The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-13 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARD EN
Lessee for the Christmas Pantomime,
Mr. J. IL ANDERSON.
EXTENSION OF THE SEASON.
Postponement of Mr. Anderson's Benefit.

Immense Success of Rob Roy and Black-eyed Susan.—Novel-
ties in Preparation.

In assuming the management at Christmas last of the
largest theatre in London, Professor Anderson pledged him-
self to the public to produce the most gorgeous, and, if pos-
• sible, the best pantomime of the season. Efficiently to carry
eat that pledge ho determined to spare no cost, nor fail to
avail himself of whatever talent he could discover and corn•
*and. His arrangements were made fora period of six weeks,
over which term he did not expect the pantomime to run. En-
countering many difficulties in producing a pantomime at a
house whore none had been for years—where nearly all the
Machinery had to be constructed and every " property" to be
made—The Belle Alliance, or Tho Field of the Cloth of Gold,
. was placed on the stage at as cutlay of nearly 7,0)01., and
was at once recognised by the press and by the public as
being worthy of the house at which it isT.s presented and the
unprecedented expenditure incurred in its production. Its
popularity has increased at every representation. At the pre-
sent moment, after a run of 40 nights, between 2,000 and
3,000 persons pay nightlyat the doors to witness its gTotesque
incidents, its gorgeous appointments, and its magnificent
scenery. The operatic drama of Rob Roy, and the over-
popular melodrama of Black-eyed Susan, produced, as they
have been, at a cost as lavish as that bestowed on the panto-
mime, have achieved an equal amount of success. Within the
walls of Covent-garden larger audiences are assembled every
evening than in any other theatre of Europe ; while the
fashionable character of the attendance, and the applause be-

stowed on the performances, ratify the fulfilment of the pro-
, lniset Made by the lessee at the commencement of the season,
and waiTant his indulging in self-congratulation at havin,ac-
complithed a triumph in the way of successful management.
Under these circumstances he has had no hesitation in ar-
ranging with the directors of the theatre for its ocenpancy
instil ails required for the purposes of the Royal Italian
Opera, at the commencement of the next London season. The
extension of his lease has been most courteously accorded to
. him, and increased facilities granted for producing various
novelties. The pantomime, on account of its great success,
will be repeated nightly ; Rob Roy aid Illaek-eyed Susan
will he perfoimed on alternate nights until further notice ;
the same attention which has been paid to their production
as regards Scenery, costumes, and other accessories to effect,
will be paid to everything else produced under the present
management. The unqualified approbation of the auditors,
the cumulative success of each new production, the thronged
state of the house at every representation, and the satisfac-
tory result of the last six weeks, induce Professor An-
. Berson to persevere in a path which has led him to a
Position whence he can regard the past with plea-
. sure, the future with confidence, and the pre-
sent with proud, unmingled, unalloyed gratification.
That the- sequel to his Christmas season will be characterised
by the same amount of good fortune which has hitherto at-
. tended his career at Covent-garden he is perfectly assured, the
-Woo causes which have already elicited success will, without
4dottl?t, zoiatin4B to produce it, amplifying at the "sine- time
its mould and its certitude. The public are respectfully ap-
prised, that however popular, any.pieee produced under the
present managentent maybe, the number of its representations
will be limited ; thus, for instance, Rob Roy and Black-eyed
60-ma will be played on alternate nights during the present
Indek, but na promise can be made bf their repetition beyond
that term, unless it be found to comport with other arrange-
'Moats now in progress. Hence it is expedient that seats
ithettld be booked early by those who are desirous of seeing
the grandest Scottish spectacle ever placed on the stage, or
the revival of Douglas Jerrold's. celebrated melodrama with
in*ref attention to the raise en scene than has been bestowed
nPon it at any time or in any theatre. The dramas which
Will succeed these will shortly be announced ; and the renewed
season of the present management will terminate with the
Production of English opera on a grand scale, introducing the
Whole of the available English musical talent to be found in
Great Britain.

TRIS EVENING, Douglas 'Jerrold's celebrated Drama of
BLACK-EYED SUSAN will he produced. William, by Pro-
fessor. Anderson; and Susan by Miss Harriet Gordon.
.„„,Itob Rey will bo repeated on Thursday and Saturday, and
zlack-eyed Susan on Friday.
To lee follo*ed sack evening by the Grand, National, Histo7
d Chivalric PANTOMIME, which has been so long in
I'l'oM-ration, and on the Production of which so large an em-
PeUSe, has been incurred, of

YE BELLE ALLIANCE; or,
HARLEQUIN GOOD HTJMOUR AND YE FIELDE

OF YE CLOTHE OF GOLDE ;
11511% a LEGEND of the MEETING of the MONARCHS.
" It was a marvellous sweet° and goodly° sight to see those
two princes, in the flowere of their ago, in the height of their
• iliretigthe and in the dignitie of theit mattlye beauty°, cora-
Oiling two great Nations, that hada been so long rivals and
"nensies, instead of leading hostile armies to desolate and
liestroye, meet in that peaceful valley°, and embrace like
'brothers, in the sighte of the choico nobtlitie of either land."
`The Chroniclers.

ItThe Pantomime invented, arranged, and produced by Mr.
. Harris, with the same attention to Scenery, Costumes,
WI Effects, which has characterised the productions of " Pa-
Zrietto," "II Trovatore," " L'Etoile du Nord," and the
ous Operas lately produced at this, the recognised chief
eatre in Europe for Spectacular Display. The entirely New
VA most elaborate Scenery Painted by and under the Super-
Itttndence of Mr. WILLIAM BEVERLEY, assisted by
ears. Cuthbert, C. Adams, W. Shalders, W. Glover, and
11,
itnumerous Assistants. The Opening written by Mr. George
„T, tus Sala. The Music composed lay Mr, Loder (who has
""Ilitingly lent his aid on account of the Pantomime being
tr educed at this Theatre). The Ballet and Incidental
aueesarranged by Mr. Benjamin Barnett, The Comic Tricks
,Bvented by the Brothers Brough, Mr. A. Harris, and.
.11r. William Dorrington. The New Spectacular Designs by
la• Guerin, of Paris. The Extensive and Complicated Machi-
-31017 by Mr. H. Sloman and numerous Assistants. The Ori-
E4al and Ultra-Grotesque Masks by Mr. G. Ewing. The
Novel and Costly Properties by Mr. Prescott, assisted by Mr.
~_oreland. The Ladies' Costumes by Mrs. James, assisted by
ralea' nehaMp. 11:10 Gentlemen's Costumes by Mr. Smithers,
,17.3isteti by Mr. Lawrence. The Armoury Department by
Cr.'..Hegg. The Chappellerie by Mrs. Walker. Copyist,
'4.1'..-Stirton. Prompter, Mr. Rhnee. Perruquier, Mr. Rick-
'Me,. of Brydges-street, Covent-garden. The Novel Gas
Arratigements by *Mr. Palmer and Assistants. The Whole
' 1rr0,... duction being under the Immediate Superintendence of
Aar. A. HARRIS.

Scene I.
IRE CAVERNS OF THE GNOME ERITANNICUS IN

SUBTERRANEANUSSIA.

gnomes —Brita,nnictis (a fine old English Gnome), one of
the olden time, bearing a close resemblance to the " Old
ntleman," fully answering to his co-Gnotne-en ; a pure on-
ulterated British Spirit, strongly opposed to anything in the
''ape of Foreign Wines French Brandy, and great in his be-
lief in Beer, 'Baccy, Beef, and Boxing—Mr. John Neville.
Rullabile des Diablotines, by Mesdemoiselles E. Honey,
ricks Arlington, Cleveland, Granville, Losh, Brown, Page,
gory, Rose, Kendall, Martinez, Gosselin, Turtle, Ford,
wart, Ranee, and Clare.
Assistant Gnomes—Blue Fire, Mr. Williams ; Phosphorus-
t`lik, Mr. Samuels ; Candescentington, Mr. A. Smith ; Match-
,'sll, Mr. Saunders ; Ignisfatty, Mr. P. A. James
"azes, Mr. Voller ; Cratervomit, Mr. Spindle ; Torchlight,
kr. Jaffer ; Blazotou, Mr. Parkes ; Sulphurite, Mr. Tophain ;
Ilaraington, Mr. Paxma,n ; Gassington, Mr. B. Brown ; Crater-
Z.enait, Mr. Simkins ; Hotspark, Mr. J. Jones; Illuminoso,
44.1". Blockey ; Nitrobank, Mr. Pratt.

Scene 11. •
78E LAND'S END, CORN WALL, WITH THE CAR
OF THE DRAGONS.
good llnmour—(a familiar spirit, whose familiarity is con-
rleive to the very reverse of contempt. The prettiest page in
the whole volume of the Pantomime)—Miss Harriet Gordon.
Diorama—No. 1.
THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON'S ARRIVAL IN
LONDON,
And his Enthusiastic Reception.
Diorama —No. 2.
QUEEN VICTORIA'S VISIT TO NAPOLEON'S
TOMB,
In the Hotel des Invalides at Paris.
" And o'er that shrine the last Resacint range cnkench
Of Malice 'twist the English and the Froth t'
Scene 111. ,t
RE DECK OF " THE GREAT HAFIttY," FOUR-
DECKER,
12a Guns (the first English Man-of-War). pi'
vessel lying
alongside the Quay at Dover, *: •
I'llri EMBARKATION OF HENRY TII . EIGHTII.
ir
Remy the Eighth (a stout monarch, of middle age, residing
l'oino time ago at No. 1, Westminster, whose idea was that
tie impossible to have too much of a good thing; or a good
mg. A good wife being a good thing, he thought that the
baure wives ho had the better. Himself being a good king,
hi 0 decided that he could not nuke too much of himself, and
he is accordingly made as extensive as possible in the person
°t ills faithful representative)—Mr. Harry Poarson.
Pretty Poppet (Page to King Henry Vlll.)—Master Slonsan.
The Queen of England—Mr. Jones.
~ Maids of the Bedchamber to the English Queen— Mesdllos.
"I"eY, Pinky, Daisy, Pansy, and Lily.
i Cardinal Wolsey (a nautical gentleman much accustomed to
'swim on bladders in seas of glory,") vide Shakespere—Mr.
P. q. Villiers. •

Sir Jasper Spritsail (commander of the Great Harry), a
Weather-beaten seaman, who—paradoxical as it may appear
--will not allow himself to be beaten by the weather, and
Whose maxim is " Needs must when the Old Harry Drives "
--Mr. D. Stewart.
Crew—Tom Bowline, Mr. Silver; Jack Halyards, Mr. Up-
; Jim Foremast, Mr. Partington ; Bob Holy stone; Mr
kiedyard ,• Joe Sheetauchor, Mr. T. B. Smith ; Davy Docks,
Mr. Woodfield; Ted Trunchion, Mr. Fishy ; Tim Towrope,
fir.
Henry; Dick Longboat, Mr. Barry; Peter Stanchion,
• etr. Sims ; Bill Figurehead, Mr. Solomon ; Hal Hammock,
Mr. Harvey; Charles Caboose, Mr. White; Sam Sailcloth,
Mr. Mazzoni ; Nat Northpolo, Mr. Fredericks ; Bill
lino, Mr. Payne.
Diorama—No. 3.
/7°Y4fliE FROM ENGLAND TO FRANCS, With A STORM
at SEA. '
Scene I';,
TtE INTERIOR OF THE CHATEAU OF FRANCIS I.
Between Quienes and Ardennes.
Francis I. (Neat door neighbour of the aforesaid Henry
No. 1., Westminster, but who himself " didn't quite
live in Westminster" for an obvious reason—" he lived t'other
side of the water.") A monarch of the same age as Henry,
and
of nearly tif the same size ; joint author (with Henry VIII.)
the original plot of the gorgeous Drama, YE BELLE
ALLIANUE, now represented for the first time in a complete
"ate or, the Theatre of European Politics. A monarch with
a hoe ;red nose (who, in consequence, always looks sharp)—
lit.' W. Shalders.
• Pages.—Mcsdemoiselles Fitzjerald, Bennett, St, Clair,
Webber, Gaveston, E. Gaveston, Prince, dre., Ste.
Le Sire do Firrnboisy.—(Lord Grand Chamberlain to the
Prench King)—Mr. H. Caries.
Queen of France.—Mr. Gough.
Maids of the Bed-Chambcr of the French Queen.-3fesdles,
urnrblanc., Coutrepoint, Rideaufiu, Oreillcrine.
Scene V.
THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD.
introducing a Grand Pas do Rosier°, by Miss Emma Horne.
Mesdemoiselles Hicks, E. Honey, Gosselin, Ranoe, Kendall,
:Martinez, Rose, Arlington, Losli, Gregory, Turtle, Ford,
Stewart, Page, Rouse, Brown, St. Clair, Granville, Wood-
lta.,,rd, and Tressider
nglish
. A n-d'r' eirw; s f
Courtiers.—Norfolk, Mr. Roba.
"I'm, Buckingham, Mr. Jay. Rutland,
ItML-
borland Mr Sphinx. N rtliumberlar r
cum-
James. Sussex,. Mr ThOmas,r. Cox, Essex, Mr.
„..Farenela Courtiers.—Chnteau Margeaux, Mr. Thompson
teaux Lafitte, Mr. Rivers, Bordeaux, Mr. Abby. St.. J-ni:
I~oe,
Mr, Charles. St. Estafet, Mr. Reynolds. Bourg°
4ter°• Chablis, Mr. Towr. At diampagne, MrS.
GRAS TOURNAMENT of the FIELD of the CLOTH of
(Aft GOLD.
IlolbieteS Celebrated Pi tore in Hampton Comq Palace,