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Sharp collection of theatre programs
Performing Arts Programs and Ephemera (PROMPT)
Australian Collection Development
The Sharp collection of programs from concerts, musicals, theatre, vaudeville staged primarily
in Sydney documents the development of Australian theatre. Comprising 150 programs, the
collection offers a sampling of theatre activities in Sydney, concentrating on the period 18981907.
Access
Material from the Sharp Collection is available for use by through the Petherick Reading
Room, Ground Floor. Readers should complete an eCallslip request from the catalogue record
at http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1870140.
If interested in a particular performer, act or venue, readers may also wish to also search the
Library’s catalogue for related material by specific name/s.
Programs by company/manager/entrepereur
Anderson, William; The Ladder of Life
Lyceum Theatre; Sydney; c1901
Anderson, William; On Active Service (Herbert Leonard)
Lyceum Theatre; Sydney; February 1902
Anderson, William; Greed of Gold (H.R. Silva)
Lyceum Theatre; Sydney; 1902
Anderson, William; On Active Service (Herbert Leonard)
Lyceum Theatre; Sydney; 1902
Arnold, Charles; Hans the Boatman (Clay M Greene)
Palace Theatre; Sydney; December 1901.
Arnold, Charles; The Professor's Love Story (J M Barrie)
Palace Theatre; Sydney; 20 January 1902
Arnold, Charles; An Empty Stocking (Fred Wright); Palace Theatre
Sydney; 17 July 1902
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Arnold, Charles; The Professor's Love Story (J M Barrie)
Palace Theatre; c1902
Arnold, Charles; Why Smith Left Home
Palace Theatre; Sydney; 1902
Baines, Florence; Miss Lancashire Ltd
Palace Theatre; Sydney; c1905
Barrett, Wilson; The Silver King (Jones & Herman)
Her Majesty's Theatre; Sydney; March 1898
Barrett, Wilson; The Manxman (Jones)
Her Majesty's Theatre; Sydney; March 1898
Barrett, Wilson; Claudian (Herman)
Her Majesty's Theatre; Sydney; 1898
Brough Comedy Company; Lady Huntworth's Experiment (R.C. Carton)
Theatre Royal; Sydney; c1900
Brough Comedy Company; The Liars (Henry Arthur Jones)
Theatre Royal; Sydney; c1900
Brough Comedy Company; Madame Sans-Gene (H Irving & M Sardou); Theatre Royal;
Sydney; c1900
Brough Comedy Company; Second in Command (Robert Marshall)
Theatre Royal; Sydney; c1900
Brough Comedy Company; The Happy Life (Louis N Parker)
Theatre Royal; Sydney; c1900
Cosgrove Dramatic Co; The Alhambra Girl
Empire Theatre; Sydney; c1900
Dampier, Alfred; Robbery Under Arms (Baldrewood)
Criterion Theatre; Sydney; c1898
Fitzgerald Brothers; Variety shows
Sydney; c1898
Geach, Edwin; Human Hearts (Hal Reid)
Criterion Theatre; Sydney, Sept. 7th, 1907
Hawtrey Comedy Co; A Message From Mars (Ganthony)
Palace Theatre; Sydney; 27 May c1904
Hawtrey Comedy Co; Lady of Ostend (Burnands)
Criterion Theatre; Sydney; 1904
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Hawtrey Comedy Co; The Two Mr Wetherby's (Hankin)
Criterion Theatre; Sydney; 1905
Hawtrey Comedy Co; Tom, Dick and Harry (Mrs Pachero)
Palace Theatre; Sydney; 23 February c1905
Hawtrey Comedy Co; Tom, Dick and Harry (Mrs Pachero)
Palace Theatre; Sydney; 23 February c1904
Henry's Dramatic Co; The Queens Colours (Kipling)
Royal Standard Theatre; Sydney; 23 March 1898
Henry's Dramatic Co; The Queens Colours (Kipling)
Royal Standard Theatre; Sydney; 23 March 1898
Holloway, Charles; Our Guardian Angel (Clarence Burnette)
Lyceum Theatre,; Sydney; c1899
Holloway, Charles; The Work Girl (George Conques & Arthur Shirley)
Theatre Royal; Sydney; 11 March 1899
Holloway, Charles; The Power and the Glory (Charles Darrell)
Lyceum Theatre; Sydney; c1899
Holt, Bland; The Trumpet Call(G. Simm & R. Buchanan)
Theatre Royal; Sydney; 29 April 1892
Holt, Bland; Riding to Win (Shirley)
Lyceum Theatre; Sydney; 6 September 1902
Holt, Bland; Hearts are Trumps (Raleigh)
Lyceum Theatre; Sydney; 1 March 1902
Holt, Bland; Breaking of the Drought (Shirley)
Lyceum Theatre; Sydney; c1903
Holt, Bland; The Cotton King (Sutton Vane)
Lyceum Theatre; Sydney; 21 February 1903
Holt, Bland; The Span of Life (Sutton Vane)
Theatre Royal; Sydney; n.d.
Holt, Bland; The Prodigal Daughter (Pettit & Harris)
Theatre Royal; Sydney; 6 August 1904
Holt, Bland; The Great Millionaire (Raleigh)
Theatre Royal; Sydney; April 18 1904
Holt, Bland; In Sight of St Paul's (Sutton Vane)
Theatre Royal; Sydney; 30 June 1906
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Irving, H.B; The Lyons Mail (Charles Reade)
Her Majesty's Theatre; Sydney; 22 July 1911
James, Harry; Fiddle Dee Dee (Edgar Smith)
Palace Royal; Sydney; c1904
James, Harry; Hoity Toity (Edgar Smith)
Palace Theatre; Sydney; c1904
James, Harry; The Whirl-I-Gig (Edgar Smith)
Palace Theatre; Sydney; c1904
Lesleigh, Richard; Carter, The Mysterious
Palace Theatre; Sydney; c1905
Lyceum Dramatic Company, Nancy and her Sailor (R.H. Merivale)
The Lyceum; Sydney; c1898
Lyceum Dramatic Company; Work and Wages (Wm Bourne)
The Lyceum; Sydney; 26th Jan 1898
Lyceum Dramatic Company; The Terror of Paris (E. Hill Mitchellson and Chas. H. Langdon)
The Lyceum; Sydney; March 1898
Lyceum Dramatic Company; The Terror of Paris (E. Hill Mitchellson and Chas. H. Langdon)
The Lyceum; c1899
Lyceum Dramatic Company, The White Squadron (J.H. Harkins)
The Lyceum; Sydney; c1898-1899
Lyceum Dramatic Company; A Yorkshire Lass (Wilton Jones)
The Lyceum; 1898
Meynell, Clyde. Gunn, John; Her Love Against The World (Walter Howard)
Theatre Royal; 1907
Musgroves Grand Opera Company; Stabat Mater (Rossini)
Theatre Royal; Sydney; c1902
Musgroves Grand Opera Company; Tannhauser (Wagner)
Theatre Royal; Sydney; c1902
Musgroves Grand Opera Company; Tannhauser (Wagner)
Theatre Royal; Sydney; c1902
Musgroves Grand Opera Company; Lohengrin (Wagner)
Theatre Royal; Sydney; c1902
Musgroves Grand Opera Company; The Scarlet Feather (Messrs Leterrier and Vanloo)
Theatre Royal; Sydney; n.d.
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Rickards, Harry; The Conservatory
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 4 August 1894
Rickards, Harry; The Aesthetics
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 13 February 1897
Rickards, Harry; Sapphonia
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 23 October 1897
Rickards, Harry; Sapphonia
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 12 March 1898
Rickards, Harry; Federia
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 11 June 1898
Rickards, Harry; Arcadia
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 21 January 1899
Rickards, Harry; Arcadia
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 25 March 1899
Rickards, Harry; Arcadia
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 25 March 1899
Rickards, Harry; Caddam Woods, Little Fanny Powers and Miss Noni Rickards
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 27 January 1900
Rickards, Harry; Caddam Woods, Little Fanny Powers
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 24 March 1900
Rickards, Harry; Caddam Woods, Little Fanny Powers
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 7 April 1900
Rickards, Harry; Caddam Woods and Little Alma Gray
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 14 April 1900
Rickards, Harry; Caddam Woods and Little Baby Parkes
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 1 September 1900
Rickards, Harry; Puss in Boots
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 26 January 1901.
Rickards, Harry; Various artists
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 23 February 1901
Rickards, Harry; Various artists
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 30 March 1901
Rickards, Harry; Les Theires and other artists
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 20 April 1901
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Rickards, Harry; Lambeth Walk
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 6 May 1901
Rickards, Harry; Carnival (assorted acts)
Rickards New Opera House; Melbourne; 21 September 1901
Rickards, Harry; The Carnival
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; December 14 1901
Rickards, Harry; Carnival (assorted acts)
Rickards New Opera House; Melbourne; c1901
Rickards, Harry; The Carnival
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 4 January 1902
Rickards, Harry; Various artists
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 18 January 1902
Rickards, Harry; Various artists
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 1 February 1902
Rickards, Harry; Various artists
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 1 March 1902
Rickards, Harry; Various artists
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 29 March 1902
Rickards, Harry; Various artists
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 4 June 1902.
Rickards, Harry; Various artists
Rickards New Opera House; Melbourne; 12 July 1902.
Rickards, Harry; Various acts
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 23 August 1902
Rickards, Harry; Various artists
Rickards New Opera House; Melbourne; 13 September 1902
Rickards, Harry; Various artists
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 3 January 1903
Rickards, Harry; Various artists
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 17 January 1903
Rickards, Harry; Various artists
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 7 February 1903
Rickards, Harry; The Jolly Japs
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 17 October 1903
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Rickards, Harry; The Jolly Japs
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 28 November 1903
Rickards, Harry; The Jolly Japs
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 9 January 1904
Rickards, Harry; The Jolly Japs
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 20 February 1904
Rickards, Harry; The Jolly Jap's
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 5 March 1904
Rickards, Harry; The Palace of Dolls
Tivoli; Sydney; 9 April 1904
Rickards, Harry; The Palace of Dolls
Tivoli; Sydney; 30 April 1904
Rickards, Harry; The Palace of Dolls
Tivoli Theatre; 4 June 1904
Rickards, Harry; The Palace of Dolls
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 18 June 1904
Rickards, Harry; The Palace of Dolls
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 27 August 1904
Rickards, Harry; Moorish Revels
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 29 October 1904
Rickards, Harry; Golden Cornfields
Rickards New Opera House; Melbourne; 15 July 1905
Rickards, Harry; The Romany
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 25 November 1905
Rickards, Harry; The Romany
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; c1905.
Rickards, Harry; Golden Corn Fields
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 14 April 1906
Rickards, Harry; Golden Corn Fields
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 16 June 1906
Rickards, Harry; The Bathers (Part 1)
Rickards New Opera House; Melbourne; 5 January 1907
Rickards, Harry; The Bathers (Part 1)
Rickards New Opera House; Melbourne; 26 January 1907
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Rickards, Harry; The Bathers (Part 1)
Rickards New Opera House; Melbourne; 18 May 1907
Rickards, Harry; The Bathers (Part 1)
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 24 August 1907
Rickards, Harry; La Danse de Rubans
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 8 February 1908
Rickards, Harry; La Danse de Rubans
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 30 May 1908
Rickards,Harry; The Highlanders (A.U. MacKinnon)
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 10 April 1909
Rickards, Harry; The Highlanders (A.U. MacKinnon)
Tivoli Theatre; Sydney; 10 April 1909
Rignold, George; Henry V (Shakespeare)
Her Majesty's Theatre; Sydney 1887
Rignold, George; Youth (Harris, Merritt & Pettit)
Her Majesty's Theatre; Sydney; 25 November 1891
Rignold, George; Othello (Shakespeare)
Criterion Theatre; Sydney; c1899
Rignold, George; Othello and the Merry Wives of Windsor (Shakespeare)
Criterion; Sydney; 1899
Rignold, George; Man to Man (W. Bourne)
Criterion Theatre; Sydney; c1900
Rignold, George; Man to Man W. Bourne)
Criterion Theatre; Sydney; c1900
Sanford, Walter; Tempest Tossed
Lyceum Theatre; Sydney; c1904
Sheridan, John F Season; The Lady Slavey (George Dance)
Criterion Theatre; Sydney; c1903
Stephenson, George; The Skirt Dancer (G. Ridgwell & E. Mansell)
Criterion Theatre; Sydney; 15 April 1905
Thornton, Frank; The Private Secretary (Charles Hawtrey)
Palace Theatre; Sydney; 12 September 1905
Tree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm; Sign of the Cross (W. Barrett)
Her Majesty's Theatre; Sydney; March c1904
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Tree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm; Sign of the Cross (W. Barrett)
Her Majesty's Theatre; Sydney; c1904
Tree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm; Resurrection (Leo Tolstoi)
Her Majesty's Theatre; Sydney; c1904
Williamson, J.C.; Trilby (D. Du Maurier)
Theatre Royal; Sydney; February 1900
Williamson, J.C.; The Only Way (a tale of two cities) ; adapted by Freeman Wills from the
novel by Charles Dickens
Theatre Royal; Sydney; 23 December 1900
Williamson, J.C.; The Only Way (a tale of two cities); adapted by Freeman Wills from the
novel by Charles Dickens
Theatre Royal; Sydney; c1900
Williamson, J.C.; Magda
Theatre Royal; Sydney; c1900
Williamson, J.C.; Florodora (Stuart)
Her Majesty's Theatre; Sydney; c1900
Williamson, J.C.; Alice in Wonderland (L. Carroll)
Theatre Royal; Sydney; 1901
Williamson, J.C.; A Royal Divorce
Her Majesty's Theatre; Sydney; c1901
Williamson, J.C.; Paul Jones
Palace Theatre; Sydney; 1902
Williamson, J.C.; Cousin Kate (H.H. Davies)
Criterion Theatre; Sydney; 1903
Williamson, J.C.; Sherlock Holmes (A. Conan Doyle & W Gillette)
Theatre Royal; Sydney; c1903
Williamson, J.C.; Trilby (D. Du Maurier)
Her Majesty's Theatre; Sydney; c1904
Williamson, J.C.; Theodora (Sardou)
Her Majesty's Theatre; Sydney; c1904
Williamson, J.C.; The World Entertainers
Palace Theatre; Sydney; 22 February c1905
Williamson, J.C.; Parsifal (Rev T, Hilhouse-Taylor)
Her Majesty's Theatre; Sydney; 23 January 1907
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Williamson and Musgrove; The Geisha
Her Majesty's Theatre; Sydney; c1899
Willoughby, George; The Grey Parrot
Palace Theatre, Sydney, c1904
Willoughby, George; The Wrong Mr Wright; Palace Theatre; Sydney; c1904
Willoughby and Ward; The Man From Mexico
Criterion Theatre; Sydney; c1902
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Index to productions by title
Alhambra Girl, The .......................................... 2
Alice in Wonderland ........................................ 9
An Empty Stocking........................................... 1
Arcadia ............................................................ 5
Bathers, The ..................................................... 8
Breaking of the Drought .................................. 3
Carnival (assorted acts) ................................... 6
Carnival, The ................................................... 6
Carter, The Mysterious .................................... 4
Claudian .......................................................... 2
Conservatory, The ............................................ 5
Cotton King, The .............................................. 3
Dick and Harry ................................................ 3
Federia ............................................................. 5
Fiddle Dee Dee ................................................ 4
Florodora ......................................................... 9
Geisha, The .................................................... 10
Golden Corn Fields ..................................... 7, 8
Gray, Little Alma ............................................. 5
Great Millionaire, The ..................................... 3
Greed of Gold .................................................. 1
Grey Parrot, The ............................................ 10
Hans the Boatman ............................................ 1
Happy Life, The................................................ 2
Hearts are Trumps ........................................... 3
Henry V ............................................................ 8
Her Love Against The World ........................... 4
Highlanders, The ............................................. 8
Hoity Toity ....................................................... 4
Human Hearts .................................................. 2
In Sight of St Paul's .......................................... 3
Jolly Jap's, The ................................................ 7
Jones, Paul ....................................................... 9
La Danse de Rubans ........................................ 8
Ladder of Life, The........................................... 1
Lady Huntworth's Experiment ......................... 2
Lady of Ostend ................................................. 2
Lady Slavey, The .............................................. 8
Lambeth Walk .................................................. 6
Les Theires ....................................................... 6
Liars, The ......................................................... 2
Lohengrin ......................................................... 4
Lyons Mail, The ............................................... 4
Madame Sans-Gene ......................................... 2
Magda .............................................................. 9
Man From Mexico, The.................................. 10
Man to Man...................................................... 8
Manxman, The ................................................. 2
Merry Wives of Windsor, The .......................... 8
Message From Mars, A .................................... 2
Miss Lancashire Ltd......................................... 2
Nancy and her Sailor ....................................... 4
On Active Service ............................................. 1
Only Way (a tale of two cities), The ................. 9
Othello ............................................................. 8
Our Guardian Angel ........................................ 3
Palace of Dolls, The......................................... 7
Parkes, Little Baby........................................... 5
Parsifal .......................................................... 10
Powers, Little Fanny ........................................ 5
Prodigal Daughter, The ................................... 3
Professor's Love Story, The ......................... 1, 2
Puss in Boots.................................................... 5
Resurrection ..................................................... 9
Rickards, Noni ................................................. 5
Riding to Win ................................................... 3
Robbery Under Arms ....................................... 2
Romany, The .................................................... 7
Royal Divorce, A .............................................. 9
Sapphonia ........................................................ 5
Scarlet Feather, The ........................................ 5
Second in Command ........................................ 2
Sherlock Holmes .............................................. 9
Sign of the Cross .............................................. 9
Silver King, The ............................................... 2
Skirt Dancer, The ............................................. 9
Span of Life, The .............................................. 3
Stabat Mater .................................................... 4
Tannhauser ...................................................... 4
Tempest Tossed ................................................ 8
Terror of Paris, The ......................................... 4
The Aesthetics .................................................. 5
The Power and the Glory ................................. 3
The Queens Colours......................................... 3
Theodora ........................................................ 10
Tom, Dick and Harry ....................................... 3
Trilby................................................................ 9
Trumpet, The .................................................... 3
Two Mr Wetherby's, The .................................. 3
Variety shows ................................................... 2
Whirl-I-Gig, The .............................................. 4
White Squadron, The........................................ 4
Why Smith Left Home ...................................... 2
Woods, Caddam ............................................... 5
Work and Wages .............................................. 4
Work Girl, The ................................................. 3
World Entertainers, The ................................ 10
Wrong Mr Wright, The................................... 10
Yorkshire Lass, A ............................................. 4
Youth ................................................................ 8
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