A detailed advertisement announcing the opening of the theatre and the performance on 26 March 1838 of: William Shakespeare's 'celebrated Tragedy, entitled Othello' and the 'popular Farce, called The Middy Ashore' [William Bayle Bernard, 1836].
The theatre was subsequently named the Royal Victoria Theatre.
Short column on the fate of the Theatre Royal, Sydney with the imminent opening of its potential rival the Royal Victoria. 'It is now understood', writes the author of the column, 'that some arrangement has been entered into with Mr. [Joseph] Wyatt, in consequence of which the old house [Theatre Royal] will be closed after to-night's performance.'
An advertisement for the opening of the new Royal Victoria Theatre and a performance of William Shakespeare's 'Tragedy in five Acts, entitled Othello', the 'popular Song, “Paddy’s Wedding”’ and 'the laughable Farce, called The Middy Ashore', at the Royal Victoria Theatre on 26 March 1838.
The advertisement publishes the names of the actors against the characters for each of the plays and that the theatre is now known as the Royal Victoria Theatre. Performance days and times and prices are advertised.
The version of the advertisement published in the Commercial Journal and Advertiser includes the names of the orchestra leader and principal flautist, the instruments of the orchestra, the names of the mechanists (stage workers) and scene painters and the wardrobe mistress.
'Previous to the rise of the Curtain, an Appropriate Address, by Mr Spencer' (Albert Spencer) is advertised in the Commercial Journal.
Advertisement for performance at the Theate Royal, Sydney on 24 March 1838 of: ‘the Farce in one Act, entitled The Lady and the Devil’ [William Dimond, 1820];’A Favorite Song [performed] by Mrs [Anne] Clarke’; ‘To conclude with (by particular desire), the Comedy in three Acts, called,Married Life’ [John Baldwin Buckstone, 1834].
