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Issue Details: First known date: 1838... vol. 4 no. 291 8 August 1838 of Commercial Journal and Advertiser est. 1835 Commercial Journal and Advertiser
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1838 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Theatre, single work column

This column briefly discusses the production of two plays at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney. The unknown author notes that Der Freischutz is in rehearsal and hopes that it will be staged more successfully than Gil Blas.

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

An advertisement for performances at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 9 August 1838 to include the 'Melo-Drama, entitled The Ancestress', the 'Farce, called Raising the Wind' and the 'Laughable Farce, called The Two Gregories'.

 (p. 3)
Mr. Simes' Benefit, single work advertisement

An advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, to include 'Shakespeare's ... Cymbeline' and 'Coleman's ... Blue Beard'. The number of acts for Cymbeline is printed differently in the advertisement in the Commercial Journal of 8 and 11 August 1838 (5 acts) to the number printed in the advertisement in the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser of 9 and 11 August 1838 (2 acts).

The performance on 13 August was a benefit for Thomas Simes. The plays for the performance on 14 August are advertised as 'repeated'. However, the 14 August performance was probably not a benefit.

 (p. 3)
Olive Hathaway : A Village Sketch, Mary Russell Mitford , single work short story (p. 4)
New Books, Ex City of London, single work advertisement

An advertisement of over a column consisting of an extensive list of overseas magazines and books for sale by international writers including works by George Gordon (Baron) Byron, the poet William Cowper, John Milton, and Robert Southey.

 (p. 4)
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