 Event |
Grand Magical Conversazione
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| Venue |
Temperance Hall (1859-1900), Sydney, NSW |
| First Date |
16 May 1859 |
| Opening Date |
16 May 1859 |
| Last Date |
21 May 1859 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Part of a Tour |
Yes |
| Description |
Professor ANDERSON has the honour to announce that, having completed his tour of the Western Provinces, and arrived safely from Bathurst, after a most successful series of performances in that town, he will reappear in Sydney on MONDAY next ... it
has been represented to him that in Sydney and its suburbs there are some thousands of persons who would have visited his entertainment had it been given in any other place than a theatre. Scruples of conscience and decided objections to entering the walls of a playhouse, have, it appears, deterred many from visiting him, who otherwise would have b |
| Description Source |
Advertisement |
| Primary Genre |
Other
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| Secondary Genre |
Magic
Prestidigitation
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| Contributors |
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| Further Information |
First 'performance' in this Hall. Only press comment was: "Professor Anderson has during the week been giving a series
of his entertainments at the Temperance Hall. They have been
but indifferently attended though worthy of support." SUMMARY OF METROPOLITAN NEWS. (1859, May 23). Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875), p. 3.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Newspaper |
Advertising (1859, May 14). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved June 17, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13024927 |
| Report |
SUMMARY OF METROPOLITAN NEWS. (1859, May 23). Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875), p. 3. Retrieved June 17, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60400544 |
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| Event Identifier |
130848 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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