The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-01 00:00:00

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DRURY -L AN E THEATRE ROYAL:
Lessee, Mr. E. T. SMITH.

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.

GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE of the PAN-
TOMIME every WEDNESDAY, at Two o'Clock.,
THIS EVENING, a new Operetta, entitled 'ONOE
TOO OFTEN. Herr. Reichardt, Herr. Fames, Mdlle.
Jenny Bauer, and Miss E..
Heywood.,
- After which will be produced, with that attention to com-
Pieteness in every department by which the Christmas
Annpals of this Theatre have been so pie-eminently dis-
tinguished, the New Grand Comic Pantomime, entitled
RARLEQUIN and the HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT;
or, Old Mother Hubbard and het IN onderful Dog.
"If a man do build a dwelling upon common land frorri
ennset to sunrise, and enclose a piece of ground, wherein
there shall be a tree, a I.nast feeding, a fire kindled, a chim-
ney smoking, and provteiontiia the pot, such dwelling shall
be freely held, by the builder, anything herein to the con-
trary neverthelesenotwithstanding."—Old Forest Charter.
The Novel-Effects and Splendid Scenery by ,

WILLIAM -BEVERLEY.
Assisted by Messrs. 0. -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
The Tricks, Properties, Changes, and Transfor-
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
by Mr. Binckley. The Choregraphic Arrangements by
Mr. Cormack. The Warrequitiade and Comic Scenes by
Messrs. Cormack and B. Jones. The Perfumet of the
Flowers supplied by Rimmel'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 ROBBY.

Synopsis of Scenery; Incidents, and Characters,
OLD MOTHER HUBBARD'S COTTAGE,
With Rural Landscape, and Rookwood ManOr Halt in the
Distance (Daylight),
" Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cupboard, to get
iler 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
. Hunt 1 the,§quire, Mr.. Tom Matthews.; PM@ Wiggins
of Lae,'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,
Whackstraw, 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. IL'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'.the-Wisp

Ignes Fatui—Mdlles, Sidney, Travers, Barnes, A. Barnes,
Livermore; Webb, Taylor, Braithwaite,Hammil ton, 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! The Incantation I I and the Evapora-

tion I 1 I
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VILLAGE GREEN AND ROADSIDE ALE-

HOUSE,

Old Grype (the Steward), Mr. Glindon ; Old Scratche
(his Clerk), Mr. Tanner • Tenantry, Messrs. Cringe,
Scrape, Shuffle, Cut, Packof, Moonraker, and Runaway;
Tailor, Mr. Snipshears ; Bootmaker, Mr. Tightfit ; Mum-
;es, Messrs. Grinner, Joker, Magger, Cracksides,
OReilly, 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
Itnel that follows—Coming of Age in the Olden Time I
Row the Tenantry treated in one way and how Jack is
reated iri another—the Dog's instinct and Mother Hub -
bard's reason.
THE "CAGE" ON THE COMMON (Sunset).
Grand Scena Comique and Pas de Broomstick, by
Mother Hubbard.
The Dreamer and the Worker—The Vision of Pleasure
tad the Division of Labour—Figures of Fun (from the
kancy-store of Dykwynkyn) Messrs. Mason, Drainpipes,
Carpenter, Hodman, Old Brick, and Young Shaver, Lilli-
Tutian Labourers, Pigmy Plasterers, Tiny Tilers, Minia-
lure Masons, Baby Bricklayers, Short Sawyers, Dwarf
train Makers, and Child Carpenters by a Host of Juvenile
Auxiliaries.