The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-02 00:00:00

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
GREAT CHARLOTTE.-STREET,
Proprietor, Mr. W. R. COPELAND.

THE NEW GRAND COMIC CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME,

THIS EVENING (WEDNESDAY), THE 2ND INSTANT,
And Every Evening dur ng the Week, will be presented
a Drama, en'itlefl
A WOMAN'S WIT AND A WIPE'S STRATAGEM.
Jasper Carew , " 'F.j• Cr CO-Per.
Anne Carbw ... • lei L. Gray.

Attar which,
THE NEW GRAND COMM CIIILIST3IAS PANTOMIME,
_ _ EN TITLED

LiTTIYI3O:PEEP;

OR,
HARLEQUIN AND THE GIRL WHO LOST HER SHEEP.

The Scenery of the Pantomime painted by Mr. George
Dawson ; the Properties, Sheep, and Masks' by Mr. Jenkins ;
the Dances arranged by -MisS Bramah and Miss M'Ginty ; the
Machinery by Mr. CaWdrtY.

THE TEIJE IHSTOR,t OF LITTLE. RO:,PEEP.
CoMpriting the Incidents of the Pantoniime.
Little 80-Peep was a pretty Shepherdess, residing in that
beautiful place called Arcadia.. She was a very good,girl, but
hai one fault; and that was, she wourld,ofte!l 411 asleeP, in
the day- time, whsp. ought, *have been,tending. bet:,sheep.
Her gocltitiother, who was a }WI*, -iii very angry with hkr,
and tried 'to Correct lief, hilt' ifi 4ittin t till tihe (10,, a wolf,
Who lived in a cavern near this beautiful place, having fallen
in love with 80-Peep and been rejected by her, out of revenge
resolved to steal her sheep, cut oft their tails, and hang them
up on a tree to dry. 80-Peep, as usual, having fallen asleep,
rendered the stealing of her sheep a very easy matter f m the
wolf and his comparVons. While she was sleeping, her god-
mother showed to her, in a dream, the consequence o f
laziness ; and then there appeared to her a group of beautiful
shepherdesses, who were living and playing, and dancing in
a grove of laburnums, end were happy as the days were long,
because in their time they bad never been idle. When Bo-
Peep woke out of this dream she found her sheep had been
taken away, so she set out determined to find than ;
when going along what should she see btit the tent of all
ber poor sheep hanging up, side by side, On a tree to dry.
She then met with a cowherd. to whoth the Wolf had given
the charge of her sheep, and With whom she drove a. bargain
for getting them back; tank and all. Wh6n the had aebornl
plished thiS,She retWmed hhome-with ,th6ti, Where, assisted
,
koine cliepherdesses, she contrived to tack each of
the tails of her poor sheep in its place again. Iler lover,
Colin, a young shepnercl, undertook to watch the flock all
night, as 80-Peep was tired and wanted to en to boo
sheep being all carefully z--• me
."
• ,lito the fold, and watched by
n"-reeh Prepared to retire for the night ; but when
she had laid down, the wicked wolf appeared to carry her oft
b foreeVragged her out of her bed, and, -with the aid of
6tittip ohs,. Bon tiered nptWithstaiiflitig Bo=reep's
faiohrite laek.itain, and 124 cri; game Lion,
,:ne to defend their
inistrei4. In this_ extremity, e,ealled ;upon lies glinOth.er
to help,heF 711
, 0 innvediatAty appeased in far glbry ;
bOtPeep into CI:RUM-bine, the
kiekeft *IA IMO Pantaloon, bis Cowherd into Clown. She
then told 130-Peep, that if, after twelve months, she would
correct herself of going to sleep in the day-time, she would
consent to her marriage with Colin, It it needless to add,
Li:Cm 80-Peep did eareet herself—was married to Colin, and
titterwards lived like the other shepherdesses—as happy as the
days were long,

TRANSFORMATION.
........................Mr. Wilson.
.................. .Mr. J. F. Forster.
...............:.Mr. Appleby.
.............. Miss Ersmah.