Grand Opera Company to Open at Theatre Royal Sydney
The George Musgrove Grand Opera Company arrives from Melbourne and debuts with Il Trovatore at the Theatre Royal Sydney. Conductor Slapoffski leads a world repertoire including Carmen and Faust as Melbourne notes a strong season and Melbourne stars such as Mme Slapofski and Miss Coomber.
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HB Operasia
Theatre Royal
George Musgrove
Grand Opera
Sydney
Melbourne
Musgrove
Til Trovatore
Carmen
Faust
Australia
Elsa
Mme. Slapofski
Mooney
Escamillo
Mr. Musgrove
Comic Opera
Princess
Nellie Stewart
Messrs. Avery
Belyna
Grand Opera Company
Joseph Tapley
Ghas
Seguin
Chas. Berkeley
E. W. Maule Cole
Emmie Owen
Maud Thornton
Stanislaus Calhaem
Messrs. Cole
Miss Owen
Mrs. Culhaem
the Royal
Her Majesty's
Old Guard
The Prompter’s Box in Paris Theatres and Memory
Paris correspondent notes the Comedie Francaise loses the prompter’s box during reconstruction. Sarah Bernhardt bans it as eyesore, while actors insist it remains essential. Rejane and Baron praise memory, with Bernhardt famed for perfect recall in long tirades.
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Comedie Francaise
Paris
Pall Mall Gazette
M. Guadet
Theatre Francais
Comedie
Rue de Richelieu
Sarah Bernhardt
Societaire
Antoine
Theatre Francaise
Antoinne
Rejane
Baron
Trial over ballet corps pay in Russia sparks moral for dancers
A Russian theatre director faced suit from fourteen danseurs over salary, claimed for not matching their photos. The judge heard from a prom pter who admitted limited observation, while the case folded on the dancer’s legs claim. The remark: avoid Continental engagements via photograph.
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St. Petersburg
Corps de Ballet
London
Daily Telegraph
Paihogtte
Reun
Opera memories from Sydney and Lyster era reminiscences
John Moore recalls Sydney’s opera history from the Prince of Wales Theatre to the Theatre Royal, praising W. S. Lyster and the early company with Lucy Escott and Squires. He recalls Rosalie Durand and Armes Beaumont, notes on past productions such as Les Hugenots and L Africaine, and reflects on Squires's career and a controversy over a letter. The piece leads into anticipation of a Trovatore performance.
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Charles Cartwright
Cromwell
M.A.P
Cartwright
Nell
Prince of Wales's Theatre
Colonel Cromwell
Globe
Mr. Cartwright
Edith Cartwright
Australia
Misa Edith Morley
Betty Cromwell
Sydney
Opera
Theatre Royal
Walla
Prince of Wales Theatre
Royal
Opera Company of Australia
W. Laurin Lyster
Lucy Escott
Squires
Farquharson
Armes Beaumont
Fanny Simonsen
Lyster Opera Company
Cagli- Pompeii
Lyster-Cagli
Lyster
Mabelaisian
New York Herald
Cork
Maschera
Massachusetts
Fred Lyster
Rosalie Durand
William Hoskins
America
Rosina
Barber of Seville
Almaviva
Fred
Figaro
Dublin
Limerick
L'Etoile du Nord
Mickey Free
Blank Blank
Don Caesar
Her Majesty’s Theatre
Kingston
W. 8
Mose
England
Walters
Joseph
Moses
Egypt
Peraony
Grisi
Norma
Tamberiik
Covent Garden
Kitts
Armes Beau- Mont
Vasco di Gama
Fanny
Hamlet
San Francisco
Iman
Melbourne
Lord Lytton
Owen Meredith
Mario
Marchioness of Carabas
Jasmin
Troth
Marchionesa
Kingsley
Beranger
Garret
Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Stage Irishman and a Lough Gill Visit
A writer compares stage Irishmen to real Irishfolk while describing a boat trip on Lough Gill near Sligo. He recalls Mayo talk, a boastful boatman, and vivid scenery with tropical vegetation, islands, and a holy well visit ending as rain drives a retreat for warmth and whisky.
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Lewyer
Ireland
England
County
Mayo
Killarney
Connaught
Ballyhooly
Midland and Great Western Railway
Dan Leno
Lough Gill
Sligo
Pat
Haslewood
Irish voyage on Lough Gill ends with critique of poets
The narrator recounts a stormy boat trip where the stern oarsman dominates with tirades on Ireland’s wrongs and Tom Moore. He contrasts Moore with Shakespeare and laments Ireland’s cultural image while acknowledging the boatman as a sharp, entertaining guide amid rain and chatter.
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Ireland
Tom Moore
Lough Gill
Boatman
Pall Mall Gazette
Golfing Gorgons and the Ladies Golf Debate
A Mere Man critiques ladies golf style in Golf Illustrated, lampooning their dress and stance as mannish and unfeminine. He mocks short skirts and oversized boots, argues fashionable rationality ruins charm, and urges a return to traditional, modest attire for women golfers.
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Golf Illustrated
Eix
Kennedy
Sir John Suckling
Calla
Beecham's Pills cited as universal remedy and cough pills
Beechams pills advertised for females of all ages claiming to restore health, with promises of golden value per box and notes on curing indigestion liver disorders and general debility. The text extols Beechams as the largest selling patent medicine with strong claims of effectiveness for coughs and chest conditions.
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Bercham
Beechams
Pirate Bus Makes a Haul On Paris Bale Express
Passengers on the Paris to Bale express were robbed after arrival when a deluxe omnibus waiting at Bale station disappeared with their baggage. A diamond merchant lost a box of samples hidden in a trunk. The hotel denounces liability.
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Paris
Bale
Premature Burial Society Seeks New York Charter
The Lancet reports a New York effort to form the American Society for the Prevention of Premature Burial. Doctors would sign death certificates only after tests such as arterial incisions, palm to flame, breath and life absence, and a nonblistering hot iron test.
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New York
Lancet
Wries
American Society For the
Impurity of the bleed and scurvy remedy advertised
An 18th century advertisement touts a therapeutic preparation claimed to cleanse the blood of poisons and cure scurvy and related swellings. It promises teeth health, full-system purification, and elimination of "poisonous matter" through a London based medicine line. The notice lists suppliers in London and colonial ranges and offers free post.
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