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  2. MUSIC IN LONDON.

    LONDON'S active music of the moment is that of the promenade concerts, the still triumphant ballets russes at the Alhambra. Sadlers Wells opera, Robert ...

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  3. Theatrical

    John Dunn, who at his sudden death on his way to the Opera House to play in The Fool of the Family in 1875 wan then one of the oldest actors on the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 355 words
  4. NEARLY SIXTY YEARS AGO.

    IN contrast with the theatre programmes of to-day--elegantly printed on art paper and costing the patron sixpence-- those of the "seventies" were plebeian in ...

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  5. London Gossip

    Next week end there will be about 200,000 cars fewer on the roads of Great Britain, and about 200,000 owner--drivers will be getting ...

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  6. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--Theatrical' reminiscences published in your Saturday's issue of "The Age" are a delight to me. I saw Jenny Lee as the crossing sweeper Jo. I was a child ...

    Article : 300 words
  7. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--"Will Laugh" may rest assured that "Old Un" was correct when he said that Anson played Eecles in the Brough and Boucieault production of Caste. ...

    Article : 468 words
  8. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir.--In reference to famous pantomimes of long years ago I recall Cinderella, produced at the old Princess Theatre, Melbourne, in which the once idol of the ...

    Article : 202 words
  9. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--How many old theatregoers can remember having seen Charles' Mathews perform? As a boy I was taken by my father to see him, at. I think, the Theatre Royal. ...

    Article : 321 words
  10. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--When we receive here on Tuesday "The Age" of Saturday, I turn at once to Theatrical Reminiscences. The first play I remember was Dick ...

    Article : 388 words
  11. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--Gracie Latchford, whose chief asset was a fine stage presence, was a member of a company in which her husband played leads, but they did not appear in ...

    Article : 186 words
  12. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--I notice that reference has been made to Queen's Theatre by some of your correspondents re old-time theatricals. My grandfather (the late Richard ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 95 words
  13. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--Your theatrical reminiscences are of absorbing interest to old playgoers. "Ballarat Native" is in error when he says that Johnny Cowan was an Irish ...

    Article : 131 words
  14. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--In the many letters that have appeared from old playgoers, and in the enumeration of their favorites, truly great professionals have passed in review. I will ...

    Article : 354 words
  15. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--Chronological inexactitudes will creep in but we all expect "A.B," (Middle Park) surely means the Lynch family. If so, I should say thousands would ...

    Article : 637 words
  16. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--Re Charles Ryley, the tenor, who played here in such operas as Paul Jones, La Mascotte, &c., with such other favorites as Violet Varley, Joseph Tapley, ...

    Article : 70 words
  17. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--I have read "The Age" for over fifty years. When I was a youth I was employed in Mr. Coutie's boot and shoe warehouse in Elizabeth-street. Two of my ...

    Article : 721 words
  18. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--When Billy Emmerson appeared first in Melbourne he had as members of his company Charlie Sutton, Ainsley Scott, Tom Campbell and Beaumont Reid. ...

    Article : 772 words
  19. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--Pasted on the wall of my house, and used evidently as a foundation wallpaper, is a copy of the "Daily telegraph," Monday, 29th July, I889. The Amusement ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 380 words
  20. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir.--I am of the same opinion as "W.G.H." Howard Vernon's portrayal of Ko Ko has never been equalled. These lines by "Ernest O'Ferrall appeared in ...

    Article : 149 words
  21. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--With reference to the letter of W. Robinson's which appeared in your issue of Saturday last. I would like to make a correction. In the Harlequinade at the ...

    Article : 300 words
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    MAGGIE MOORE as Lizzie Stofel in Struck Oil. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  23. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--Nothing that I have read for a long time has brought back such pleasant memories as the reminiscences of old plays and players appearing in "The Age." ...

    Article : 599 words
  24. Our First Royal Visitor.

    Sir,--Your correspondent "1861" is slightly in error in stating that he witnessed the arrival of the Duke of Edinburgh in Bendigo in November, 1867. It ...

    Article : 371 words
  25. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--Referring to the remarks of your correspondent ''J.A.B.," mentioning Miss Gracie Plaisted. That lady was no relation to Mr Philip Plaisted, the organist. ...

    Article : 168 words
  26. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--Since my arrival in Melbourne in 87--Queen Victoria's jubilee year-- I have been a constant reader of "The Age." During that period many, very ...

    Article : 296 words
  27. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--Many correspondence have referred to Maggie Moore, but are silent generally about Harry Robert, her leading man generally starred as H. R. Roberts, the ...

    Article : 94 words
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