Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-03 00:00:00

THIS EVENING
And 'Every Even

THE 3RD INSTANT

TH] DOWAGER.'
Lord Alfred Lindsay... . .. Mr. E. F. Edgar.
Dowager Countess Tresilian .... Miss Page.
'h, the New, Grand, Comic Christmas Pantomime, entil
LADYE BIRD BOWER !
as, HARLEQUIN PRINCE PEACOCK AND THE FAIR BRILLIANTA
>•d upon the old Nurser• Chaunt_
" Ladye-bird, ladye
Your house is on fir

-bird, fly away home,
your children at home."

Written by Mr. C. Somerset, and the author of "Puss in Boots.
Tho 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
mnd Painted by Mr. Dearlove, jun., assisted by Mr. George Dawson
and Mr. Penn. The Machinery by Mr. Cawdrey. The Properties
by Mr. Dearlove, sen. The Dresses and Ball-room Costumes, which
are of the most recherehe description, by Mr. and Mrs. Jeffries
The Wigs and Masks by Mr. Clarkson, of Russell-street, Londor
The whale of the Dances and the Action of the Ballet, arrange,
directed by Miss M'Ginty and Miss Bramah.
THE STORY OF TILE PANTOMIME.
Once upon a time there was a certain Queen, whose name was
Gnifienaing, and who had a very large family of daughters. Her
kredund having long since been dead, the family was a source of
run anxiety to her, and she kept them at home, as well us she
coal, in a beautiful bower of roses and lillies. Tier eldest daughter,
the fish Brillianta, was so exceedingly handsome that she attracted
the notice of Prince lOUs, who sought her hand, but was rejected,
slot only by the young lady, but by her mother and all the
Ibanfly. shortly afterwards the Prince Peacock, a gay bachelor,
Whase domaht joined that of the Queen Goldenwing, becoming
Ism' 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
lfair 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 Ebbs, hearing of this, became so enraged that,
Irisile the Queen was at the Palace of Prince Peacock, having sent
her children home to the Bower, he resolved to burn that beautiful
Vto the ground, and all the family in it. Fortunately the
Brillianta 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 in the sky, while voices in the air warned the Queen of
what was doing by singing, " Ladye Bird, Ladye Bird, fly away
Lowe, your house is on fire, your children at home." On hearing
this the Queen became alarmed, and, with the Prince and her
slaughter, 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
llziry firemen, the Prince and his Guards were completely van-
quished by Prince Elbis, and Brillianta waq..nearly in his power
-when King Fog, who had one night protected some of the little
tolye 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
linitianta, that they eventually became united and lived happy
MIT after.

. .• Mr. Misty.
. .. Mrs. R. Power.
Miss Bramah.
. .. Miss Ed wards.
. Miss Richardson.
THE TRANSFORMATION.
harlequin . Mr. Hunt, from the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden ;
his first appearance here.
Oalurabine.. Miss Bramah ; her first appearance in the character.
rantaloon .. Mr. J. W. Collier, from the Royal Sadler's Wells
'theatre ; his first appearance here.
amnt ......Mr. R. Power; his first aepettrltnce in the character.

King Fog ..
Queen Goldenwing
The Fair Brillianta

TlllB DAY (SATURDAY), JANUARY lsr,
NEW YEAR'S DAY,

'Zbe SECOND GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE of the

PANTOMIME,
Preceded by the Musical Farce of NO !
Doors open at Half-past One, to commence at Two o'clock,