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Farewell Demonstration to Grace Egerton single work   advertisement  
Issue Details: First known date: 1868... 1868 Farewell Demonstration to Grace Egerton
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An advertisement for a 'farewell demonstration to Grace Egerton' at the Prince of Wales Opera House on 28 August 1868. The advertisement includes a list of distinguished patrons who will be in attendance; the list includes Henry Parkes, Edward Deas Thomson and William Bede Dalley, together with 'many of the leading families in Sydney'.

In addition to Egerton's items, the evening includes a performance of Elizabeth St George's A Handsome Husband, a scene from James Sheridan Knowles's The Hunchback and the 'pretty comedietta' The Sentinel (possibly John Maddison Morton's The Female Sentinel).

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Minor variations appear in repeat publications of this advertisement.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Empire no. 5232 27 August 1868 Z1767459 1868 newspaper issue 1868 pg. 1
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Empire no. 5233 28 August 1868 7272224 1868 newspaper issue 1868 pg. 1
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