Issue Details: First known date: 1838... vol. 36 no. 4072 18 September 1838 of The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser est. 1803 Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser
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* Contents derived from the , 1838 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Royal Victoria Theatre : Miss Lazar's Benefit, single work advertisement

An advertisement for performance for the benefit of Miss Lazar on 18 September 1838 to include a 'Mythological Musical Burlesque Burletta, by Joseph Graves, Esq., performed at the Strand Theatre upwards of one hundred Nights, entitled Cupid', the 'grand Historical Drama, in three Acts, called Gustavus the Third' and the 'Nautical Burletta of Billy Taylor'. The program included songs and dances. 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. The advertisement fills more than one column of the newspaper.

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Note: With title: Great Novelty!!!
The Victoria, William Kerr , single work review
— Review of Der Freischutz Carl von Weber , 1821 single work musical theatre ;

A review (by William Kerr?) of the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, September, 1838 performance of the opera. Included in the review is comment on the upcoming benefit for Miss Lazar.

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Mechanics' School of Arts, single work column

A brief column announcing that a lecture by William a'Beckett is to be repeated.

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