The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-20 00:00:00

RUR Y-LANE THEATRE ROYAL.
Lessee, Mr. E. T. SMITH.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.

WIrIND MORNING PERFORMANCE of the PAN-
TOMIME every WEDNESDAY, at Two o'Clock,

THIS EVENING, a new Operetta, entitled ONCE
TOO OFTEN. Herr Reichardt, Herr Formes, Mdlle.
Jenny Bauer, and Miss E. Heywood.
After which will be produced, with that attention to com-
pleteness in every department by which the Christmas
Annuals of this Theatre have been so pie-eminently dis-
tinguished, the New Grand Comic Pantomime, entitled
HARLEQUIN and the HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT;
or, Old Mother Hubbard and het onderful Dog.

"If a man do build a dwelling upon common land from
sunset to sunrise, and enclose a piece of ground, wherein
there shall be a tree, a beast feeding, a fire kindled, a chim-
ney smoking, and provisions in the pot, such dwelling shall
be freely held by the builder, anything herein to the con-
trary nevertheless notwithstanding."—Old Forest Charter.
The Novel Effects and Splendid Scenery by
WILLIAM BEVERLEY.

Assisted by Messrs. C. Pitt, Craven, Brow, &c., &c.
Masks, Symbolic Devices, Personal Appointments, and
Designs for the Costumes, by the celebrated Dykwynkyn.
The Overture and Music composed and arranged by Mr.
J. H. TULLY. The Machinery by Mr. Tucker and As-
sistants. The Tricks, Properties, Changes, and Transtor,
mations, by Mr. Needham, assisted by Messrs Glindon, H.
Adams, H. Longhorn, &c. The Costumes by Miss Dickin-
son, Mr. Lauri, and Mr. Palmer. The Gas Appointments
1.- by Mr. inckley. The Choregralhic Arrangements by
Mr. Cormack. The Harlequinade and Comic Scenes by
Messrs. Cormack and B. Jones. The Perfume of the
Flowers supplied by Riaimel's process.
The Grotesque Burlesque Opening invented and written
by E. L. BLANCHARD.
And the whole arranged and produced under the imme-
diate superintendence of Mr. ROBERT ROXBY.

Synopsis of Scenery, Incidents, and Characters,
OLD MOTHER HUBBARD'S COTTAGE,

With Rural Landscape, and Rookwood Manor Hall in the
Distance (Daylight),
"Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cupboard, to get
tier poor Dog a bone ; when she got there, the cupboard
was bare, and so the poor Dog had none."—Ancient Nur-
sery Legend.
Old Mother Hubbard, Mr. Atkins ; Her Dog, Signor
Lorenzo ; Jack {the " Man all tattered and torn '), Miss
F. Hunt ; the Squire, Mr. Tom Matthews ; Dame Wiggins
of Lee, Mr. Dixon ; Dame Trot, Mr. Barsby ; Her Won-
derful Cat, Master Waggles ; the Great Goose, Master
Sageaninguns ; Constables, Messrs. Grib and Grab; Parish
Beadle, Mr. Bumble ; Villagers, Messrs. Yokel, Pumpkin,
IVhackstraw, Chawbacon, &c., &c. ; Rosetta (the " Maiden
all Forlorn"), Miss Stuart. How Mother Hubbard has a
certain " party" to tea and turn out, and of the remarkable
pranks played by her comical Dog—The Head, the Hat,
and the Hose—The Dog's Tale and Mrs. H.'s Narrative—
Arrival of the Squire—Proclamation of Witch Burning—
Threatened incremation of Mother Hubbard on her own
hearth, and her Mystic Flight upon a Broomstick.
THE WITCHES' GLEN AND WATERFALL,
in the Valley of Perfumed Flowers, by Moonlight.
Will-o' he-Wisp

Ignes Fatui—Mdlles, Sidney, Travers, Barnes, A. Barnes,
Livermore; Webb, Taylor, Braithwaite,Hammilton, Stap-
ley, Harris, Candy, Copeland, Archer, Hawkins, Delaney,
Wilson, Williams, Robinson, Wood, Watson, and Hamel-
ton.

Grand Ballet, Chagne-a-Lanterne, by the Misses GUN-
NISS and the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet.
The Invocation I The Incantation !! and the Evapora-
tion I !!

THE VILLAGE GREEN AND ROADSIDE ALE-

HOUSE,

Old Grype (the Steward), Mr. Glindon ; Old Scratche
(his Clerk), Mr. Tanner ' • Tenantry, Messrs. Cringe,
Scrape, Shuffle, Cut, Packoff, 3loonraker' and Runaway;
Tailor, Mr. Snipshears ; Bootmaker, Mr. Tight& ; Mum-
mies, Messrs. Grinner, Joker, Magger, Cracksides,
O'Reilly, M'Phun, &c. ; St. George, Mr. E. Roe ; the
Dragon, Mr. Scalyfellow ; Valentine, Mr. Febbyerry ;
Orson, Mr. Wildman; Still-Walker, Mr. Longlegs; Bear-
Warden, Mr. Smuggins ; the Bear, Mr. Huggins ; Land-
lord, Mr. Trebles ; Morris-Dancers, Messrs. Trip, Tap,
Flip, Flap, &c., &c. ; Jack Padding, Mr, Merryman.
How the Squire celebrates his birthday, and the Village
Revel that follows—Coming of Age in the Olden Time I
How the Tenantry treated in one way and how Jack is
rested in another—the Dog's instinct and Mother Hub -
bard's reason.

THE "CAGE" ON THE COMMON (Sunset).
Grand Scene Comique and Pas de Broomstick, by
Mother Hubbard.
The Dreamer and the Worker—The Vision of Pleasure
and the Division of Labour—Figures of Fun (from the
Fancy-store of Dykwynkyn) - Messrs. Mason, Drainpipes,
Carpenter, Rodman, Old Brick, and Young Shaver, Lilli-
putian Labourers, Pigmy Plasterers, Tiny Tilers, Minia-
ture Masons, Baby Bricklayers, Short Sawyers, Dwarf
Drain Makers, and Child Carpenters by a Host of Juvenile
Auxiliaries.

THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT,
The Rat, Master Longwhisker ; The Cat, Miss Mouser ;
The Dog, By Himself; The Cow, Madame Brindle; The
Priest (" All shaven and shorn"), Mr. Jollyman; The
Cock (" That crowed in the Morn") Master Cocky-doodle-
cloo.

Realisation of the famous Picture in the National Gal-
lery of Little Britain, taken (by permission) for Boys, from
a rare work in the collection of Master Smith, London.

FROGPOOL IN THE MARSHES (Twilight).
Song, " Will o' the Wisp,"composed by J. H. Tully, Esq.
How the Squire goes Hunting and loses his way and his
temper, and what follows in consequence—Amther curious
instance of Canine sagacity—Bull-frogs, Masters Hop,
Skip, Jump, Creak, &e.

•
SQUASII-HOLLOW SWAMP AND BED OF
..I.II.IMUSH.ES.

How the Squire comes to grief and afterwards to repent-
ance, and how Jack is recognised as the rightful heir —The
reward and harmonious movements of the Fairies on a
Grand Chromatic Scale towards

WILL 0' WISP'S HOME BENEATH THE
WATERFALL.
The Transformation.

Harlequins Messrs. CORMACK and ST. MAINE.
Columbines
Pantaloons Messrs. G. TANNER and MORLEY.
Clowns
Grotesque Signor LORENZO.
1861-1862
SPRITES by the RIDGWAYS and SUWELL
FAMILY.

1.--EXTERIOR OF TWO SHOPS IN "UP-OR-
DOWN" STREET.

Messrs. Huline, St. Maine, Tanner, and Miss S. Gunniss

Christmas Presents—every Man (and Boy) to his Post,
oven the Post-Man—Clown rides the high horse, which
proves his rock a-head—Two Young Men from the Country,
and Clown gets over them—a Sewing Machine (not a poor
Neradlewoman)—a thorough Blow out—a Man in very re-
duced circumstance—Clown finds the Fruits of stealinc,
Apples in an elephantine way—a Band of Brothers—tee
Police in Great and Small Force—Clown gets into a row
and blows up a policeman—the end of this scene is all
Bustle—N.B. Not Crinoline.