatre and shops have been purchased by Mr. Frank Musgrove from the Bank of New South Wales. The price is said to be considerably over £50,000. It is intended…

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Give Us a Show. Tivoli Theatre

Truth · Sunday 2 February 1913 · page 2

Miss Rosie Lloyd, sister of the celebrated Marie Lloyd, made her first appearance in Australia at the Tivoli yesterday afternoon. She proved to be a…

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Old Sydney. [?] the Intersection of Hunter and Pitt Streets—Some Early Occupants—Richard Cheers, an Early Butcher—Arived in 1790—Good Work on Board the Guardian"—Full Pardon as a Reward—Dan Cubitt, of the "Cat and Fiddle"—John Cheers, of the "Plums of Feathers'—Some Rum Sellers in Early Hunter-street—The Olympic Theatre—Signor Dalle Casse—Our Chronology Resumed

Truth · Sunday 2 February 1913 · page 10

In December last, we were standing at the interaction of Hunter and Pitt-street, [?]mplating events occurring a century and a quarter ago, or a little lens, when…

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West's Pictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 7

The popularity of Miss Asta Ni[?]lsen never seems to wane. Time and again she has been starred on Messrs. West's screens, and each time receives a warmer welcome. Her latest play, "The Girl…

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Time Ball

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 3 February 1913 · 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, 8hrs. 0m. 0s. Should any error occur in the…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 7

"Faust" entered upon its last six nights to a large audience at the Theatre Royal on Saturday night, when the prologue, with old Faust distributing alms in the market-place of Nuremberg,…

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Adelphi Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 7

"The Monk and the Woman" entered upon the final week of its excellent run at the Adelphi Theatre on Saturday night, when the sensational earthquake scene at the end closed the evening to a renewed…

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Palace Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 7

"[?]n Old Donegal" was warmly supported by another crowded house at the Palace Theatre on Saturday night, so that everything now points to a successful finish to Mr. Allen Doon[?] season. Mr. Doone's…

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