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Prince of Wales Opera House : The Winter's Tale, &c.,
single work
advertisement
(p. 1)
An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of William Shakespearer's The Winter's Tale and John Baldwin Buckstone's An Alarming Sacrifice on 28 October 1868. Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan's School for Scandal is scheduled for 30 October 1868.
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To Printers and Newspaper Proprietors,
single work
advertisement
(p. 1)
An advertisement, probably placed by Samuel Bennett (sole proprietor, printer and publisher of the Empire), for the sale of a single cylinder printing machine. The sale is being offered 'to make room for a new machine daily expected from England'.
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Prince of Wales Opera House : [Lavater; Or, Not a Bad Judge, &c.],
single work
review
— Review of Lavater; or, Not a Bad Judge 1848 single work drama ; All That Glitters Is Not Gold 1851 single work drama ;(p. 2)A review of the 27 October 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of Lavater; or, Not a Bad Judge and John Maddison Morton and Thomas Morton's All That Glitters Is Not Gold. The Empire also notes upcoming productions at the Prince of Wales Opera House.
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Parramatta School of Arts : [Miss Rosa Cooper and Mr Lionel Harding],
single work
column
(p. 2)
The Empire comments on Miss Rosa Cooper and Mr Lionel Harding's entertainment at the Parramatta School of Arts on 26 October 1868. The evening included excerpts from 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' and William Shakespeare's Macbeth. (A column in the Empire on 26 October 1868 stated that Albert Smith's Matrimony would be on the program, but this play is not mentioned in the column.)
- Phillip M'Carroll, Pitt-Streeti"What a sudden surprise was the Martin defeat–", single work poetry (p. 4)
