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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1913

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Scene in Theatre. More Trouble at the Adelphi. Boo-hoos and Shouts. Youth Man Arrested. Fined at the Police Court

Evening News · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 7

Following on the protest made at the Adelphi Theatre, opposite Belmore Park, last week, by a man in the stalls against the play "The Monk and the Woman," a further…

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Spencer's Pictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 23
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The table of the magin carpet has become[?] reality to the fortunate citizens of the twentieth [?] who without expense, seated quietly in comfortable faute[?]s, can visit what country they plea[?]e as though…

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West's Pictures

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 15
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

At the Glaciarium and Olympia the chief picture this afternoon and evening will be "When the Mask Falls," a dramatic subject in which the principal role has been enacted for the biograph by Miss Asta Nielsen…

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Time Ball

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 4

The Time Boll at the Sydney Observatory is dropped every day at 1 p.m. Sydney standard time, corresponding to Greenwich Mean Time, 3hrs. Om. Os. Should any error occur in the…

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Adelphi Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 23

There will be a matinee performance at 2 o'clock to-day of "The Monk and the Woman," a story of ancient France, in which the George Marlow Company shows the cloistered monastery with Brother Paul…

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Theatre Royal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 15
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

"Faust" is the attraction at the Theatre Royal. Miss Beatrice Terry appears in the role of Marguerite, Mr. Jerrold Robertshaw as Mephistopheles, Miss Susie Vaughan as Martha, Mr. Eardley Turner as Faust before the…

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Amusements. Criterion Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 23

"Milestones" of Life to the number of 52 are passed by the wayfarers in the new comedy at the Criterion Theatre, where crowded audiencs watch the strange process of "growing old" so searchingly illustrated by…

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Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 23

"Florodora" continues to draw great audiences at Her Majesty's Theatre, the central attraction being the georgeous tropical scenery, the popularity of such songs of sentiment as "Silver Star of Love" (Blanche…

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Disturbance in a Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 18

Francis Dangar (19) was charged at the Central Police Court with offensive behaviour at the Adelphi Theatre on Thursday night. One of the [?]shers explained that about nine young…

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Cricket with an Iron Ball

Globe · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 4

One of the oddest matches ever played was the outcome of a dispute between two very keen if unskillful players. Neither would admit that the other was the better man, so they…

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At the Theatre the Theatres

Saturday Referee and the Arrow · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 5

HER MAJESTY'S.—"Flo[?]." THEATRE ROYAL.—"Faust." CRITERION.—"Mil[?]s[?]." ADELPHI.—"The Monk and the Women,"…

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Ball of Fire. a Postmaster Dazed. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 19

During the thunderstorm yesterday arternoon lightning fused the telophone wires at the Aberfeldy post-office. The window of the office was broken, and the woodwork caught…

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West's Pictures

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1913 · page 3
Also in Sunday Times

The weather is warm, but the Glaciarium and Olympia, as their names indicate must be, are, cool. This week West's features at both theatres are films in which…

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International Pictures

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 January 1913 · page 2

In connection with the fire at the Crystal Palace, George-street, International Pictures announce that temporary quarters have been secured at the Colonial Theatre Buildings for…

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Spencer's Pictures

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1913 · page 3

The big features at Spencer's Pictures at the Lyceum yesterday afternoon and evening were further films in Charles Urban's wonderful Kinemacoior illustrative of the…

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Criterion Theatre

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1913 · page 2

"Milestones" continues to attract [?] audiences[?]nt the Criterion, where Julius Knight and his clever company nightly score in the bright and remarkable play by Arnold…

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