Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-05 00:00:00

Amustmtnts.

THEATRE-ROYAL, WILLIAMSON-SQUARE,
Gicr' THE NEW, GRA,ND,-COMIC,PANTOMIME: 4

Boars open at Half-pait One o'clock, commencing at Two.

TIIIS EVENING, and every evening during the week,
THE LITTLE TREASURE.
After which, the,New,
,Grand, Comic, hristraas Pantomime,•
entitled,

•
LITTLE SNOW WHITE;
On,
HARLEQUIN PRINCE GOLDENHEART, AND THE MAIDEN'
WHO NEVER SAW HER FACE IN A GLASS!
The Opening St xy of the Pantomime (written expressly for
this Theatre) by Mr. Charles Millward.
The Overture and Music of the Opening, and the Music of
'the. Comic Scenes composed, selected and arranged by Mr.
Mitsgrave.. The Scenery of the Pantomime designed and
painted by Mr. George Dawson, assisted by. Messrs. Penn,
,Goodman. Hall, and Rogers. _The _Ntaebinery by_ Mr- Caw—.
alrey. The Masks by Mr. Clarkson. The -Properties by Mr.,.1
-Jenkins; assisted by Messrs. Dearlove, sea , and E. Lauri.
'The Dresses by Mr. and Mrs. Jeffries: The whose of the
Dances arranged by Miss M`Gi ty and Miss Bramah. The
Action of the Ballet-directed by Miss M‘Ginty.
It ARGUMENT.. ' •
Ever so long ago there existed a remote little kingdom in
the. realms of Extravagance called Faraway, which, at the
primitive period to which this story refers, was governed by'a
crafty and tyrannical monarch, yclept Squander, whose reckless
-and,uncheeked expenditure (book-keeping being then unknown
-and auditors never dreamt of,) had- plunged his little `king-
-dom and his wretched subjects into an abject state 'of poverty
-a-ad _avant. In order—to replenish his- empty- <Jeffers, and
,to stop the murmurs of • his impoverished followers, King
Squander conceived the idea of effecting a matrimonial
-alliance between his only son, the handsome Prince Golden-
'heart, and a wealthy '_spinster Princess, his ward, whose
charms were buried in her mene-bags. Like many mode
o.mateh-makers, his Majesty speedily made the discovery tiarnt
'his task was more difficult than he had imagined; for
although the intended bride was quite willing the bridegroom
elect expressed a decided objection to the alliance. Finding
his son so. obstinate that threats and entreaties alike failed to
turn him from his anti-matrimonial purpose, the -King de-
vised a cunning seheme,by which he hoped tuovercome• the
scruples of his son, and entrap him into wedlock with the
by-no-means beautiful Princess. Having an ungallant idea
that the fair sex were wholly and without exception addicted
to the looking-glass (those in which they could see their own
'faces, haying been invented about that time), he despatched the
Prince upon his travels, and obtained his royal promise that if
he returned without having discovered a fair maiden who had
never- beheld her face in a glass, be would then accept the prof-
fered hand of the obnoxious Prinoess. Proceeding -upon his
novel and apparently hopeless mission, the Prince had almost
resigned himself to despair, when, wearied and dispirited, he
reached an enchanted forest, and, by the aid of certain good
fairies who dwelt therein, hew •s enabled to discover the object'
of his search in the person of little Snow-white, a wood nymph,
'who, together with her companions, had not only never seen
their faces in a-glass, but had never seen the face of one
-mad mind' the arrival of? Prince Golden-heart in their abode,
which was a sequestered dell on the borders of Fairyland.
'The Prince, overjoyed by his wonderful discovery, was at once
:smitten with her • beauty, and the maiden was 'not 'slow to
-reciprocate the sentiment. '
Their future was probably a happy one---but history is obli-
vious of their subsequent career. Certain learned antiquarians,
whose special mission is to attempt to make people believe that
the misty records of past and gone are of more importance to
the living present than the stirring events of the existing gene-
ration, or the onward advancement of the future, are of opinion
that the ancient kingdon of Faraway 'has been discovered
beneath the .Goodwin Sands, and a Limited Liability scheme is
in contemplation for exploriag that highly attractive locality.
Ity others it'is contended that Hilbre Island covers the defunct
kingdom, and this supposition is encouraged by the recent dis-
covery of a fossil, bearing- a strong rese nblance to a missing
toothpick, formerly the property of King Squander. Other
equally learned pundits are of opinion that Faraway is burled
in oblivion, and that it never existed au where but in the
inventive imagination of a needy author.

TRANSFORMATION.
Harlequin Mr. W. Waite Pantaloon Mr. E. Lauri
pClown Mr. Power I Columbine Miss M‘Ginty

On Saturday next, ,the 7th January,
'THE SECOND GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE
of the PANTOMIME,
Preceded by THE TWO GREGORIES.

Admission :---Dress Boxes, 45.; upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 25.;
*Gallery, Is.
Doors Opened at Half-past Six, and the Perforinances com-
mence at Seven o'clock precisely.
The 'Box-office is Open from Ten to Three, for securing
Seats in the Dress Circle and tali g Private Boxes, which may
be had under the tioaa: t : p Weiton,

°ORE'S MELODIES.
M.,
TIOIROFESSOR GLOVER WILL SIN:G
1= MOIST O 1 THE ABOVE MELO-
DIES AT CLAYTON-HALL EVERY
EVENING THIS WEEK. -