Power of Wealth and Hayters on stage in Australia
The program at the Criterion Theatre features a new drama The Power of Wealth by Damper replacing The Green Lanes of England for its Australian premiere. At the Tivoli the Hayters rejoin Mr Richards programme with Miss Nance O Neill in Tess of the D Urbervilles and Linda Raymond returning as Marian.
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Criterion Theatre
Dampier
Green Lanes
England
Australia
the Tivoli
Rickarda
Hayters
Adelaide
Rickards
Nance O'Neill
Melbourne
Williamson
Linda Raymond
Marian
Sydney
Joseph Carne
Alec
Kingston
Angel Clare
M'Kee Rankin
John” D'Urbeyfield
Gordon
Brisbane
Williamson Dramatic Company
Tyrons Power
Miss Crane
Mr. Ward
Barnard Espinasse
Glory Quayle
Mrr
Power John Storm
Walter Bentley
The
Ancelon Dramatic Company
Ada Woodhill
Misa Lynn Lindsey
Ethel Hunt
Helen Gibson
John Weir
Orlando Daly
the Christian
Otago
N.Z
Bentley
John Storm
Otago “Daily Times
Mr. Bentley
Miss
Artis
George Muzgrove
Mme
Caro Roma
M.A.P
Rara Avis
Great Britain
Earl of
Yarmouth
Austraia
London
Hertford
Sley
Warwickshire
Worcestershire
Charles Frohman
New York
M. Georges Mourel
Theatre Francais
Mollere
Comedie Francaise
M. Mouvel
Odeon
Emile Perrin
Rue Richelieu
M. Mouval
Comedie
Frederick Wm. Hawkins
Hawkins
Times
Racine
Edmund Kean
The China Hen Hatches Fish Eggs Story
A German weekly reports Chinese hens hatch fish eggs as a novel use of cheap labor. Spawn is collected, placed in eggshells, sealed, warmed, and later released into a pool to grow. The hens then supposedly catch the grown fish.
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China
English Versus American Wives Seen In Dining Room
A Temple Magazine observation contrasts American wives who lead and choose seats with English wives who defer to husbands at an American hotel dining room. English tourists, more formal, request separate tables and rely on husbands for setup, while American couples display confident, independent seating and flow.
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Temple Magazine
Desert Oasis Doubts Bring Bird Fatigue Fable
Two weary birds cross a desert and scout for an oasis. One suggests stopping, the other doubts the oasis is real and wittily jokes it might be a woman's bat. The bitingly skeptical tone hints at irony and the folly of doubting too quickly.
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Yonder Oasis
Oasis
Methuen
Sahara
Australian Actors of the Sixties and Their Legacies
A nostalgic survey of Australian stage talent from the 1850s to the 1860s, highlighting Edmund Holloway J. J. Welsh and William Andrews, and recalling Walter Montgomery and G. V. Brooke influences. It notes the rise of homegrown actors, training methods, notable bids in Sydney and New Zealand venues, and the spread of Australian drama through that era.
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Mecready
Gentré
Walter Montgomery
Montgomery
New Zealand
Thames
John Bennett
N.Z
Walter
Roderiga
G. V. Brooke
Edmund Holloway
J. J. Welsh
William Andrews
Johnnie
Rmentiem
Sydney
Wels
Wiliam Andrews
George-street
Lttle
William
Mr. Cape
Sydney Grammar School
Twankey
Amile
Deacon Skinmer
G. W. Brooke
Brooke
Andrews
Sterling
J. P. West
Druitt Street
W. J. Holloway
Queen’s Place
J. H. Rainford
H. N. Douglas
Maggie Oliver
Kate Corcoran
Mias L. Dixon
J. C. Lambert
Youngs
Rogers
Charlies Kean
Charles Mathews
Dillon
Wal Montgomery
Miss Cleveland
Tommy's Part War Memoir Reveals Tommy's Quiet Resilience
Julian Ralph portrays a weary correspondent amid Bloemfontein to Norval's Pont, detailing drenched camp misery, makeshift shelters, andTommy's stoic cheer. He notes spotless discipline, scarce meals, and soldiers whistling and joking despite seven months of war, weather, and fatigue with no complaint.
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Bloemfontein
Koornspruit
Norval’s
Pont
Naarwpoort
Graspan
Tommy
Bureal
London
Bys
Beards Regiment
Tammy Atkins
Beecham Pills Promised Health For All Ages
A Victorian advertisement extols Beecham’s Pills for females of all ages and for stomach and liver disorders claiming universal restoration of health. It touts Beecham’s Pills and Beecham’s Magic Cough Pills as cures for irregularities, digestion, and respiratory issues, urging trials and noting proprietary preparation by Thomas Beecham in England with price details.
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Evans Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Beecham
Thomas Beecham
St. Helens
Lancashire
England
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Stageland
Whitehall Review
Kyrie Bellew
West End
Bellew
Louis N. Parker
Addison Bright
Cecil Raleigh
Bland Holt
the Royal
Arthur Collins
Drury Lane
W. 5. Gilbert
Janette Steer
Edward Terry
London “Morning Leader
Covent Garden
Terry
J. M. Barrie
Little Minister
Mr. Are
Barrie
Colonel Carter
Cartersville
Lord Coleridge
City of London
Avon
Italy
Michael Angelo
Germany
John Sebastian Bach
Shakepere
Forest of Arden
Fairyland
Shakspere
Oberon
Titania
Aric
Puck
Neptune
Verona
Psesson
Julius Caezar
King Lear
Timon
Athens
Mall
Tom Costello
G. H. Chirgwin
Florrie Ford
London Tivoli
Ernest Shand
Poluskis
Permans
Cassell
Mr. Richards
Oxford
8Ade Murray
Ugo Biondi
Metropolitan
Edgware Reac
Jake Friedman
Fred Mils
Peggy Pryde
Tennyson
O'Gorman
Virto
Irene
Mascagui
Vistilia
Oberammergau
Johann Lang
Lang
Camphar
Lancelot B
Alex. Fitzgerald
Prince of Wates
Aittle Theatre
King
Sussex Streets
Paoiquette
Julian Ralph
Daily Mail
Whitechapel Alley
Negro Barracks
Mafeking
Buller
Norval's Pont
Magersfontein
Saillora
Ling
Coldstream
Scots Guards
Tunica
Sonunbe
Sana
Pitt-Street
James Sandy & CO
George Street
Dubescu
Orn
Davidson & CO
Oxford Street
City
Medical
Wyorth
Ajorth
Eecham
Pilla
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