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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1921

3,385 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 170

New Theatre

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 February 1921 · page 2

The usual big and enthusiastic Fuller houses yesterday, with a good pro-gramme to keep up the general satis-faction. Marie Ilka and Austen Milroy…

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The Last Ball! How Macartney Fell Dramatic Cricket Incidents Great Game Between England and N.S.W. The last ball!

The Sun · Sunday 20 February 1921 · page 5

The cricket field has its tense moments, and often the strain is felt by the onlookers more than by the players. Everybody round the Sydney…

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Orchestral Concert

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 February 1921 · page 2

Last, night a packed house again greeted the N.S.W. State Orchestra, under Mr. Henri Verbrugghen. The programme was a thoroughly popular one…

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State Orchestra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 February 1921 · page 4
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Judging by the large attendance at the concert of the Conservatorium Orchestra on Saturday night, lovers of high-class music appear to be determined to lose no opportunity of…

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Amusements. Fuller's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 February 1921 · page 4

Cordial [?]eeptions were given to three new vaudeville combinations which were added to the company appearing as Fuilter's Theatre on Saturday. Diek Gardiner and Nan Revere, in "Bits of Vandeville," provided a turn…

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Randwick Theatre New Picture Venture

The Sun · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 2

One of the suburban picture theatres recently acquired by Sir Rupert Clarke and Szarka Bros.--the Randwick Theatre-- was formally opened last…

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Bat Beats Ball. New South Wales Makes 447. Englishmen Going Well. Woolley and Taylor Centuries

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 5

Interest in the New South Wales-English cricket match was well maintained yesterday morning, in view, no doubt, of the uncertainty of the position, as the result of the home side's…

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Ellis Rowan Pictures

The Sun · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 6

There is a movement on foot to secure the Ellis Rowan collection of pictures for the State. Some time ago a committee was formed for the purpose…

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Stage and Screen Various Sydney Shows New Theatre at Randwick

Evening News · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 4

A new picture show entr[?] was land had [?] in Randwick on Monday [?] right. when the Randwick Theatre was opened under the di[?]tion of Kismet The[?] Limited…

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A Use for the Film. Moving Pictures in Education. . What Might Be Done

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 5

This generation Is indissolubly wedded to the picture-show. For good or evil this form of amusement is easily the most popular with the multitude, doubtless because it provides…

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Theatre Arrangements Pictures at Two Tivolis "The Firm" Takes Over Plays

Evening News · Thursday 24 February 1921 · page 7

The [?]…

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The Theatre

The Catholic Press · Thursday 24 February 1921 · page 29

The last six nights of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera season at Her Majesty's Theatre are announced. There will be two more performances of "Patience," and on…

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Dance at Dixieland. Function for St. Maetha's Home

The Catholic Press · Thursday 24 February 1921 · page 27

One of the most important socials of the year will be held at Dixieland, Clifton Gardens, on Wednesday week, proceeds from which will be devoted to the St. Martha's…

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State Orchestra

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 8
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Berlioz' "Carnival Remain" afforded an exhilarating opening to the orchestral concert at the Concervatorium Hall last night. A striking contrast ensued in Grieg's "Holbergh"…

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The State Orchestra. Concert at Hurstville

The Propeller · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 2

The Queen's Theatre, Hurstville, was crowded last Tuesday with an appreciative audience. The attraction was something new for Hurstville--it was…

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Public Spirited Band

Evening News · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 4

The South Sydney Model Band has decided to place its services once a quarter at the disposal of the Imates of any institution named by the Minister for…

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The State Orchestra. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 7

Sir,—In a letter relating to the above subject, which appeared in Saturday's "Herald," it was asserted that the Royal Academy of Music (London), although receiving only £500…

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