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Issue Details: First known date: 1868... no. 5224 18 August 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.
Prince of Wales Opera House : Caste, &c., single work advertisement

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of Thomas William Robertson's Caste and Thomas Morton's A Roland for an Oliver on 15 August 1868.

(Performances on 15 August 1868 mark the beginning of a new season at the Prince of Wales Opera House. Mr Hoskins, associated with the Royal Victoria Theatre immediately prior to this, is now the manager of the Prince of Wales.)

(p. 1)
School of Arts : Grace Egerton and George Case : The Last Night but Two, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts entertainments on 18, 19 and 20 August 1868. On each of the three nights, George Case and Grace Egerton will present a new program from their repertoire.

(p. 1)
To Printers and Newspaper Proprietors, single work advertisement

An advertisement, probably placed by Samuel Bennett (sole proprietor, printer and publisher of the Empire), for the sale of a single cylinder printing machine. The sale is being offered 'to make room for a new machine daily expected from England'.

(p. 1)
School of Arts, single work column

A brief column noting the 17 August 1868 Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts performance by Grace Egerton and George Case of 'A Drawing-Room to Let'.

(p. 2)
Prince of Wales Opera House, single work column

A brief column about the 17 August 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of Thomas William Robertson's Caste and Thomas Morton's A Roland for an Oliver. The writer for the Empire notes that there was 'a poor house' and that 'those who omit witnessing the performance of Caste lose a treat, and – a great social lesson'.

(p. 3)
Temperance Hall, single work column

A brief column announcing R. W. M. Johnson's lecture on the 'Life and Writings of Mr. Thackeray', to be delivered on 18 August 1868 at the Temperance Hall.

(The lecture was originally scheduled for 10 August 1868, but was postponed when the intended venue became unavailable. See 'W. M. Thackeray - Mr. R. W. M. Johnson' for further information.)

(p. 3)
Phillip M'Carroll : Pitt-Streeti"M'Carroll has the town to back him,", single work poetry (p. 4)

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