MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) - 10 Aug 1858 (original) (raw)

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Tue 10 Aug 1858 - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)
Page 11 - MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

A concert given by Madame Rawack has been the

only event to record in the musical world. As has

been the case on each occasion of this lady's performance,

a great success was achieved, and Madame

Rswaok as a pianist has already taken her stand

amongst our musical celebrities, by the side of Hauser,

Kohler, and others we could name.

The Prince of Wales has been once more opened,

under the management of Mr. C. Poole, and certainly

under more favourable auspices than it has been for

some months past. Mr. G. V. Brooke, of whom we

have already written more than the quantum of praise

that we ordinarily bestow upon dramatic performance,

has been engaged for a course of his great characters and

on every occasion of his performance he has filled

the theatre to overflowing. On the opening

night the crowd was so great that some two or three

hundred persons could not obtain admittance. Since

then every night has the house been crowded, plainly

evincing that the people of Sydney have a pure and

legitimate dramatic taste, when plays worthy of the

people, and actors worthy of the plays, are set before

The Victoria Theatre has quitted the struggle of

legitimacy With its more favoured rival, and has taken

to the second-rate business, bringing out such pieces

as in days of old were produced at the old Surrey and

Coburg Theatres. No doubt, the manager finds this

answer the purpose of filling: his theatre and replenish-

ing his treasury, even though it may not elevate the

dramatic taste of our people.

Jacobs, the wizard and prestidigitateur, al he delights

to call himself, has just run through three weeks at

the Prince of Wales, winding up to allow of the occupation

of the theatre by the great tion of the drama,

Brooke. It is said that this, his first campaign was a

most profitable one, despite the rain that descended

every night of the first week.

Of exhibitions we have two; a tiger, all alive, fresh

from his native jungle, and attended by real Indians-to

be seen for a shilling and a lion and lioness, a rather

more costly affair, for, seeing that a certain Don For

Inlander gets up a little excitement on the occasion, by

thrusting his head into the lion's jaws, the charge has

been fixed at two shillings.