y separately published work icon Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser newspaper issue  
Issue Details: First known date: 1838... vol. 36 no. 4061 23 August 1838 of The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser est. 1803 Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1838 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Victoria Theatre, William Kerr , single work column

A column by the author (William Kerr?) complaining to Joseph Wyatt, the proprietor of the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, about the actor Albert Spencer (1811-1854) being drunk on stage. The author adds that '... the Colonial public do not feel inclined to allow themselves to be insulted and the stage polluted by the presence of a drunken buffoon...', and a warning to Wyatt that if 'offenders against decency' are allowed to continue 'the dress circle of [the] Theatre will very soon present but "a beggarly account of empty boxes".'

 (p. 2)
Mrs Taylor's Benefit, William Kerr , single work column

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'.

 (p. 2)
Royal Victoria Theatre : Mrs. Taylor's Benefit, single work advertisement

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.

 (p. 3)
X