Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-17 00:00:00

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THEATRE ROYAL, WILLIAMSON-SQUARI
Car CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

The New, Grand, Comic CI

OR, HARLEQUIN P.KINCE PEACOCK AND THE FAIR
BRILLIANTAI I !
THIS EVENING (MONDAY), THE 17rn INSTANT,
Jlad Every Evening during the present Week, the Performance will

commence with the favourite Citimedy of
THE DOWAGER.
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5ay........ ....Mr. E. F. Edgar.
,_r Countess Tresilian ....Miss Page.
se New, Grand, Comic Christmas Pantomime, enti t 1,, 1
BIRD BOWER !

LADY'

OR, HARLEQUIN PRINCE PEACOCE AND THE FAIR BRILLIANTA•: : :
Founded upon the old Nursery Chaunt,
" Ladife-bird, ladye-bird, fly away home,
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 \Y. Dorringten, Esq.
The Overture and Music of she Opening composed, *elected, and
arranged by Mr. 'Musgrave. The Scenery of the PantomiineDesigned
and Painted by Mr. Dearlone, jun., assisted by Mr. George Dawson
and Mr. Penn. The Machinery by Mr. Cawdrey. The Properties
by Mr. Dearlove, son. The Dresses and Ball-room Costumes, which
are of the most recherehz description, by Mr. and Airs. Jeffries.
The Wigs and Masks by "Mr. Clarkson, of Russell-street, London.
Tile whole of the Dancef;and the Action of the Ballet, arranged and
directed by Miss M`Ginty and Miss Bramah.
TIIE STBRY OF THE PANTOMIME.

Once upon a time there was a certain Queen, whose name was
Goldenwing, and who,had a very large family of daughters. Her
husband having long since been dead, the family was a source of
great anxiety to herrsnd she kept them at home, as well as she
could, in a beautifulhower of roses and lillies. Her, eldest daughter,
the fair Brillianta, was so exceedingly handsomo.that she attracted
the notice of Prinoe 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 domainjoined 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's 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 Brilliants remained with the Prince, ruefully 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 inlhe 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 9f
the burning Bower, but so befriended' Prince Peacock and the fair
Brillianta, that they eventually became united and lived happy
over after.
King Fog

Mr. Misty.
Mrs. R. Power.
Miss Bramah.
Miss Edwards.
Miss Richardson