Described in the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, advertisement as a 'highly Laughable Farce'. It may be the comic operetta The Rendezvous by Richard Ayton first produced at the English Opera House, Strand, London, 21 September 1818, or a version of Ayton's work. AustLit has not yet established which version was produced in Sydney in 1838.
Performed at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, August 1838.
A short column about the benefit for the actress Maria Taylor (ca. 1813-1841) due to take place at the Royal Victoria Theatre on 23 August 1838. The author (William Kerr?) praises Taylor writing that she is 'a talented and industrious, and consequently a deserving actress ... inferior to none, and superior to most of her competitors'.
An advertisement for performances on 23rd August 1838 at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, 'under the patronage of Sir J. J. Gordon Bremer ... and the Officers of the Squadron' to include the 'Melo-Dramatic Drama in three Acts founded on one of Sir Walter Scott's most Popular Tales called, The Knights Templars', an 'amusing Drama, in 1 Act, founded on an Historical Anecdote, entitled the Rival Pages' and the 'highly Laughable Farce of the Rendezvous'. This advertisement includes a description of the scenes and lists the actors and the names of the characters they portray for each play.
An advertisement for performances on 23rd August 1838 at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, 'under the patronage of Sir J. J. Gordon Bremer ... and the Officers of the Squadron' to include the 'Melo-Dramatic Drama in three Acts founded on one of Sir Walter Scott's most Popular Tales called, The Knights Templars', an 'amusing Drama, in 1 Act, founded on an Historical Anecdote, entitled the Rival Pages' and the 'highly Laughable Farce of the Rendezvous'. This advertisement includes a description of the scenes and lists the actors and the names of the characters they portray for each play.
A short column about the benefit for the actress Maria Taylor (ca. 1813-1841) due to take place at the Royal Victoria Theatre on 23 August 1838. The author (William Kerr?) praises Taylor writing that she is 'a talented and industrious, and consequently a deserving actress ... inferior to none, and superior to most of her competitors'.