Cirrus@Austlit

A advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of Walter Cooper's Harlequin Little Jack Horner; or, The Christmas Pie and the Fairies (advertised under the title Harlequin Little Jack Horner; or, The Christmas Pie, and the Fairies of the Silver Ferns) and Elizabeth St George's A Handsome Husband on 31 December 1868.

The Empire's review of Madame Anna Bishop's musical entertainment at the Prince of Wales Opera House on 8 October 1868, also notes that the evening included performances of Elizabeth St George's A Handsome Husband and John Maddison Morton's Betsy Baker.

(Note: there was no reference to A Handsome Husband or Betsy Baker in the Prince of Wales's 8 October advertisement, placed in the Empire, for that evening's entertainments.)

The Empire reflects on the performances at the Prince of Wales Opera House on 28 August 1868. The evening was a benefit for George Case and Grace Egerton, but was poorly attended. The Empire comments on the acting in Elizabeth St George's A Handsome Husband and a scene from Sheridan Knowles's The Hunchback, and also the performance of The Sentinel.

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).