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With the imminent opening of Joseph Wyatt's new theatre, the Royal Victoria, the author (probably William Kerr) admonishes the management of the Theatre Royal, Sydney for failing to 'attract and amuse the public' and for bringing the actors' benefits forward 'by way of providing [against the loss of monies], from the sums paid by the performers for the use of the house' The author concludes, '[t]he Theatre has been paying the proprietress [(Sarah Levey)] very handsomely since it was opened ; if she cannot afford to enter the field with Mr. Wyatt, let her close the house at once, paying the penalty under which she is bound to the performers ...'
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Theatre Royal, George-street
Ratting
1838
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— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 24 March vol. 4 no. 252 1838; (p. 2)A report on the contractual obligations of the actors employed in Sarah Levey's Theatre Royal and those employed, or hoping to be employed, in Joseph Wyatt's new Sydney theatre (the Royal Victoria Theatre). The report, sub headed 'Ratting', is in reply to a column in the Sydney Gazette published on 22 March. The Commercial Journal's report is in Sarah Levey's favour. The report includes a brief review of the performance of the plays Charles the Second; or, The Merry Monarch and Tower of Nesle; or, The Chamber of Death at the Theatre Royal, Sydney on 22 March 1838.
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Theatre Royal, George-street
Ratting
1838
single work
column
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 24 March vol. 4 no. 252 1838; (p. 2)A report on the contractual obligations of the actors employed in Sarah Levey's Theatre Royal and those employed, or hoping to be employed, in Joseph Wyatt's new Sydney theatre (the Royal Victoria Theatre). The report, sub headed 'Ratting', is in reply to a column in the Sydney Gazette published on 22 March. The Commercial Journal's report is in Sarah Levey's favour. The report includes a brief review of the performance of the plays Charles the Second; or, The Merry Monarch and Tower of Nesle; or, The Chamber of Death at the Theatre Royal, Sydney on 22 March 1838.
Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser
