Issue Details: First known date: 1838... vol. 4 no. 255 4 April 1838 of Commercial Journal and Advertiser est. 1835 Commercial Journal and Advertiser
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* Contents derived from the 1838 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Cheap and Expeditious Printing, single work advertisement

An advertisement for printing services at 7 Colonnade, Bridge Street, Sydney.

(p. 1)
New Books and Splendid Annuals, single work advertisement

An advertisement for books for sale including 'An excellent edition of [William] Shakespeare, complete in one volume'.

(p. 1)
Theatre Royal, Sydney : Closure, single work advertisement

An advertisement in the form of an apology to the public for the closure of the Theatre Royal, Sydney.

The advertisement is by Sarah Levey, 'the Widow of the late Barnett Levey' and is dated 29 March 1838.

(p. 1)
Royal Victoria Theatre, single work review
— Review of The Honey Moon John Tobin , 1805 single work drama ; The King's Command; Or, All for Love C. Pelham Thompson , 1838 single work drama ; The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare , 1594-1597 single work drama ;

A review of a performance of John Tobin's The Honey Moon, The King's Command; Or, All for Love, and William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, 31 March and 2 April 1838.

(p. 2)
Royal Victoria Theatre : Rochester &c., single work advertisement

Advertisement for performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 5 April 1838 of: ’Moncrief’s Musical Comedy, in three Acts, entitled Rochester, or, King Charles the Second’s Merry Ways’ [William Thomas Moncrieff, 1818]; ‘To conclude with the Musical Farce called No Song No Supper, or, The Lawyer in the Sack’ [Prince Hoare, 1790].

The advertisement also announces the ‘[f]irst Appearance at this Theatre, of Mrs Larra & Mr [J. H. S.] Lee’ and includes a list of the actors, and the names of the characters they portray, for each play.

(p. 3)
The Dark Lady of Doona, William Hamilton Maxwell , extract novel historical fiction (p. 4)

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