Cirrus@Austlit

An advertisement for a joint benefit performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, for Mrs Larra and Eliza Winstanley on 30 August 1838 to include a 'new Domestic Drama, called The Victim of St Vincent' and 'Massaroni'.

A column on the coming benefit performance for the actors Mrs Larra and Eliza Winstanley. The author (William Kerr?) discusses the merits of both actors writing that he does not 'know no two performers on the stage who have stronger claims on the liberality of the public ... Mrs Larra, independent altogether of her claims as an actress, which are second to none on the stage, has a strong hold on the affections of the people from her long residence in the Colony ... Miss Winstanley is without exception, the most rising actress on the stage. She made her debut in theatrical life in Sydney ...'.

Short paragraph on the sudden death of George Little, a compositor and 'the overseer of The Commercial Journal office' . George Little was also 'for a long time attached to [the Sydney Gazette] office'.

Advertisement for the benefit performance on 1 September 1838 for Arthur Falchon (active Hobart and Sydney 1837 - 1846) to include a 'powerful Drama, of intense interest, written by Samuel Lover Esq., and performed at the Adelphi Theatre for 170 Nights, with undiminished success, entitled Rory O'More' and the 'serio comic operatic burlesque Burletta, in Two Acts, entitled Othello Travestie'. The advertisement includes a description of the scenes and a list of the actors and the names of the characters they portray for each play. As with most performances, songs are also advertised including 'the celebrated song' Jim Crow and The Peasant Boy '[performed] by a Young Gentleman, his first appearance on any Stage.'

Advertisement for: 'Seven Cases Books consisting of the choicest collection of modern and popular authors'.