The Press.
London, England, 1854-12-30 00:00:00

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Daum LANE.—Jack and Gill ; or, Harlequin King
Mustard and the Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds Baked
in a Pie, is the title of the pantomime at this theatre,
and the plot of the story which precedes the trans-
formation is almost as long as its title. We have no
space to enter into a description of the plot of this
part of the pantomime, but in the harlequinade we
have more feats of agility, and acrobatic effects from
Clown and Pantaloon (Messrs. Boleno and Cole),
than we have been accustomed to see upon the stage.
Add to this, the flying Italian Brothers, with their
miraculous feats and preposterous agility, and it will
be seen that the true spirit of pantomime is scarcely

to be found here. HoWeyer, the scenes are very good
hroughout, the concluding tableau very effective,
and the pantomime, on the whole, successful. On
Thursday evening an accident occurred, which
might have been attended with fatal effect to one of
the Italian Brothers, in his flying leap from the gal

lery to the stage ; by the breaking of the wire or belt
which held him in the leap, he was precipitated
with greatforce upon the stage, though, providentially,
without sustaining any severe injury.
HAYMARKET. •-•-• At this theatre is produced
a thorough good old pantomime, Little 80-Peep,
in which Clown and Pantaloon (Mr. Appleby and
Mr. Barnes) keep you in a roar of laughter with
their practical jokes, their absurd tricks, and their
capital hits at the follies of the day. The scenes and
transformations are also very good and original. The
" Fairy Conservatory" in particular is very beautiful.
The pantomime was received with good applause,
though the house was by no means fully attended.
LYCEUM.—The fairy extravaganza of Prince Pretty-
pet and the Butterfly, by Mr. Brough, is, as we should
expect, a very beautiful show piece, full of splendid
scenery and brilliant effect, though only as an acces-
sory to, not a substitute for; a witty dialogue, full of
capital hits, puns, and parodies. The acting through-
out was excellent, and the success of the piece unde-
niable.

PRINCESS'B.—The pantomime of the Princess's,
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Harlequin and Blue Beard, though a very old subject,
has been well worked up into a brilliant and

gorgeous spectacle. The dialogue is rather tedious
in the first part, but after the transformation the
tricks and jokes of the Clown and Pantaloon, and the
innumerable variety of tableaux, and their beautiful
effects, especially in the "Enchanted Gardens" and
the "Temple of Concord," fully sustain the interest,
and decide the success, of the piece.
ADELPHI.-A most unintelligible piece is the Zig-
zag Travels of Messrs. Danube and Prude, without
plot or merit, full of bad puns and worse slang, and,
though favourably received by the audience on the
first night, is not, we think, calculated to gain any
decided success.
OLYMPIC.-Mr. Planche has provided the fairy tale
for this theatre, and the Yellow Dwarf will rank as

one of his most successful pieces. The dwarf himself,
who is impersonated by Mr. Robson, is a decidedly
tragic character, in love, as such dwarfs always are,
with a beautiful princess, who is, of course, attached
to a lianAsome prince. The dwarf enchains her by
his magic arts, and seeks, by every effort of which
his power is capable, to gain her love. But the
princess is constant, and her constancy gives occa-
sion to some of the finest tragic acting on the part
of Mr. Robson. The intense passion of his love, the
exultation of hope, and the fiendish malignity of his
revenge, are given with a change of tone and manner
and with such exquisite feeling as to be well worthy
of the deepest tragedy. The courtship scene in par-
ticular, a parody of Cilo'ster and Anne, was very finely
acted. The Yellow Dwarf is decidedly successful, and
without being a grand spectacle, yet contains some
beautiful and picturesque scenery, and a very gor-
geous concluding tableau, at which Mr. Robson sings
a moral to the tale, to the tune of " Villikins and his
Dinah." Miss Julia St. George, Miss Marston, Mrs.
Fitzallan, and Miss Ormonde sustain the several
characters.
Sr. sliMEl3.B.—The fairy extravaganza, ..4 bon Has-
san ; or, the Runt after Happiness, is taken from the