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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1913

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Lyceum—spencer's Pictures

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 January 1913 · page 2

Kinemacolor is still the magnet at the Lyceum. Another crowded audience watched the reproduction of the Delhi Durbar with all the picturesque incidents last night. It has…

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Adelphi Theatre

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1913 · page 3

The Monk and the Woman," which has a sort of a "Maria Monk"-Edith O'Gormancum-Pere Chinquay sort of title, whirls along at the Adelphi. The scenery is…

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Empress Theatre

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1913 · page 3
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The Empress Theatre, with its new decorations, has, during the holiday season, been a centre in which vast crowds congregated, and, though things generally are now…

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Colonial Theatre

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1913 · page 3
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For the first three days of this week, at the Colonial Theatre, will be shown a series of pictures of incidents on the Cheyenne Frontier Day. These pictures were…

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Theatre Royal

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1913 · page 3

"Faust" is now running smoothly at the Theatre Royal, and nightly big audiences witness the magnificent spectacle. Some adverse comment has been made…

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Tivoli Theatre

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1913 · page 3

Miss Florence Baines, who "made London laugh," has, since her arrival in Sydney, succeeded equally well with the Tivoli audiences. Miss Claire Romaine is a…

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Lyric Theatre

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 January 1913 · page 2
Also in Truth

A tale of two thieves and an emerald necklace will be the principal dramatic subjects tomorrow at the Lyric Theatre. There will be the charm of variety in "Hubby Does the…

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Band in Hyde Park

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1913 · page 14

The New South Wales State Military Band will play the following programme in Hyde Park this afternoon, at 3 o'clock:--March. "Action Front" (Blankenburg): overture. 'Il…

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Her Majesty's Theatre

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1913 · page 3

"Florodora" still shows its beauties—scenic, musical, and human—at Her Majesty's, and on Saturday night the usual crowded audience displayed the customary…

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Peculiar Theatre Scene. Actor Lectures Interrupter

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1913 · page 3

Mr. Allen Doone found it necessary last Sight to utter a vigorous, but dignified, protest from the stage against the behavior of some ladles in the audience, who, he said,…

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Shocking Suicide. Jilted Lover Beats the Band. Paris

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1913 · page 3

A most extraordinary suicide is reported from Epernay, a town of 20,000 in[?]bitants, in the CHampagne district. A workman named Geetan Valencin…

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Theatre Crowds and Prosperity How the One Is the Index of the Other

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 January 1913 · page 6

"This theatregoing is hard work." A big son of the land mopped his brow in the early door crowd outside one of Sydney's theatres on New Year's night…

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Old Sydney. Chronology Continued—Old John Davies—Theatre Royal Players Bishop Poling—Ada Ward—James Squire—The First Hops—A Pioneer Brewer—Dwyer and Geedwin—W. J. Holleway and Widow Jenyns—Mrs. Jane Beard—The Paddington Inn—An Interesting Incident

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1913 · page 12

To wipe off the slate, I continue my friend's interesting chronology (1876-7), with some additions thereto:—Charles Pitt, a watchmaker, died…

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West's Pictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1913 · page 3

Patrons of West's Olympia and Glaciarium Theatres at both the afternoon and evening performances were no doubt pleased to find on the programme a new play, "When the Mask Falls," with the popular,…

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Rozelle Tram Band

The Sun · Monday 6 January 1913 · page 5

Though only three months old, Rozelle Tramway Depot has a strong and capable brass band of 30 players. Mr. Fred Jackman, of North Sydney Depot, has been the…

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Theatre Royal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1913 · page 15

The fantastic thrall of "Faust" held another big audience on Saturday night, when the striking spectacular scenes and stirring music were reproduced with marked success. There will be a matinee on Wednesday…

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American Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1913 · page 3

"When Youth Meets Youth," a pathetic drama: and "The Risky Experiemnt," a stage drama, appealed to large audiences on Saturday. To-day drama items figure largely on the list. There is one of…

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