Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-16 00:00:00

Amustments.

IIrIE.ATRE-ROYAL, WILLIAMSON-SQUARE
THE NEW, GRAND, COMIC PANTOMIEM. „dial

THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week,

THE LITTLE TREASURE.

After which, the New, Grand, Comic, Christmas Pantomime,
entitled,
LITTLE SNOW WHITE;

OR,
HARLEQUIN PRINCE GOLDENHE ART, ♦ND THE MAIDEN

WHO NEVE t SAW HER FACE IN A GLASS!

The Opening Story of the Pantomime (written expressly for
'thiz, 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
.1-minted 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. Jefnies. The whole of the
Dances arranged by Miss M'Gi ty and Miss Bramah. The
Action of the Ballet directed by Miss M‘Ginty.
' 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 unchecked 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
• and want. In order to repl fish his empty coffers, 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 money-bags. Like many modern
Match-makers, his Majesty speedily made the discovery t oat
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 allilnee. 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 scheme, by which he hoped to overcome the
!scruples of his son, and entrap• him into wedlock with the
_o3'-no-means beautiful Princess. Having an ungallant idea
ithat the fair sex were wholly and without exception addicted
So the looking-glass -(those in which they could see their own
Pes, having been invented about that time), he despatched the
ranee upon his travels, and obtained his royal promise that if
le
-returned without having discovered a fair maiden who-had
!!tever beheld her face in a glass, he would then accept the prof-
feredhand of the obnoxious Princess. proceeding upon his
novel and apparently hopeless mission the Princeaii had almost
resigned himself to despair, when, wearied dispirited, he
reached an enchanted forest, and, by the aid of certain
ood
trtiries'who dwelt therein, he w s enabled to discover thine object
of his search in the person of little Snow-white, a wood nymph,
Vito, to ;ether with her companiods, had not only never seen
their own faces in a glass, but had never seen the face of one
min 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 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-
V:ous of their subsequent career. Certain learned antiquarians,
whose special mission is to attempt to make 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 kiagdon of Faraway has been discovered
beneath the Goodwin Sands, and a Limited Liability scheme is
M contemplation for explorivg that highly attractive locality.
By 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 eblance to a missing
toothpick,
formerly the property of King Squander. Other
equally learned
pundits are of opinion that Faraway is buried
oblivion, and that it never existed ani where but in the
inventive imagination of a needy author.

TRANSFORMATION.
harleq I uin Mr. W. Waite Pantaloon.
Clown Mr. Power Columbine

Mr. E. Lauri
:....Miss 3/Minty

On t, the 21st instant,
'THE FOURTHSaturday GRAND nexMORNING PERFORMANCE
of the PANTOMIME.
Doors open at Half-past One o'clock, commencing at Two.

GallerAdmission :---Dress Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 25.;
Dck3
,„ors Opened at Half-past Six, and the Performances coin-
44ence at Seven o'clock precisely.
The Box-office is Open from Ten to Three, for seeming
in the Dress Circle and taking Private Boxes, which may
under the direction of Mr. George Feston.

-F ANCY

DRESS BALL,

IN AID OF THE FUNDS OF
THE ROYAL INFIRMARY,
NORTH AND SOUTH HOSPITALS,
' NORTH AND SOUTH DISPENSARIES,
AND
\/.. NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION,
in take place in T. GEORGE'S HALL, on TUESDAY, the
' , 14th February, wider the management of a Committee.
*).

J. B. LLOYD, Esq., Chairman.
lIEUP.-COL. BOURNE, Deputy-Chairman
T. D. HORNBY, Hon. Treasurer.
S. WARNER SHAND, Hon. Secretary,

Characters in the Prelude.
A Needy Author, "in want of an Idea," Mr. Blakely.
The Spirit of Pantomime
Commercewell known on the Banks of the
Mersey)(,
Characters in the Opening of the Pantomime.
Davy Jones, the Ocean Wrecker, envying the
Island Queen Mr. Appleby.
Sharkahead, his confidant, with a ravenous
appetite
Coraliana, Queen of "A Tight Little Island,"
a near neighbour of Davy Joaes
Telegram, the "Spirit of the Ocean Tele-
graph,' a useful agent in the service of •
the island Queen, who is ever engaged
in watching the movements of Davy
Jones, from Dover Cliffs to the Land's
End, and the Liverpool Docks Miss Annie Howe
• - MORTALS. . .

Jack Ratlin,, first mate of the " Lively Lass
of Liverpool," so named after the daughter
of Captain Bowliie, the owner " Mr. Angel.
Mary Bowline, who has no objection to Jack
Batlin being, " her first mate," as well as .
her father's., Mrs. Neville.
PANTOMIMIC TRANSFORMATION.
Harlequin.. Mr. Martin. I Clown Mr. Foster.
Their First Appearance in this Theatre.
Pantaloon Mr. Appleby I Columbine:..Missßramah.

The Fourth GRAND MORNiNG PERFORMANCE of the
PANTOMIME will take place on Wednesday next, the 18th
instant, preceded by THE SECRET.
Commencing at Two o'clock ; Doors open at Half-past One.

Doors opened at Half-past Six, and the Performances com-
mence at Seven o'clock precisely.
AdmisSion—Dress Boxes, 35.; Side Boxes, 2s. 6d.•; Pit,
Is. 6d.; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Dress Boxes, 2s. ; Side
Boxes, Is. 6d.; Pit, Is.
The Box-office is open from Ten to Three for securing Seats
in the Dress Circle and taking Private Boxes, which may be
had under the direction of Mr. Geo. Weston.