Event | 
					 King Lear / No Song No Supper 
						
						
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				| Venue | 
				Theatre Royal (1833-1840), Sydney, NSW | 
			
			
				
					| First Date | 
					
					23 January 1837 | 
				
			
			
				| Dates Estimated | 
			
				No | 
			
			
				
					| Status | 
					
					Professional | 
				
			
			
				| World Premiere | 
				
				No | 
			
			
			
				
					| Description | 
  					First performance of King Lear followed by the comic opera No Song No Supper; or, the Lawyer in the Sack.  Also a comic song by Mr Buckingham and Mr Lee in Grecian Statues, Living Models from the Antiquities. | 
				
			
				
					| Description Source | 
					
					Advertisement | 
				
			
			
				| Primary Genre | 
				
				Theatre - Spoken Word
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					| Secondary Genre | 
					
					
					
						
						
							Tragedy
						
							
						 
						
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					| Related Events | 
					
					
						
						
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									is part of Mixed Bill
									No Song, No Supper
									, Theatre Royal (1833-1840), Sydney, NSW, 23 January 1837 
									
							
 
							
						 
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					        | Resources | 
					        
					        	
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				       Advertisement:  First Night of the Tragedy of King Lear for Mr Simes Benefit, The Sydney Monitor, 18 January 1837, 3
 
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				       Review:  Domestic Intelligence, The Theatre [King Lear], The Sydney Herald, 26 January 1837, 2
 
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				       Review:  The Theatre [King Lear], The Sydney Monitor, 25 January 1837, 2
 
				             
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						| Works | 
						
						
							
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						| Text Nationality | 
						
						England
					
					
				
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						| Production Nationality | 
						
						Australia
				
				
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					| Further Information | 
					
					
					Benefit for Mr Simes.  First performance in Australia.
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					| Event Status | 
					
					
					Completed
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									| Book | 
									
									Irvin, Eric, 1985, Dictionary of the Australian theatre 1788-1914 / Eric Irvin Hale & Iremonger, Sydney | 
									
									
								 
							
						 
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					| Data Set | 
					AusStage | 
				
			
			
				
					| Event Identifier | 
					
					101253 | 
				
			
			
				
			
			
			
			
			
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