Mr Levey and the Theatre single work   correspondence  
Composed: Sydney, New South Wales,
Issue Details: First known date: 1833... 1833 Mr Levey and the Theatre
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Barnett Levey refutes the claim that he will not employ as actors those originally who came to New South Wales as convicts. He notes that he minds his own business and suggests others do likewise.

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    y separately published work icon The Sydney Monitor vol. 8 no. 571 27 March 1833 Z1804822 1833 newspaper issue 1833 pg. 2

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Untitled 1833 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Sydney Monitor , 3 April vol. 8 no. 573 1833; (p. 3)
A correspondent continues the debate over variant payments to actors at the Theatre Royal. (Barnett Levey paid a lower rate to emancipists than to emigrant actors.)
Mr Levey and the Theatre 1833 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Monitor , 27 March vol. 8 no. 571 1833; (p. 2)
A writer for the Sydney Monitor comments favourably on Barnett Levey's repudiation of claims that he will not employ emancipists in his theatre. The columnist writes: 'This letter, in our humble opinion, completely vindicates Mr. Levey from the charge brought against him by malicious report, and which we were desirous he should have an opportunity of contradicting.'

The columnist goes on to offer advice to Levey re the comparative pay rates of emigrant and emancipist actors.
Mr Levey and the Theatre 1833 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Monitor , 27 March vol. 8 no. 571 1833; (p. 2)
A writer for the Sydney Monitor comments favourably on Barnett Levey's repudiation of claims that he will not employ emancipists in his theatre. The columnist writes: 'This letter, in our humble opinion, completely vindicates Mr. Levey from the charge brought against him by malicious report, and which we were desirous he should have an opportunity of contradicting.'

The columnist goes on to offer advice to Levey re the comparative pay rates of emigrant and emancipist actors.
Untitled 1833 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Sydney Monitor , 3 April vol. 8 no. 573 1833; (p. 3)
A correspondent continues the debate over variant payments to actors at the Theatre Royal. (Barnett Levey paid a lower rate to emancipists than to emigrant actors.)
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