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

R- AAE TUEA,TRE. ItaYSL
Lessee, Mr. E. T. SMITH..
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
• tIitA.NDM.ORNING PERFORMANCE-of the PAit
TOMlME,every WEDNESDAY, 'at Two o'Cleck.
TIIIS EVENING, a new Operetta; entitled ONCE
'OO OFTEN. Herr Reichardt,-Herr Formes; Mdlle;
enny Bauer, -and Miss E. Heywood;
After which will be produced, with that attentionto ctim-
Peteness in every department, by, which the -Christmas
Annuals of this Theatre have been so, pre-emineutly die-
tingniShed, the New Grand Comic Pantomime,. entitled
HARLEQUIN and the HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT;
Old Mother 'Hubbard and her, «onderful Dog.
"If a man do build a dwelling*upon common land from
sun Set to Sunrise, and enclose a piece of: ground, wherein
thine shall be :a tree, a beast feeding ,a fire kindled, a chim-
ney smoking and provisions in the pot, such dwelling shall
be freely helal by the builder, anything herein to the con:-
trarY neveitheless notwitbstanding.",--Old Forest Charter.
The Novel Effects and Splendid Scenery by
WILLIAM BEVERLEY,.

Assisted by Messrs. C: Pitt. Craven, Brow, &c., &c.
Masks, Symbolic ,Devices, PersoiSal 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-
sistanti. The Tricks, Properties, Change's, and Transfor-
mations, by Mr. Needham, assisted by Messrs Glintlon, H.
Adams, H. Langhom, &c: The Costumes by Miss Dickin-
son, Mr. Lauri, and Mr. Palmer. The Gas Appointments
by Mr. Itinekley. The Choregraphic Arrangements by
Mr. Cormaek. The Harlequinado and Comic Scenes by
Messrs. Corrnack and B. Jones. The Perfume of the
Flowers supplied by Rimmel's process.
The Grotesque Burlesque Opening invented and written
by E. L. BLANCHARD.
And the whole arran.ged and produced under the imme-
diate superintendence of Mr. ROBERT ROXBY.

Synopsis of Scenery, Incidents, and Characters,
OLD MOTHER HUBBARD'S COTTAGE,
With B.ural Landscape, and Rookwood Manor Hall in the
Distance (Daylight).
Old Mother llubbard, she went to the cupboard, to get
het poor Dog a bone; when she got there, the cupboard
Beery bare,
nd and so the poor Dog had none."—Ancient Nur-
Lege.
Old Mother Hubbard, Mr. Atkins; Her Dog, Signor
Lorenzo ; Jack (the " Man all tattered and torn"), Miss
. Hunt ; the Squire, Mr. Tom Matthews; Dame Wiggins
Of Lee, Mr. Dixon ; Damo Trot, Mr. Barsby ; Her Won-
derful Cat, Master Waggles ; the Great Goose, Master
Sageaninguns ; Constables, Messrs. Grib and Grab; Parish
Ileadle, Mr. I3umble ,• Villagers,. Messrs. Yoketc-Pumain, WhacklAtraw Chawbacon, &c,'&o.; Rosetta (the" Maiden
let Forlorn"), Miss Stuart. How Mother Hubbard has a
iertain " party" to tea ants 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'-the-Wisp ................ Miss Lanza,
Ignes Fatui—Mdlles. Sidney, Travers, Barnes, A. Barnes,
Livermore; Webb, Taylor, Braithwaite,Hammilton, Step-
ley, Harris, Candy, Copeland, Archer, Hawkins, Delaney,
Wilson, Williams, Robinson, Wood, Watson, and Hamel-
ton.
grand Ballet, Chagne-a-Lanterns, by the Misses GUN-
INTISS and the Ladies of the Corps do Ballet.
The Invocation! The Incantation! I and the Evapora-
tion I
VILLAGE GREEN AND ROADSIDE ALE-
Old Grype (the Steward), Mr. Glindon ; Old Scratche
(his Clerk), Mr. Tanner • ' Tenantry, Messrs. Cringe,
Scrape, Shuffle, Cut, Packoff, Moonraker, and Runaway;
lit Tailor, Mr. Snipshears ; Bootmaker, Mr.
Tightfit ; Mum-
e, Messrs. Grinner, Joker, Magger, Cracksides,
M‘Phun, &c. ; St. George, Mr. E. Roe ; the
nt'agorl, Mr. Scalyfellow ,• Valentine, Mr. Febbyerry ;
Mr. Wildman ; Still-Walker, Mr. Longlegs ; Bear-
gdl "dee Mr.. Smus ; the Bear, Mr. Huggins ; Land-
2, Mr. Treblex ;Morris-Dancers, Messrs. Trip, Tap,
, Flap, &c.,; Jack Padding, Mr. Merryman.
ißeveow
that the Squire celebrates his birthday, and the Village
r"l follows—Coming of Ago in the Olden Time I
7d
the Tenantry treated in one way and how Jack is
rrate in another—the Dog's instinct and Mother Hub -
bard's re ason.
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
fand the Division of Labour—Figures of Fun (from the
ielleY-store of Dykwynkyn) - Messrs. Mason, Drainpipes,
uurpenter, 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 Deg, By Himself; The Cow, Madame Brindle; The
Priest (" All shaven
and shorn"), Mr. Jollyman; The
Cock (' That crowed in the Morn") Master Cocky-doodle-
doo.
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—Another curious
instance Of Canine sagacity—Bull-frogs, Masters Hop,
Skip, Jump, Creak, &c.
SQUASH-HOLLOW SWAMP AND BED OF
BULRUSHES.
How the Squire comes to grief and afterwards to repent-
ance, and how Jack is recognised as the rightful heir—The
reward and harmonious moveznents 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 .. • . The Misses GUNNISS.
Pantaloons ...... Messrs. G. TANNER and MORLEY.
Clowns ........ Messrs. FORREST and HULINE.
Grotesque ...... Signor LORENZO.
1861-1862 ..... .*Mr. STILT.
SPRITES by the RIDGWAYS and SUWELL
FAMILY.
1.-EXTERIOR OF TWO SHOPS IN " UP-OR-
DO WN" STREET.
Ileum Huline, St. Maine, Tanner, and Miss B. Gunniss.
Christmas Presents—every Man (and Boy) to his Post,
overt the Post-Man—Clown rides the high horse, which
lanVes his rock a-head—Two Young Men from the Country,
slnd Clown gets over them—a Sewing Machine (not a poor
Needlewoman)—a thbrough Blow out—a Man in very re-
duced circumstance—Clown finds the Fruits of stealing
Apples in an elephantine way—a Band of Brothers—the
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