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Issue Details: First known date: 1868... no. 5120 17 April 1868 of The Empire est. 1850 The Empire
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1868 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Royal Victoria Theatre : Hamlet, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet on 11 April 1868.

 (p. 1)
Mr Geo. Y. Dane's Readings, single work column

A column commenting on the first night of Mr George Dane's reading and recital at the Australian Library on 15 April 1868. (See advertisement for list of items read and recited.)

 (p. 2)
Union Literary Club, single work column

A report on the half-yearly meeting of the Union Literary Club. Items recited, after the conclusion of the business meeting, included 'The Field of Waterloo' from George Gordon Byron's Childe Harold, Thomas Hood's 'The Cat Protection Society', 'The Bridge of Sighs' and 'The Dream of Eugene Aram', and Charles Dickens's 'Sergeant Buzfuz's Address' from Pickwick Papers.

 (p. 2)
Victoria Theatre, single work review
— Review of The Lady of Lyons; or, Love and Pride Edward Bulwer Lytton , 1838 single work drama ;

A review of the 16 April 1868 Royal Victoria Theatre production of Edward Bulwer Lytton's The Lady of Lyons.

 (p. 2)
Phillip M'Carroll, Pitt-Streeti"The summer heat is going, cold weather's coming in,", single work poetry (p. 4)
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