The Sun.
London, England, 1801-12-29 00:00:00

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THE TZ2ATRE;

Covent-Gartiev;

iN compliment to the tolitio; folkS, new Pan-
toini!ne vas-brought forward
,last night at this
Theatre„under the title .of Harlequin's Alniaiiack,
cr, The Four &easoni.

PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS.
Harlequin Mr. BoLoorlA, jun.
Pantaloon Mr. DELPINI.
Clown Mr. 80L0G:7...
Booby Lover - Mr. L. BOLOGNA.
Spring. • - MiSS WIiEATLEY.
Summer Mr. KING.
Autumn Mrs. DuiDim.
Winter Mr. Coxy. -
Peace Mrs. BASTER.
Britannii. Mrs. St. LEDGER.
Blight (an Opposing fiend) Mr. KLANERT.
jailer 0;-,r -7,2,7. Mr. ODDWELL.
Black Servant - Mr. HARLEY.
Huntsman - Mr. HILL. '
Greenwich Pensioner Mr. EMERY.
Gardeners - Messrs. LITTLE, tv.c.

Pamalina
Columbine

Master M E
Mrs. Wyßß.ow.

The Fable, such as it is, arises from an agreement.
among the Four Seasons, to exert 311 their efforts to
please their best friends, meaning the Public. For
this purpose they combine their powers to produce
the motley being who constitutes the hero of the
piece. Harlequin rises in the midst of a flame,
into which the Seasons have previously, cast their
impregnating spells. When the motley hero
is once brought into existence he soon becomes
acquainted with Columbine, in the usual way,
and is involved in difficulties, froth- which he
of course escapes. His embarrassments princi-
pally arise from the hostility of Blight, 'an Evil_
Genius, who is necessarily an enemy to the Seasons,
and consequently to Harlequin, their whimsical off-
spring. The Seasons, in succession, take Harlequin
under their protdlion, and each preside over scenery
suited to their respective qualities. At length,
after Blight has sufficiently perplexed the Lovers,
Peace interposes, puts an end to his mischievous ca-
reer, and induces the parents of Columbine to con-
sent to her marriage with her motley favourite.
The scenery and changes were principally as fol-
lows : In Winter we are shewn the Palace of Win-
ter, and a beautiful scene of dissolving snow, paint-
ed. by Whitmore—a, street by moonlight and lamp-
light ; Pantaloon's chamber ; the Canal in Hyde..
Park, and a—Frozen :Lake, all by Hollogan—in
Spring and Summer, we have Battersea.bridge (Hol-
logan); Greenwich (Whitmore) ; Kew.GardenS and
A Sea l'nd Fleet (Cresswell)—in Autumn, a romantic
Landscape, Cottage, Temple of Peace, &c. besides
a variety of pleasing and pieturesque changes, &c.
Among the principal mechanical transformations are :
Lantern, to a Fiend—Piano Fort 6 to Covent Gar-
den Theatre=Handsetvord, to a Fiolin—Changeable
Chairs—Rose-tree blighted—Sign-post, to Table and
Chairs,t &c.—Quart Bottle, to a Post—Table, to a
Prison—Stick, to a Snake—Snuf jar, to a Giant—
Snuff - box, to Harlequin Little Highlander:—
Greenrwicb Coach, to a Pair of Park-gates and
Lodges—Silver Cup, to a Pair of Handcuffs and
Padlock—Glfoolpack, to a Sailing-boat---Seword to a
Sickle—Keui Gardens, to Sea and Fleet—Wig, to
Green-grocery—Dove-house, to a Cupid in his Car
—Broom, to an old Witch—Sociable. to two
.Gigs.
The Scenery, upon the whole; was piauresque
and beautiful.

The Music is by Messrs. REEVE and WA' E.—
It is light, airy, and suitable to the quick transi-
tions of Pantomime. Mr. T. Di uoiN is the In-
ventor of this Pantomime, and Young BOLOGNA
the Director.. The Scenery was painted by Whit-
more, Hollogan, Cresswell, Morris, Hodgins, and
others.

"The Pantothime was very well received, and if
it be not the best we have seen, it is calculated to
answer the purpose of pleasing the usual visitors of
a Theatre at this time of the year.
The Play was Lover's Yows, and the Audience
were at first so riotously inclined, owing to the
vast number of persons present, that th;Comedy
was much obstrkted,in-its earlier scenes.

The followink Airs in the Pantomime were en-
cored : . -

LONG, Huntsman—(W. W. AE).
The world may go hunting. for money or fame,
Let 'em chuse which they will, 'tis to me all the same,
• • Tantivy, hark forward 10 !
I hunt health while I follow the fox and the hare,
The death gives me life, while I banish dull care,
With I ! tantivy.l. 0 !

Let. folks, false to honour, run down a good name,
And of tears from the beauty they've blighted make game,
Tantivy, hark forward, I 0 !
Of deeds so ignoble, I never will brag,
No tears I delight in but those of the stag ;
' While I follow tantivy, IU 1 '

SONG, GREENWICH PENSIONER—CREEvE.)
A Sailor I was born and bred,
My father's name was Midship Ned,
I doesn't tell a story ;
. And when he died, says Mam, says.she,
" Suppose, my lad, yon goes to sea,"
Says 1, " that there's all one to me,
" If it's all tbr Britain's glory."

I NI-Wm° splice, and reef, and clue,
To drink my grog till all was blue,
And tell a merry story ;
And though I wasn't very big,
Aloft I'd climb, nor care a fig,
Or load a gun, ..or dance•a jig,
And all tar Britain's glory.

When I came home again, .1 found
My mother she was left aground,
- I doesn't tell a story ;
Fer she was cheated by an elf,
Who married her for father's pelf,.
Then spent the cash, and hang'd himself,
for, Britain's glory.

I fought the Spanish, French, and Dutch,
You know it doesn't matter much,
To tell a tediOns story,;,
While inother:liv'd, wily I kept.shc,
And, now I Cannot go to sea, •
The King, God bless him, he keeps me,
And 411 for Britain's glory.

Saturday a man was taken to Guildhall, charged
with having taken' a basket, filled with straw, to
the house of a Gentleman,, and pretending that it
came by the coach from Norwich, obtained half-a.
crown lor the carriage and porterage; he was, how.
ever, discharged for want cf sufficient proof as to his
identity.