Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-03 00:00:00

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rrHEATRE-ROYAL, WILLIAMSON-SQUARE
THE NEW, GRAND, COMIC PANTOMIME.

Doors open at Half-past One o'clock, commencing at Two.

THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week,
THE LITTLE TREASURE.
After which, tha New, Grand, Comic, hriatorta Pantomime,
entitled,
LITTLE SNOW WHITE;

OR,
HARLEQUIN PRINCE GOLDENHEART, AND THE MAIDEN
WHO NEVER SAW HER FACE IN A GLASS!
The Opening Stary 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. ,
Musgrave. The Scenery of the Pantomime designed and
painted by Mr. George Dawson, assisted by Messrs. Penn,
"Goodman, Hall, and Rogers. The Machinery- by Mr. Caw- ,
drey. The Masks by Mr. Clarkson. The Properties by Mr.
Jenkins, assisted by Messrs. Dearlove, sen , and E. Lauri.
The Dresses by Mr. and Mrs. Jeffifes. The whole of the
Dances arranged by Miss M'Gi'ty.and Miss Bramah. The
Action of the Ballet directed by Miss ni‘Ginty.
ARGUMF.NT.
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 unchecked expenditure (book-keeping being then unknown
and auditors never dreamt of,) had plunged his little king-
slam and his wretched subjects into an abject state of poverty.
and want. In order to replenish hie empty coffers, and
to stop the murmurs of his impoverished followers, King
Bquandei conceived the idea of effecting a matrimonial
alliance between his only son, the handsome Prince Golden-
heart, and a wealthy spinster Princess, his ward, whoae
-charms were buried in her raeney-bags. Like many modern
match-makers, his Majesty speedily made the discovery taat
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
•ttirn him from his anti-matrimonial purpose, the' King de-
vised a cunning scheme, by which he hoped to overcome 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, having 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, he would then accept the prof-
fered hand of the obnoxious Princess. 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 .9 enabled to discover the'object
of his search in the person of little Snow-white, a woad nymph,
who, together with her companions, had not only never -seen
their own faces in a glass, but - had never seen the face of one
mail until 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 ones
/Smitten with her beauty, and the maiden was not slow to
reciprocate the sentiment.
Their future was probably a happy ope---but history is obli-
-vious of their subsequent career. Certain learned antiquarians,
whose special mission is to attempt to snake people believe that
the musty 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 selate:oe is
in contemplation for exploring that highly attractive -locality.
By others it is contended that Hilbre Island eoven'a the defunct
kingdom, and this supposition is encouraged 1,,y the recent dis-
covery of a fossil, bearing a strong rennel.blance to a missing
toothpick, formerly the property of ;ow squander. Other
equally learned pundits are of op;
in oblivion, and that it never -
inventive imagination of a here but in the
'existed an w
Mon that' Faraway' is buried.
..oedy author.

Harlequin TRANSFORMATION. •
Y. r. W. Waite Pantaloon....
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...Mr. Power Columbine ..

..Mr. E. Lauri
Miss .31‘Ginty

THE SECOND GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE
of the PANTOMIME; •

_ .
Admission :—Dress BOMPS, 48.; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 28.;
Gallery, Is.'S
Doors Opened at Half-past Six, and the Performances com-
mence at Seven o'clock precisely.
The. Box-Ake- is Open from Ten to Three, fo • securing
Seats in the Dress Circle and taki g Private BoxeS, which may
be had under the tioae. e w n,

"PERSONIFICATION OF THE BANSHEE,"
" SONGS IN THE IRISH LANGUAGE."
"LEGENDARY ANECDOTES,"
and Grand Dramatic RepreaentatiOn of
"THE. DEATH. OE BRIAN,BORIT,"
at the Battle of Clontarf.

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