Spencer's Royal Polytechnic

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Event Spencer's Royal Polytechnic
Venue Spencer's Royal Polytechnic, Sydney, NSW
First Date 20 December 1872
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description A splendid collection of Wax Figures, Automaton Singing Birds, Stereopticons, &c. Mechanical and Scientific Wonders, Glass Blowing, Glass Spinning, &c., &c. The AUTOMATON NEGRO ORCHESTRA, by electricity, plays four tunes, just added. Vocal and Instrumental Music. Miss ALICE SPENCER, Miss CLARA SPENCER, and Master ARTHUR SPENCER in new and popular Songs, Selections, and Dances. Miss CLARA SPENCER will sing " My darling Mignonette," in character. Pneumatic-Plastic Kindle-Engine, makes hydrogen gas, and lights it by an electrical current, just added. The latest novelty, knitting by machinery. Ju
Description Source Advertisement
Primary Genre Other
Secondary Genre Recital
Waxworks Show
Exhibition
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Thomas Spencer Entrepreneur
Alice Spencer Singer
Arthur Spencer Singer
Clara Spencer Singer
Resources
Further Information Admission, 1s ; children under 10, half price.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper Advertising (1872, December 20). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 8. Retrieved December 18, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13309200
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 161531