Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-24 00:00:00

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THEATRE ROYAL, WILLIAMSON-SWART
"CHIUSTMAS HOLIDAYS '
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The New, -Orand, Comic Chiistmas Pantomime, entitled,
PRE LADYE BIRD BOWER ! •
OR, HARBECLUIN PACI
RII;LIA NCE PEA
TACOCK AND THE FAIR
BN!!!
THIS ,EVENING (MONDAY), THE 24th INSTANT,
fiend durinv -the Week, the performance will eommtmee with the
celebrated Drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., entitled

• V A SHEEP IiST -WOLF'S OLOTHING.
Master Jasper Carew .. . Mr. Edgar.
Koster Clredzoy , . Stoyle.
Anne Carew . • .. ........Miss Page.
After which, the New, Grand, Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled
LADYE BIRD BOWER • !
OR, HARLEQUIN PRINCE PEACOCK AND THE -TAM • BRILLIANTA ! ! !
Founded upon the aid-Nursery Chaunt,
Ladye-bird, ladye-bird, fly away borne, •
Your house is on fire—your children at home."
Written by Mr. C. Somerset, and the author of "Puss in Boots."
The Comic Scenes written and invented by W. Dorrington, Esq.
The Overture and Music of the Opening composed, selected, and
arranged by Mr. Musgrave. The Scenery of-the Pantomime Designed
and Painted by Mr. Dearlove, jun., assisted by Mr. George Dawson
and Mr. Penn. The Machinery by Mr. (awdrey. The Properties
by Mr. Dearlove,- sea. The Dresses and Bell-room Costumes, which
are of the most recherehe description, by Mr. and Mrs. Jeffries.
The Wigs and Masks by Mr. Clarkson, of Russell-street, London.
T.he whole of the Dances and the Action of the Ballet, arranged and
oirected by. Miss M4Ginty and Miss Bramah.
THE STORY OF THE PANTOMIME.
Once upon a that there was a certain Queen, whose name was
Goldenwing,- and.who had a very large family of daughters. Her
husband haying long since been dead, the family was a source of
great anxiety to her, and she kept them at home, as well as she
could, in a beautiful bower of roses and Mies. Her eldest daughter,
the fair Brillianta, was so exceedingly handsome that she attracted
the notice of Prince Eblis, who sought her hand, but was rejected,
not only by --the young lady, but by her mother and all the
family. Shortly. afterwards the Prince Peacock, a gay bachelor,
whose domain_ • that of the Queen Goldenwing, becoming
tired of single blessedness, proclaimed that he would give a
grand ball, and invited everybody, far and near, in the hope
that from amongst the ladies he might select a wife. The
fair Brillianta, with all her sisters, 'went to the Prince a ball,
where he at once became enamoured of her, and arrangements
or their marriage were being made by Queen Goldenwing,
when Prince Eblis, hearing -of this, became so enraged that,
while the Queen was at the Palace •of Prince Peacock, having sent
her children home to the Bower, he resolved to burn that beautiful
place to the ground, and all the family in it. Fortunately the
fair Brilliant°, remained with the Prince, carefully enclosed in a
large and lovely rose, to guard her from harm. As the Queen and
the Prince were looking from the 'battlements of the Palace at a
great comet which appeared at that time, a lurid light was
observed 4n-the-sky, while voices in. the air warned the Queen of
what was doing by singing, " Ladye Bird, Ladye Bird, fly away
home, your house is on fire, your children at home." On hearing
this the Queen became alarmed, and, with the Prince and her
daughter, attended by the Double-faced Guards, who never turned
their backs on an enemy, because they could not, flew to the scene
of the conflagration, - where, in spite of the exertions of the good
fairy firemen, the Prince and his Guards were completely van-
quished by Prince Elbis, and Brillianta was nearly in his power
when King Fog, who had one night protected some of the little
ladye bird children of Goldenwing, when they had stayed out too
late and become lost in his mists, suddenly appeared, and, calling
to their aid a shower of rain, not only extinguished the flames of
the burning Bower but so- befriended Prince Peacock and the fair
Brillianta, that they eventually became united and lived happy
ever after.

.. Mr. Misty.
.. Mrs. R. Power.
.. Miss Bramah.
.. Miss Ed.ards.
Miss Richardson
THE TRANSFORMATION
. .. Mr. Hunt, I Pantaloon
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Mr. J. W. Collier,
...Mr. R. Power.