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Issue Details: First known date: 1868... no. 5218 11 August 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 : Sink or Swim, &c., single work advertisement

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre's 'complimentary benefit to Mr. W. Lloyd, for seven years stage manager to Lyster's Royal Italian and English Opera Company', 11 August 1868. The benefit includes productions of Thomas Morton's Sink or Swim and James Robinson Planche's The Loan and the Lover, together with a 'grand concert'.

 (p. 1)
School of Arts : Grace Egerton and George Case : Farewell Performances, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the first two of Grace Egerton and George Case's 'Six Farewell Performances', Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, 10 and 11 August 1868. The program includes The Lost Party and the 'successful colonial sketch' The Victorian Servant.

 (p. 1)
New Scandinavian Music Hall : The Forty Thieves, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the New Scandinavian Music Hall's entertainments. The program includes songs, dances, a farce and the burlesque The Forty Thieves.

 (p. 1)
Phillip M'Carroll. Pitt-Streeti"It is amusing and surprising", single work poetry (p. 1)
Mr. and Mrs. George Case, single work column

The Empire reviews the first night of George Case and Grace Egerton's short Sydney season.

 (p. 2)
Victoria Theatre, single work column

The Empire reiterates information contained in the Royal Victoria Theatre's advertisement for Mr. W. Lloyd's benefit night at the theatre.

 (p. 2)
The Periodicals for June, single work column

The Empire provides a summary of the contents of British journals for June 1868. The journals referenced are: the Fortnightly Review, the North British, the Contemporary Review, Blackwood's Magazine, Cornhill, Fraser, Macmillan's Magazine, the United Services Magazine, Colburn, the Dublin University Magazine, Bentley's Miscellany, Belgravia, St James's Magazine, London Society, Gentleman's, All the Year Round and Once a Week.

 (p. 3)
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