The Stampede of Theatre News and Lectures in Sydney
The piece notes Mr Alfred Dampier’s ongoing Shakespeare policy at the Gaiety and Royal Standard. upcoming revivals including For the Term of His Natural Life and The Old Guard. It highlights war lectures by Johnstone Sheldon and Donald MacDonald at the Palace and Sydney venues, with supporting remarks on Gatacre, Lady Usula, and Darling wartime intrigues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Dampier
Dampier
Gaiety
Royal Standard
Her Majesty
Old Guard
Sullivan and Hood
the Royal
Hayters
Tivoli
Johnstone Sheldon
Johannesburg “Star
Cape ‘Argus
London
Daily Chronicle
Palace Theatre
Stormberg
Gatacre
Sheldon
Donald MacDonald
S. M. Herald
Melbourne “Argus
Ladysmith
South Africa
Sydney
Edwin Geach
Melbourne
Victoria
Macdonald
Theatre and Touring People in London and Abroad
Miss Henrietta Watson with Murray Carson on tour in Ophella and Juliet. Ada Ferrar with John Hare at Fulham but free in July. Luscombe Seavelle to stage a Transvaal melodrama. Julius Knight actors with aristocratic amateurs. Knight and Duke of Manchester were close friends in Australia. Minnis Palmer to perform Rose Pompon at Tivol and Canterbury in May. Mme Rapha Bernhardt to add cinematographic battlefield scene to L’Action. Sir Henry Irving praised acting at Chicago University. Church and Stage Guild to be dissolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta Watson
Murray Carson
Ophella
Juliet
Misa
Ada Ferrar
John Hare
Fulham
Luscombe Seavelle
South Africa
Transvaal
Julius Knight
Mr. Knight
Duke of Manchester
Australia
Minnis Palmer
the Grand
Australis
Metropolitan
Mme. Rapah Bernhardt
Wegrem
Duke of
Henry Irving
University of Chicago
Dissolution of Church and Stage Guild Moves on
The Church and Stage Guild, once opposed by ecclesiastical authorities, plans to dissolve after a May 24 flat guild service at St John’s Great Marlborough London with any surplus given to the Ladies’ Theatrical Guild. Pioneer Stewart Headlam recalls the movement’s history and the licence dispute with Archbishop Temple and the Bishop of London. Also noted are Clara Butt’s upcoming Australian honeymoon concerts and Modjeska’s continued exile and possible return to Poland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s
Great Marlborough Street
London
Ladies’ Theatrical Guild
Stewart Headlam
Bethnalgreen
Jackson
Headlam
Temple
The Kansas critic scorches Paderewski in print
A Kansas music critic derides Paderewski as deceitful and describe his stage presence as illusion. The reviewer claims the pianist entices with non tunes and a trained piano that seems to play on its own. The piece ends with a sharp personal attack on the artist and his appeal to listeners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Paderewski
Johnson relics sold at Peel Heirloom sale and theater debts
Items from Willis's Rooms London include a Stortoiseshell and sliver casket given by Dr Samuel Johnson to Mrs David Garrick in 1762 fetching eighty five guineas. Lichfield plans to buy Johnson birthplace house for a museum. The piece also recounts Joseph Jefferson anecdotes and notes American manager Edward E Rice has filed for bankruptcy with large creditor lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peel
Willis’s Rooms
London
Samuel Johnson
David Garrick
Dr. Johnson
Inst
Lichfield
Market Square
Edward E. Rice
United States District Court
Rice
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Park Theatre
Boston
Era
Manhattan Theatre
Monte Carlo
Herald Square Theatre
Evangeline
Paris
Adonis
Wagnerian Kapellmeister and Shaksperean insights compiled
The note recalls Richard Wagner's first Munich Kapellmeister and Hermann Levi with his Bayreuth ties. It cites Sidney Lee on Shaksperean patriotism and virtue, and details a legal action over an unauthorised Quo Vadis stage version led by Hendryk Sienkiewicz and Wilson Barrett. It warns theatres against infringing rights to Barrett productions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Wagner
Wagner
Royal Opera
Munich
Hermann Levi
Bayreuth
George H. Smith
Wilson Barrett
Lyceum Theatre
Sheffield
Hendryk Sienkle- Wicz
Messrs. Whitney and
Canby
Dow
Auelphi Theatre
London
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Ronard Clarke
Swinfen Eady
Q.C
B. H. Carson
North Borneo rebellion tale from the Pall Mall Gazette
A traveler reports a April 28 raid in British North Borneo where two hundred natives seized the powder magazine and a Maxim, killing two policemen and wounding six, with fifteen Chinese killed. Sikh police recaptured the magazine, killed the rebel chief Mat Sator, and captured several raiders as reinforcements arrive from Sandakan.
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Udat
Reuter
Mat Sator
Hugh Clifford
Sandakan
Kudat
Philippines
North Borneo
Borneo
India
Manila
Mat Sallch
Hag
Rob Roy
Sulu
Mat Salieh
Flest
Pfort
Palahwan
Hongkong
Tfort
Mar Salieb
Menia
Singapore
Bangkok
Lloyd
Kaiser
Carolines
Sulu Islands
Germany
China
Java
Delagoa Bay
Dutch Indies
Australian Actor in the Fifties Stage Scene
Lancelot B notes the rise and fall of Sydney theatre fashions in the 1850s, praising Miss Goddard for Hamlet roles then recounting Brooke and McKean Buchanan then James Simmonds stock company shift, gift schemes, and fading public taste, ending with manager Jimmy's price cuts and looming collapse of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Goddard
Dang
Romeo
Hamlet
Juliett
Lucresia Borgia
Macbeth
Catherine
Henry VIII
Meg Merrilles
Brooke
Sydney
Victoria Theatre
Lyceum
Gustavus Vaughan Brooke
John Mildway
O'Callaghan
Australia
Shakspere
M'Kean Buchanan
Miss Goddards
J. Rayner Macduff
Frank Howson
Hoecate
James Simmonds
Dred
H. B. Stowe
Robert Heir
Edwards
Rogers
Garford
Hellair
R. Stewart
Walter Hill
Guerin
Crosby
William
Our Lyceum
Mme
Alita Bishop
Victoria
Corps Dramatique
Lucretia Borgia
Prince of Wales's Theatre
Anna Bishop
Jimmy
London
New York
Pennsylvanian Railroad Signals Electric Block System
A description of the Pennsylvania railroad signaling system as trains pass three bridges. An electric circuit closes to move a signal to danger at the first bridge, then opens to show the block is clear beyond the next bridge, and finally a third signal arm drops to indicate no trains ahead for the next two blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Queen Victoria praised as mother of her people in Universal Magazine
Marie Corelli extols the Queen's reign and influence on women's progress in Britain. The piece lauds Victoria as the bond between Old World and New, celebrates her kindness and leadership, and pleads for her enduring guidance beyond ordinary life. It endorses the Queen's unique goodness and asks divine protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Corelli
Universal Magazine
Great Britain
Victoria
Charles the Second
England
Ireland
Education of Kings Supports Crown Princes Learning Curiosity
The Spectator argues that educated princes acquire judgment and seamanship without weakening faculties. It notes a Crown Prince must master languages, science, history, treaties, and diplomacy while retaining practical wisdom. Emphasizes that waiting and long preparation mirror professional careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stuart Mill
Robert Peel
Charles V
Clive
Germany
Spain
Umbrella Trade Highlighted in American Manufacture
The article notes that tact is the feminine side of social life and claims American umbrellas are world leading yet mostly export themselves. It mentions umbrellas are not exported widely, boast excellent design, light appearance, and low prices due to labor saving machinery, with European cloth and wooden sticks imported in sizable amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Beecham's Pills Promised to Restore Female Health
An advertisement touts Beecham's Pills as a universal remedy for females of all ages, claiming they remove obstructions and restore robust health when used as directed. It also markets the pills for coughs and chest ailments, promising rapid relief from coughing and breathing difficulties. Prepared by Thomas Beecham of St Helens, Lancashire, England, in hazel jars with 66 pills and a larger treble quantity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heecham
Thomas Beecham
St Helens
Lageashire
England
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M'Kee Rankin
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Kingston
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Arsnold
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Little Drummer Boys
William Anderson
Ada Croseley
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Hereford
Chesny
Royal National Eisteddfods
Mine Crossley
Manchester
Marie Bouc
Ocecasion Abe
Broue
R. C
Lady Huntworth
St. James's Theatre
Robert Marshall
Duke of Wellington
76Th
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Walter Elely-Hutchingon
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Captain Marshall
Atlantic Monthly
Fingers
America
Daudet
Sapho
Sappho
Clara Butt
Kennerley Rumford
Southwick
Sussex
Jersey
Bristol
Miss Butts
D. W. Rootham
Clifton
Miss Butt
United States of America
Canada
Modjeska
Poland
Chicago
Washington
Mme. Modjeska
Joseph Jefferson
Congressman Kahn
Falkland
Captain Absolute
Bob Acres
Mr. Jefferson
Ane Munich
Royal Institution
Sidney Lee
Shakepere
British North Borneo
Pall Mall Gazette
Lancelot
Pitt-Street
Oxford Street
City
Queen
George-Street
Midya
Bengal
Beecham
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Becham's
Eecham
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