An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of Edward Fitzball's Christmas Eve, Joseph Stirling Coyne's My Wife's Daughter and H. J. Byron's The Lady of Lyons on 16, 17 and 18 November 1868.
A review of the 16 November 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of Joseph Stirling Coyne's My Wife's Daughter. (Edward Fitzball's Christmas Eve and H. J. Byron's The Lady of Lyons were also produced on 16 November, but are barely mentioned in the review.)
The Empire reports on 'an entertainment on a grand scale' at the Newtown Oddfellows' Hall on 16 November 1868. The evening's entertainment was 'in aid of the fund for the purchase of a piano for the hall' and the programme 'comprised readings by Miss Aitken and glees by Mr. C. Chizlett's juvenile choir'. Miss Aitken's recitals included William Edmondstoune Aytoun's ‘The Execution of Montrose’, ‘The Brook’, 'Mansie Waugh Becomes a Volunteer’, Alfred Lord Tennyson's ‘The Gardener’s Daughter’, Little Footsteps’ and Alfred Lord Tennyson's ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’.
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'.
