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Issue Details: First known date: 1868... no. 5192 10 July 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 : London Assurance, &c., single work advertisement

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of Dion Boucicault's London Assurance and Henry Thornton Craven's My Daughter's Debut on 10 July 1868.

 (p. 1)
Miss Aitken's Entertainment, single work column

The Empire reports on Miss Aitken's 'last appearance before the Sydney public at the School of Arts'. Among the items performed were: 'Hubert and Arthur' from William Shakespeare's King John, 'Mr. Caudle Joins a Club, "The Skylarks"' from Douglas William Jerrold's Caudle's Curtain Lectures and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 'The Wreck of the Hesperus'.

 (p. 2)
Amateur Performance, single work review
— Review of Colleen Bawn; or, The Brides of Garryowen Dion Boucicault , 1860 single work drama ;

A review of the 9 July 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House amateur production of Dion Bouciault's Colleen Bawn.

 (p. 2)
School of Arts and Free Library, single work column

A brief report on the decision to establish a School of Arts and Free Library in Newcastle, New South Wales.

 (p. 2)
Phillip M'Carroll. Pitt-Streeti"In Liverpool and Sussex streets, M'Carroll now is there,", single work poetry (p. 4)
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