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Issue Details: First known date: 1868... no. 5239 4 September 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 : The Wandering Minstrel, &c., single work advertisement

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of Henry Mayhew's The Wandering Minstrel and of Guy Mannering on 4 September 1868. The advertisement also notes the performance of Robert Whitworth's The Derby Day on 5 September 1868.

 (p. 1)
Mr Gourlay's Benefit, single work column

The Empire reiterates the information carried in its advertising pages for the 4 September 1868 production at the Prince of Wales Opera House. The evening is a benefit for William Gourlay and the Empire hopes it will be 'sufficiently attended to mark the appreciation in which his talents are held by the playgoing community'.

 (p. 2)
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. 3)
Phillip M'Carroll, Pitt-Streeti"M'Carroll this week, with his usual supplies,", single work poetry (p. 4)
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