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Issue Details: First known date: 1868... no. 5126 24 April 1868 of The Empire est. 1850 The Empire
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* Contents derived from the , 1868 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Royal Victoria Theatre : Doing for the Best, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of Michael Rophino Lacy's Doing for the Best on 24 April 1868. The evening's entertainment also included gymnastics and 'Barlow's inimitable versatile entertainment'.

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Phillip M'Carroll. War! War!! War among the Butchersi"Look out for M'Carroll, clear out of his way;", single work poetry (p. 1)
Victoria Theatre, single work column

The Empire notes the 23 April 1868 performance of Doing for the Best and comments on Mr Barlow's repeat of his 'admirable performances' and his upcoming benefit.

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Miss Aitken's Readings, single work column

The program for Miss Aitken's recital included, among other items, the following: 'The Blind Iolanthe' from Danish playwright Henrick Hertz's King René's Daughter, one of Douglas Jerrold's 'Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures', and selections from William Motherwell, Alfred Tennyson and William Shakespeare.

 (p. 2)
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