Opening Night

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Event Opening Night
Venue Royal City Theatre, Sydney, NSW
First Date 20 May 1843
Opening Date 20 May 1843
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description THE PUBLIC is most respectfully informed that every arrangement connected with this Establishment being completed, the Proprietors have the honour to announce
their OPENING NIGHT
FOR SATURDAY, THE 20th MAY, 1843.
After the NATIONAL ANTHEM, which will be sung by the whole of the Corps Dramatique, THE PRIZE ADDRESS,
Which has been selected by the Adjudicators, to
whom has been submitted the various COMPETITION ESSAYS forwarded for this occasion to the Proprietors, will be SPOKEN BY MR. NESBITT.
Description Source Advertisement
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Drama
Farce
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Fenton Actor
Fitzgerald Actor
Gautrot Actor
Avonia Jones Actor
Knowles Actor
Conrad Knowles Actor
Lee Actor
John Meredith Actor
Francis Nesbitt Actor
Riley Actor
Joseph Simmons Actor
Thomson Actor
Thomson Actor
Wallace Actor
Leggatt Conductor
Spencer Wallace Conductor
Belmore Entrepreneur
Joseph Simmons Entrepreneur
Belmore Mechanist
Spencer Wallace Musician
Douglas Jerrold Playwright
Richard John Raymond Playwright
Resources
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper Advertising (1843, May 17). The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 - 1848), p. 3. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37117271
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 130809