The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-22 00:00:00

Doors open at Half-past Six, 'aid commence at. seven.

at Two o'clock.
THIS EVENING, will be performed
THE GREAT GUN TRICK.
after which will be produced an entirely Novel and Origina
Inductive, Instructive, Anti-Hypochondriacal, Periodical;
EPitiodical, Magical, Tragical, Logical, Chronceogical, Gra-
Chorographieal, Philosophical, Cryptographical
Parabolical, Symbolical, Rhythmical, Mimical, Academical,
Mechanical, Technical, Pyrotechnical, Historical, Harm°.
laical, Heroical, Typical, Allegorical, Metaphorical, Chime
tea
-us l, Satirical, Historical, Metrical, Symmetrical, Lyrical,
'ical, Practical, Poetical, Whimsical, Fantastic, and Side
Shakespearean new
GRAND COMIC CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME,
Which for many for many weeks past has engaged the ex-
tensive and unrivalled resources of this establishment, and
Which will now appear under the additional, traditional,
and peculiarly suggestive title of
lIEY DIDDLE DIDDLE ; or, Harlequin King Nonsense
and the Seven Ages of Man.
The Scenery entirely New, painted by and under the super-
intendence of Mr. William Beverley, assisted by Messrs.
James, Wilson, Gompertz, and numerous assistants.
The Machinery by Mr. Tucker and assistants. The Pro-
terties, Decorations, &e., by Messrs. Needham, Glindon, and
ethers. The Tricks by Messrs. Roe and assistants. The
Choregraphic Arrangements under the direction of Madame
Louise. The Masks and Personal Appointments designed and
executed by the celebrated Dykwynkyn, Artist in Panto-
Valk Physiolognomy, and Photographic Delineator of
""iveg Sprites, and Goblins ho the Court of Fairy Land. The
Overture and Music composed and arranged by Mr. J. IL
I'llllY. The Comic Scenes by Harry Boleno, Glindon, and
• L• Blanchard. The Grotesque Burlesque Opening in-
'rented and written by E.; L. Blanchard, Author of " Harle-
quin Hudibras," " King Humming-top," " Jack and Jill,"
• ; and the whole arranged and produced under the super-
intendence of Mr. Robert Roxby.
First of the „Seven Ages --" The Infant."
HALL .aF NURSERY RHYMES,
In the cloiminions of King Nonsense.
He'..oes of Nursery Literature.
Jack Sprat, Mr. Eatnofat ; Simple Siinon, Mr. Tom Noddy .
Little Jack Horn er Master Plummy ; Little Be Peep, -NI .isig
Portywinks ; Little Tommy Tuckr, Master Singso ny ;
11...titnpty Duen.6ty, Mr. Eggshell ; Little Boy Blue, M ter
410wheee ; Odd Mother Hubbard, Mrs. Leaveabone The
Cat and the -Fiddle (from an original Kit-cat Portrait), by a
distinguished Player; King Nonsense (the Ruler of a great
many Line4s), Mr. Glindon ; Spirit of Common Sense (on an
csea.sionai visit), Miss Fanny Reeves; Baby in Cradle , Little
Toddleklns ; Routine and Re4tape (banished to Noel, lledotn),
Messrs. Musty and Rusty ; Old Friends and Nue,e Faces
" They have their Exits and their Entrances.
Second Age—" The School Boy."
" Then the whining school-boy with his satenel
And shining morning face, creeping like s sail unwillingly
to school."
VILLAGE OF PRETTYWETA,
With distant view of the Villa tee. Chure.n and surrounding
country. —Earley Morni-.mg, .
Young Hopeful (afterwards Harlequin), Signor Verroni ;
flebbedyhoy (his schoolfellow —afterwards Clown) Harry Bo-
no ; Dr. Birch (the Ville .Si; Schoolmaster—afterwards Pan-
;avY)on), Mr. G. Tanner; ',Tee Pupils, Masters Fagg, Bragg,
egg, Nagg, Lagg, Mag g
.rhe Justice,"Stagg, and Tagg ; Rosa (Ward to
and aft(' x wards Columbine), Madame Bolen° ;
for Miss
Starch, Governess at " Mrs. Howdydo's Establishment
ZsYsonng Ladies," in' eVie Village of Prettywell-eum-Thankye).
Buckram ; Her pupils—Misses Prettle, R ittle, Giggle,
7,,1?2,de, Goggle, Jo ggle, Fangio, Dangle, Sidle, Ogle, Romp,
Flirt, Slypuss, awl .`Simperwell ; Hobson (the Village Carrier),
Mr. Packer ; Bur ...woman, Mrs. Goody.
Sums summed
.up somehow—School Forms and Ceremonies,
Lessons not Le peened, and Cartoons for Young England—The
Plum Cake ar A the Seedy Schoolmaster- Working the Oracle
and Playing the Truant—How Young Hopeful wants to catch
a Fish, and ,how Hobbedyhoy contrives to hook it—How the
Scheolmas ,ter tries the rod, and how well somebody catches
It—Hew Young Hopeful blows his own trumpet, and the
Young Teetdies' Establishment comes out all two, to, two too
—a Ga- deo at Cricket and Dr. Birch bowled out.
Third Age— " The Lover."
"Then the Lover,
Sighing like furnace with woful ballad
Made to his Mistress's eyebrow."
BLACKSMITH'S FORGE AND ROAD-SIDE INN (Sunset).
iftobb and Nobb (the Village Blacksmiths), Messrs. Batter
sad Clatter ; afterwards Sprites, The Brothers Elliot ;
bonblestout (Mine Host of the " Leather Bottle), Mr. Arfa-
'Turf ; Cuminsir (Head Waiter), Mr. Readytongue ; Yessor
sad Noser (his Assistants), Messrs. Cut and Run ; Cook, Mr.
bastewell ; Boots, Mr. Tizzy ; Chambermaid, Miss Bobaday ;
*lerjeant Kite
(a Recruiting Officer—afterwards Pantaloon),
Detilin Johnson ; " The Justine" (one of the " Great Un-
Paid" - afterwards Clown), 'tom ,Matthews ; Flipper and
Flunkey (his Footman) Messrs. Cringe and Crawley ; Re-
cruits, Messrs. Gawky, Gaby-, Grimm, Glumm, Gabble, and
Grinaway ; Fifer, Mr. Tootle ; Drummer, Mr. Rowdyclow ;
Clodhopper and Chawbacoaa (Agricultural Labourers), Messrs
bumpkin and Joskyn.
The sparks from the foxvil amorous and hammer-us--The
Iron struck whilst it i% hot—The Lover's Sonnet- The Jus-
tice's tongue and e4ourse of True Love—neither running
arnooth--" List, list, oh, list !"—which he does—The conse-
quences thereof, :Aid how Serjeant Kite, being the Author of
a great Military Work, gets a good Review.
Fourth Age—" The Soldier,"
" Then a Soldier,
Pull of strar.ge oaths, and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in 'aonour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Reeking the bubble reputation, even in the cannon's mouth.'
OLD ABBEY RUINS (Evening).
The Trusting Place and the Lover's Reverie—" Oh, there's
aothing half so sweet in life as Love's young dream,"
" Dream on, good youth, and show the world awake,
The wondrous change that only love can make."
The Spirit of Love, Miss Wadliam—Cupid (her Messenger),
Master Mischief.
Hope, Joy, Desire, Happiness, Truth, Delight, Rapture,
Romance, &c„ by Misses Richardson, E. Richardson, L.
Honey, &c.
Rapid, Mechanical, and Marvellous Scenic Metamorphosis,
revealing
TIIE ABODE OF LOVE.
Illumined by the Electric Light of One Hundred Bright Eyes.
...„Grand Ballet d'Amour—Principal Dancer, Miss Bosun.
"right, assisted by Mdlles. Therese, Marian Lees, Sze.
Fifth Age—" The Justice."
" And then the Justice,
In fair round belly, with good. capon lined,
With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, •
Full of wise saws and modern instances ;
And so he plays his part."
JUSTICE HALL IN THE OLD MANOR HOUSE,
TWILIGHT.
Farmer Whackstraw, Mr. Grumblewell ; Constable, Mr.
Hard.staff ;
.Villagers, Messrs. Gape, Grin, Stare, Shiver,
Tremble, Delve, 4tc. A memorable Sentence and a recent
Period put to it—The Country Squire and the Effects of a
great Cause—How the Justice loses his Heir, and how the
Fugitives become bawled after.
Sixth Age —" The Lean and Slippered Pantaloon."
The Ruined Cettkge of Old Age—Winter—Firelight. Old Age
(sans teeth, sans eyes, sates teeth, sans taste, sans everything),
Mr. Centenarian.
Seenth Age—sens teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans every-
thing."
Sudden Talismanic Dissolving of the Snow to the
BRIGHT REALMS OF PERPETUAL SUMMER.
Double Pantomimic Transmogrification.
The Two Harlequins Signor Verroni and Herr Furth.
The Two Columbines ... Mme. Boleno and Marie Charles.
The Two Pantaloons Messrs. Tanner and Denlin Johnson,
The Two Sprites The Brothers Elliott.
The Two Clowns Harry Boleno and. Tom Matthews.
A SCENE OF INTEREST—TWO TO ONE—Boleno.
Buttered Peas—Cheese it Taking the Pledge--pop't up—
pop't in, and pop't out—Equal Division—Principal and In-
terest—How to evade the Act—Betting versus Cigars—
" What's the odds so long as you're happy ?"—The Right Tip
--Row to raise the Wind—The Odds to the Hodr,--List, oh,
4it l'Wrong to-back-her and uo Returnr—Settkng Day, a

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN.
Lessee for the Christmas Penton time,
Mr. J. H. AN DERSON.
Immense success of the great P 'autonaime of tl le Field of the
Cloth (-•1 ' Gold.
Triumph of the real Clown FLEVAORE.
Eighth Night of Grand Opel .ta 'ic Drama. —Eighth Appear-
ance in London of Professor AN BERSO,N as ROB ROY', as
performed by him in Scotian 3., av,d in all the Theatres ,of Ame-
rica.— Eighth Night of Li M Cordages Amiens, by M. E.
Boutellicr, the Italian Bro4ibe •rs (M. G. Laristi and. Messrs.
Candler, fils),who will intr(adu ce their most novel and startling
performance in the course of 1 the Pantomime.
THIS EVENING will be presented the Grand Operatic
Drama of ROB ROY, with : rll the original. Songs, Choruses,
and Dances, including the v /idol° of Sir H, 'Bishop's celebrated
Music. The Drama will 1 ire representeal as it is played in
Glasgow. Rob Roy, Prof essor Anderson ; Rashicigh Osbal-
cliston, Mr. Stuart ; Franc' s. Osbaldiston, Mr. George Perron ;
Major Galbraith, Mr. S. Cowell; Bailie Nicol Jarvie, Mr.
Gourlay ; The Dougal, Mr . Harry Pearson ; Helen Macgregor,
Mt s. J. W. Wallack ; ina Vernon, Miss Harriet Gordon.
To conclude with th • Grand, National, Historical, and
Chivalric PANTOMIME , which has been so long in Prepara-
tion, and on the Produe
Lion of which so large an expense has
been incurred, of
YE BELT ALLIANCE; or.
HARLEQUIN GOO "i) HUMOUR AND YE FIELDE
OF YE (MOTHE OF GOLDE ;
Being a LEGEND of : the MEETING of the IdONSIWIIS.
" It was a marvel' i( )us sweete and goodlye sight to see those
two Princes, in the fiowere of their age, in the height of their
strengthe and in t'a e dignitio of theit manlyc beautye, com-
manding two great Nations, that bade been so long rivals and
enemies, instead r,f leading hostile armies to desolate and
destroye, meet in that peaceful valley°, and embrace like
brothers, in the ghte of the choice nobilitie of either land."
—The Chronicle r,3„
The Pantemb me invented, arranged, and produced by Mr.
A. Harris, wit' t the same attention to Scenery, Costumes,
and Effects, wl rich has characterised the productions of " Ri-
goletto," "Il 'Trovatore," " L'Etoile du Nord," and the
various Oper Al lately produced at this, the recognised chief
Theatre in E arope for Spectacular Display. The entirely Now
and most el
aborate Scenery Painted by and under the Super-
intendence of Mr. WILLIAM BEVERLEY, assisted by
Messrs. C
,uthbert, C. Adams, W. Shalders, W. Glover, and
numeror Assistants. The Openin written by Mr. georgo
August' an Sala. The Music composed by Mr. Loder (who has
obligi' j-r,y
i lent his aid on account of the Pantomime being
prod aced at this Theatre). The Ballet and Incidental
Da'ace;saiTanged by Mr. Benjamin Barnett. The Comic Tricks
vo' ited by the Brothers Brough, Mr. A. Harris, and
William Dorringtou. The New Spectacular Designs by
;St. Guerin, of Paris. The Extensive and Complicated Machi-
nery by Mr. H. Sloman and numerous Assistants The
and Ultra-Grotesque Masks by Mr. G. Ewing. The
Novel and Costly Properties by Mr. Prescott, assisted by M.
Moreland. The Ladies' Costumes by Mrs. James. assisted by
Mr. Beauchamp. The Gentlemen's Costumes by Mr. Smithers,
assisted by Mr. Lawrence The Armoury Department by
Mr. Hogg, The Chappellerie by Mrs. Walker. Copyist,
Mr. Horton. Prompter, Mr. Rance. Porruquier, Mr. Rick-
ards, of Brydgcs-street. Covent-garden. The Novel Gas
Arrangements by Mr. Palmer and Assistants. The Whole
Production being under the Immediate Superintendence of
Mr. A. HARRIS.