Grand concert in aid of the funds of the Asylum for Destitute Children at the Prince of Wales Theatre : on the evening of Tuesday, June 9th, 1863
- Bib ID:
- 6296109
- Format:
- Book
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Printer:
- Sydney : Caxton General Printing Office
- Description:
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- [Sydney] : Queen's Asylum for Destitute Children, 1863
- 1 broadside ; 21 x 42 cm
- Biography/History:
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The Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children, operated by the Society for the Relief of Destitute Children, opened on 28 March 1858 with accommodation for 400 children. A new wing completed in 1863 provided accommodation for a further 400 children.
- Notes:
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- Caption title.
- "The use of the Prince of Wales Theatre has been given ... by W. S. Lyster, Esq., and the following artistes of the opera company have volunteered their gratuitous services for the occasion:- Madame Lucy Escott, Mdlle. Rosalie Durand, Miss Georgia Hodson...."
- Programme on cream silk with scalloped top and bottom edges.
- Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-348879145
- Source of Acquisition:
- Library's copy acquired in 2013 from Beverley Warren (née Sampson), whose great-grandparents Israel and Thelma Jacobs probably attended the concert.
- Subject:
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- Lyster, W. S. (William Saurin), 1827-1880
- Escott, Lucy, 1828-1895
- Durand, Rosalie, 1829-1866
- Hodson, Georgina, 1826-1901
- Randwick Asylum for the Relief of Destitute Children
- Prince of Wales Theatre (Sydney, N.S.W.)
- Lyster's Grand Opera Company
- Theater programs -- New South Wales -- Sydney
- Concert programs -- New South Wales -- Sydney
- Benefit performances -- New South Wales -- Sydney
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- Copyright:
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Out of Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1901
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1863
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