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Issue Details: First known date: 1838... 1838 Untitled
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In this correspondence, A. Levy gives information on how adverse remarks made by a Sydney actor, M. Munyard, in a letter were circulated. The remarks led to a disturbance at the Theatre Royal, Sydney where members of the audience heckled Munyard.

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Correspondence William Kerr , 1838 single work column
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 8 March vol. 36 no. 3089 1838; (p. 2)

A report on a disturbance at the Theatre Royal, Sydney. Members of the audience took exception to remarks made in a letter purportedly written by a member of the company, Mr M. Munyard, to a friend in England and heckled the actor. An extract from the letter is published in the column. The extract reads in part '... I wrote you a letter some time since, in which I stated that I had joined the Sydney Theatre under the name of Munyard, and that I was playing leading business at a salary of £3 per week. How shall I express myself now when I tell you that my salary is increased, and that I am the Kean of New South Wales. I have often said that all I wanted was an opportunity to prove what I could do. In London I am aware that it is not a very respectable calling, but in this Country of Thieves and Vagabonds you would be astonished how my society is courted.'

According to the author of the column, probably William Kerr, the offending remarks are 'distinguishable ... more for the preposterous vanity of the [writer of the remarks] than for any other quality'.
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Advertisement A. Levy , 1838 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 15 March vol. 36 no. 3092 1838; (p. 2)

Correspondence to the editor inserted in the Sydney Gazette as an advertisement. The correspondence is critical of William Corp, editor of the Commercial Journal and Advertiser. It also refers briefly to William Blore Halden 'of the Australian office'.

The correspondence refers to a column in the Commercial Journal and Advertiser issue of 14 March 1838 reporting on Levy's previous correspondence to the Gazette on the heckling of an actor, M. Munyard, during a performance at the Theatre Royal, Sydney.

The 14 March issue of the Commercial Journal also prints an apology by Munyard.
Advertisement A. Levy , 1838 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 15 March vol. 36 no. 3092 1838; (p. 2)

Correspondence to the editor inserted in the Sydney Gazette as an advertisement. The correspondence is critical of William Corp, editor of the Commercial Journal and Advertiser. It also refers briefly to William Blore Halden 'of the Australian office'.

The correspondence refers to a column in the Commercial Journal and Advertiser issue of 14 March 1838 reporting on Levy's previous correspondence to the Gazette on the heckling of an actor, M. Munyard, during a performance at the Theatre Royal, Sydney.

The 14 March issue of the Commercial Journal also prints an apology by Munyard.
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  • Sydney, New South Wales,
  • 1838
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