Stage and theatre notes on Melbourne attractions and actors
STAGELAND and EB praise after first night with Williamson and Musgrove acts at Theatre Royal next. Lyceum and Palace show London Town and Facing the Music. Woods-Williamson prepare A Woman's Sin at the Criterion. Richards offers strong vaudeville at Tivoli. Australian performers discussed, with anecdote on supers and a remark on women in music and opera history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson
Theatre Royal
George Musgrove
Sweet Nell
Lyceum Sod Palace
London
Woods-Williamson
Richards
Tivoli
Busitess
Paid applause and claque culture in 19th century theatres
The piece surveys paid audience acclaim at the Comedie Francaise where rival actresses sparked clashes in the stalls. It notes the rise of the Chef de Claque, cites Jean de Resske on French audiences versus England and America, and mentions Mme Eames, Brahms manuscripts of organ preludes in Bach style, and a final reference to the tune “O Welt, ich.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mile
Duchesnois
Comedie Francaise
Two Indies
Chef de Claque
Jean de Resske
Echo de Paris
England
America
France
Italy
Madrid
Brahms
Gesellschaft der Meusikfreunde
Vienna
Ag Brahms
Bach
Theatre Francais
M. Jules Clarette
Paris
Opera Comique
Australian theatre notes feature in Melbourne and Sydney reports
The piece surveys Australian stage life with mentions of Musgrove Comic Opera Company at the Princess and Janet Waldorf at Her Majesty's, highlights Armes Beaumont and Nellie Stewart in Melbourne and Brisbane, and notes Basil Gill’s London debut after leaving Wilson Barrett. It also references Miss Tinikka Wiley’s Marlborough House audition, clause disputes in London theatre, and the Claque culture's potential end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musgrove Comic Opera Company
the Princess
Janet Waldorf Company
Her Majesty’s
Mariners of England
the Royal
Bijou
Richards
Nellie Stewart
Nell
Sydney Theatre Royal
Brisbane
Mr. Mangrove
Basil Gill
Australia
Wilson Barrett
Mesewla
Ben Hur
Drury Lane
Ken Hur
Messala
London
Mr. Barrett
Lyceum
The
Lyric
Gill
Marjory Kavanal
Clement Scott
Hilda Spong
Tinikka Wiley
Marlborough House
Arthur Roberts
Justice Darling
Kitty Loftus
West End
Court of Appeal
The Galway Member and His Tenants in Quilty Case
At Kilrush Quarter Sessions Colonel Lynch M P for Galway faced rent claims from Quilty West Clare tenants. His agent denied arrears, voicing a wish to aid tenants toward ownership. Arthur Lynch, writing from Paris, clarified that only one tenant faced action and defended the landlord’s stance on tenancy reform and potential gift of property to tenants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilrush
Ireland
Carton
K.C
Lynch
M.P
Galway
Quilty
West Clare
Frank Casey
D.C
F. C. Pilkington
Colonel Lynch
Pilkington
Casey
Arthur Lynch
Rue Chaptal
Paris
Freeman's Journal
Ixterior
Gilded Lips and A Knitting Member In Parliament
A curious mix of cultural notes and eccentric habits is described. A comment on Japanese beauty rituals mentions gilding lips. Max Nordau is praised as a microcosmic writer. The House of Commons smoking room is enlivened by a knitter member who, while voting with the government, calmly stitches stockings using a small red bag of wool and needles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Nordau
House of Commons
Carcdgs
Ancient Cemetery Epitaphs Reflect Colonial Australia
A dated description of St Matthew’s Church of England cemetery at Windsor, Cornwallis district, Tasmania recounts grand hilltop views and historic graves. It notes burials from 1810 and lists figures like William Arnold and Captain Cox, with remarks on epitaphs and intriguing inscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Matthew’s Church of England
Windsor
Commonwealth
Cornwallis
Australia
Freebody
William Arnold
First Fleet
Captain Cox
N.S.W. Corps
Blue Mountains
Andrew Thompson
Bell
Lieutenant Hobby
William Fox
Sale of Famous Manu Scripts From Sir Walter Berean Library
Part of the late Sir Walter Berean’s library was sold at Sotheby’s in March. Not all items fetched high prices as blue manuscript parcels drew competition in some cases. Works like For Faith and Freedom and The Chaplain of the Fleet sold for five guineas, The Master Craftsman and Beyond the Reams of Avarice for £4 10s each, while The Story of King Alfred with proof-sheets brought 16 shillings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Walter Berean
Alfred
A Liver's Vagaries And A Great Change For The Better
Mrs Elizabeth Shewan of Pyrmont recounts years of dyspepsia and fatigue driven by liver troubles and heart palpitations. She credits Clement's Tonic with restoring appetite, easing stomach pains, banishing headaches, and renewing vigor, concluding with gratitude to the tonic and readiness to share her testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Shewan
Little Edwardstreet
Pyrmont
Earth
Heaven
Clements
Clements Tonle
Clements Towle
Wilingly
Statutory Declaration by Elizabeth Shewan in Sydney
Elizabeth Shewan of 5 Little Ssiward fired Pyrmont NSW declares she has read a four page document, confirms it is a true account of her statements and authorizes publication without payment under the Guths Act 1800.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Shewan
Pyrmont
Sydney
New South Wales
Commonwealth of Australia
Clements Tonic
Clements Tonic Promises No Miracle Cure
The advertisement asserts that Clements Tonic is not a cure all and does not claim to cure plagues or incurable diseases. It argues against medicines making impossible claims and says the tonic relies on proven user experiences without overstating effects to protect its reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clements Tonic
Clements Towle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stageland
Melbourne
Mme
Augusta Holiness
Montague Noire
Mme. Eames
Armes Beaumont
Don Caesar de Bazan
G. B. W. Lewis
Paris Opera
Fesl
Esmeralda
Mlle
Louise Bertin
Victor Hugo
Maria Antonia
Saxony
Porpora
Hasse
Frederick the Great
Burney
Dreaden
Miss Smyth
der Wald
Berlin
M. Wecckerlin
Paria
Saint Peter's
Ote
Sidney Grundy
Edward Rose
New York
Amelia Bingham
Mr. Grundy
Charles Frohman
Joubert
Louis Botha
Cronje
Schalk Burger
Reitz
DE LA Rey
Bteyn
Emu Plains
Bathurst
Francis Beddek
Robert Fitzgerald
Cumberland
W. Bowman
Charles Llarpur
E. Shewan
Jas. McDougall
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