A notice to Mrs Emma Seale from Mr Davis, Bookbinder.
Advertisement for the benefit performance for Mrs Clarke at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 6 September 1838 to include the 'celebrated Comic Opera of The Cabinet' and 'Giovanni in London'. The advertisement includes a description of the scenes and a list of the actors and the names of the characters they portray for each play.
Mrs Clarke was the colonial actor, manager and singer Anne Clarke (ca. 1806 - ?). Clarke arrived in Australia (Hobart Town) in August 1834 as Anne Remans. She married Michael Clarke in October 1834.
Source: Parsons, Philip with Chance, Victoria (eds.). Concise Companion to Theatre in Australia (Paddington, New South Wales : Currency Press, 1997)
Advertisement for the benefit performance for the actor Mr. Grove at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 8 September 1838 to include ' for the first time at this Theatre, Coleman's admired Play of the Mountaineers!' with the character of Octavian played by 'Mr Charles Faucit of well known celebrity on the London Boards, who on this occasion, will appear before the Australian Public for the first time, having just arrived from England ...' ; '... to conclude with for the first time in this Colony, the celebrated Operatic Drama, of Masaniello'. The advertisement includes a description of the scenes and a list of the actors and the names of the characters they portray for each play.
