Stageland says farewell to Brough Comedy Company in Sydney
The Brough Comedy Company wraps its Sydney season and will not return for 18 months. The report notes their popularity, the strength of English drama in Australia, and anticipated Brisbane opening. It mentions Bland Holt, Miss Harrie Ireland, and Miss Ada Winston Weir among others, plus Rumford and Clara Butt's opera plans and Amy Castles with the Papal Nuncio visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brough Comedy Company
Sydney
Mr. Brough
Australia
Brough
Allan Hamilton
Bland Holt
the Royal
Drury Lane
Miss Nance O'Neil
Melbourne
Magda
Her Majesty's
The
Alexandra
Harbor
Macbeth
Rankin
Miss O'Neil
America
Persia
Floradora
Kennerley Ruovford
Otter
Abetralia
Misa Clara Dutt
London
Rumford
W. Kenonerley Humford
Wonicote Lodge
Epsom
Clara Butt
Captain Butt
Bristol
Mise Clara Butt
Sussex
Alehen
Kennerley Rumford
Mise Butt
He Cyus
Misa Butt
Amy Castles
Paris
Monsig- Lorenzelli
Ysaye the Belgian violinist and his ardent fans
The article paints Ysaye as a formidable, energetic figure with invincible resolve. His brimming vigor, fierce self discipline, and love for cycling fuel his daily workouts in Brussels. It notes his public choices reflect his belief that audiences will best enjoy pieces like Beethoven and mentions his reputation among Belgians. It closes with notices of the death of E. C. Dunbar, plus a sweeping look at the Sapho controversy across several U.S. cities, including legal battles, censures, and public reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sique
Yeage
Conservatoire
Brussels
Melba
Melbourne
Ysaye
Bois de la Cambre
Beethoven
Scent of the Lilies star in Savoy show and other wonders
Mise Decima Moore, wife of Captain Walker Leigh, reappears in Australia and now serves in the South African Light Horse, surviving near-escapes around Ladysmith. A newly found Stratford relic is Shakespearean, a heart-shaped brooch with W Shakepere inscription. Quo Vadis adaptations and Mme Duse rumors swirl as Massenet publishes La Terre Navarraise. Hartmann dies aged 95, and Cineorama illusion debuts at Paris Exhibition with ten synchronized cinematographs in a decagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Decima Moore
Australia
Savoy
Walker Leigh
Golden Highlanders
Light Horse
Ladysmith
Shakspere
Stratford-upon-Avon
Joseph Smith
New Place
Stratford
Smith
W. Shakepere
Shakepere
M. Grimain-Sanson
Champs de Mars
Cannibalism Report From Southern French Soudan Mission
A mission team the Hostainga d'Olomle has arrived uneaten in the Southern French Soudan reporting cannibal practices among Upper Cavalry tribes. Despite cannibalism the tribes wear selfmade blouses and trousers and have wellbuilt villages and roads while thriving on grain cattle and Sahing River provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hostainga d'Olomle
Soudan
The fruitful fifties of theatre in Australia’
An essay recounting the 1850s Australian stage boom led by gold discovery, with star actors Edwin Booth and Catherine Hayes, G. W. Brooke’s Sydney debut, and famed figures like Lola Montez. It notes rising prices, grand productions at Victoria Theatre, and the era’s lasting impact on the colony’s arts scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlet
Australia
Century Crank
Cryeta Palace
London
Victoria
Duke of Wellington
Sydney University
Russia
Crimea
Ballarat
N.S.W
Parramatta
Sydney
Lucknow
Sydney Exchange
Dunbar
Queensland
Royal Charter
Catherine Hayes
Mesdames
Anna Bishop
Sara Flower
Carandini
Edwin Booth
Laura Keene
Waller
Robert Heir
Fanny Cathcart
Clarence Holt
Charles Poole
James Stark
M’kean Buchanan
G. V. Brooke
G. H. Rogers
W. H. Stephens
Lambert
Coppin
Younges
Charles
Evening News
M'Kean Buchanan
Shakspere
Miles Overreach
Edward Mortimer
Lion
Richelieu
Virginius
Victoria Theatre
Benedick
Beatrice
Julia Mathews
Oelock
Andrew Torning
North Shore
Griffiths
Tuthill
John Howson
Lammermoor
Thomas M’grath
Regatta
Prince of Wales’ Theatre
Castlereagh-street
John Gordon Griffiths
Colony
Camperdown Cemetery
W. H. Stephen
Frank Hewson
A. Torning
James Crosby
Gibbs
Mrs
Prings of Wales
Macbeth
Louis
Fabien del Franchi
Emilie de L'Esparre
Holts
Belphegor
Mme
Lola Montez
Lady Teazle
School For Scandal
Lola
Cork
Gilbert
21St
Bengal Light Infantry
G. W. Brooke
Iago
Richard Younge
Cassie
Heir
Brabantia
Roderigo
H. T. Craven
Desdemona
Emilia
Craven
Brooke
Giles Overeach
Master Walter
Julian St. Pierre
Mr. Torning
Melbourne
Mr. Coppin
King Lear
George Coppin
Stark
Hamilets
Tay
M'Kean
Buchanan
Anon
Alcoholism and Death by Own Action in England
A summary of Dr W C Sullivan's article in the Journal of Mental Sciences on alcoholism’s role in suicides and attempted suicides in England. It analyzes Registrar General figures 1807 1897 and Whittaker data 1542 1898, showing rising alcoholism, age patterns, and occupational links including publicans butchers cab drivers and musicians, with agriculture showing lower rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Sullivan
Her Majesty’s Prison
Pentonville
Journal of Mental Sciences
England
Registrar- General
Licensing Commission
United Kingdom
Sullivan
Beecham's Cough Pills Offer Quick Relief
Remedy for coughs asthma bronchial affections hoarseness and chest oppression pills praised as unrivaled and the best offered to the public. They claim to speedily ease breathing and relieve nightly disturbance. A trial is urged to calm violent coughs in a short time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beecham
New Australian Publications Review From The N S W Literary Union
The first issue of The Speaker proclaims itself official organ of the New South Wales Literary and Debating Societies Union. It satirizes debating societies as political feeders, reviews Shelley essays, and notes illustrations on the cover misfire. The review then surveys recent books from M'Carron Stewart and Company, George Robertson and Company, and titles by John Strange Winter, Albert Lee, and Thomas Cobb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.S.W. Literary and
Debating Societices Union
Debating Societices
Shelley
Rome
Athena
M‘carron, Stewart, and Company
Mesars
George Robertson and Company
John Streange Winter
Gentleman Pensioner
Albert Lee
Thomas Cobb
Bell's
Colonial Library
Stanley Wayman
Crockett
Corps of Gentlemen Pensioners
Henry VII
Elizabeth
Duke of Norfolk
Mary of
Scotland
England
John Strange Winter
Stannard
Grant Richards
Zola
Alia
The
Institute of Bankers
W. M'Millan
Australasian Photographic Review
Nance O'Neil
Camille
Sporting men and taste in trophy design debate
The Studio laments sporting men’s vulgar trophy choices and calls for artistic guidance to elevate silver work. A silversmith notes buyers seek bulk and cheapness, not beauty, while textile buyers pursue artistry. The article also notes Madame Patti’s record earnings of £70,000 in a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayers
Madame Patti
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Stageland
Britain
Chicago Society
Stelmway Hall
Christiana
José Fantozzi-Noni
Leybach
Goria
Jose Elayed
Hansel
West Orange
New York
James White
M. Evarard
M. Charles Feret
New York Opera House
M. Ysaye
Robert New- Man
Queen's Hall
E. C. Dunbar
Chelsea
Chicago
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Old Town
Sapho
Philadelphia
Daudet
Atlanta
Georgia
Balzac
Burns
Terre Haute
Indiana
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Olga Nethersole
Miss Nethersole
Wilson Harrett
Italy
Mme. Duse
Papal States
Charlie
Charles Godfrey
South Africa
Charile
M. Jules Massenet
Johann Peter Emil Hartmann
Denmark
G. VV. Brooke
Lancélot
Pitt-Street
Bland
Oxford Street
City
Medical
Wworth
Eecham
Eecham's
FEI Becham
ES Becham
Thomas Beecham
St. Helens
Lancashire
Universal American Cincinnati
Eos
EAMOL
Creamol
Imm Reef
George-Street
All Druggute
Everewhers
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