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

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN
Lessee for the Christmas Pantomime,
Mr. J. H. ANDERSON.
, EXTENSION OF THE SEASON.

Postponement of Mr. Anderson's Benefit.
'mecum 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-
Ralf to the public to produce the most gorgeous, and, if pos-
sible, the best pantomime of the season. Efficiently to =Ty
• eat that pledge he determined to spare no cost, nor fail to
• avail himself of whatever talent he could discover and corn.
Viand. His arrangements were made fora period of six weeks,
over which term he (lid not expect the pantomime to run. En
countering many difficulties in producing a pantomime at a
Itnnse 'here 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 outlay of nearly 7,0501., and
was at once recognised by the press and by the -.public as
being worthy of the house at which it wee presented and the
nnprecedented 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 grotesque
incidents, its gorgeous appointments, and • its magnificent
scenery. The operatic drama of Rob Roy, and the ever-
Popular melodrama of Black-eyed Susan, produced, as they
• have been,nt a cost as lavish as that bestowed on the panto-
/111mo, 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 eharacter of the attendance, and the applause be-
stowed on the performances, ratify the fulfilment of the pro-
, teisea made by the lessee at the commencement of the season,
and warrant his indulging in self-congratulation at having ac-
rnPllthed a triumph in the way of successful management,
• under these circumstances he has bad no hesitation in ar-
anrring With the directors of the theatre for its occkpancy
lentil it it required for the purposes of the Royal Italian
°Pets, at the commencement of the next London season. The
txtensioti of his lease has been most courteously accorded to
him, and increased facilities granted for producing various
will
novelties. The pantomime, on account of its great success,
he repeated nightly ; Rob Roy and Black-eyed Susan
,Z 4,11 he performed 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 eise produced under the present
ewl,anagement. The unqualified approbation of the auditors,
Ina cumulative success of each new production, the thronged
_ttate Of the house at every representation, and the satisfac-
' "r 7 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-
. ante, the future with confidence, and the pre-
sent with proud, unmingled, unalloyed' gratification.
What
the' sequel to his Christmas season will be characterised
7 the same amount of good fortune which has hitherto at-
' xended his career at Covent garden he is perfectly aseivel, the
e causes which have already elicited success will, without
ti• ts tin
to produce it, anoplifyiar at the oametiMe
'l4 amount and its certitude. The public are respectfully ap-
1/4"ed, that however popular any-piece produced under the
,Present management maybe, the number of its representations
:ill be limited ; thus, for instanCe, Rob Roy and Black-eyed
‘'ftan will bo played on alternate nights during the present
C,Lt ec. se
bu n 3 romi can be made Of their repetition beyond
term, unless it bo found to comport with other arrange-
__"aelits now in progress. Hence it is expedient that seats
7n-ld be booked early by those who are desirous of seeing
grandest Scottish spectacle ever placed on the stage, or
*rival of Douglas Jerrold's. celebrated melodrama with
e7rei attention to the mien en scene than has been bestowed
~._`Tni it at any time or in any theatre. The dramas which
'vitt *succeed these will shortly be announced ; and the renewed
teen of the present management will terminate with the
olteat
netion of English opera on a grand scale, introducing the
'l° cf the available English musical talent to be found in
B ri tain.
•

THIS EVENING, Douglas -Jerrold's celebrated Drama of
f "-CR-EYED SUSAN will he produced. William, by Pro-
"sor Anderson ; and Susan by Miss Harriet Gordon.
1111°h Roy will be repeated on Thursday and Saturday, and
'ack-eyed Susan on Friday. •
folloibed each evening by the Grand, National, Hist°.
tieal, and Chivalric PANTOMIME, which has been so long in
„.ePkration, and on the Production of which so large an em-
r°46a has been incurred, of

YE BELLE ALLIANCE; or,
LEQUIN GOOD HUMOUR AND YE FIELDE
OF YE CLOTHE OF GOLDE ;
$—
la LEGEND of the MEETING of the MONARCHS.
i " It was a marvellous sweete and goodlye sight to see those
ire Princes, in the flowere of their ago, in the height of their
I,ltlgthe and in the dignitie of theft maulye beauty°, com-
,„anlibig two great Nations, that bade been so long rivals and
,d—ernies, instead of leading hostile armies to desolate and
.60e,ttroye, meet in that peaceful valleyo, and embrace like
.2),,„'ers, in the sighte of the choice nobiiitie of either land."
Lne Chroniclers.
4 1115 Pantomime invented, arranged, and produced by Mr.
4Rarria, with the same attention to Scenery, Costumes,
Effects, which has characterised the productions of " Ri-
ette," "Il Trovatore," " L'Etoile du Nord," and the
°lte Operas lately produced at this, the recognised chief
* efttre in Europe for Spectacular Display. The entirely New
.11d Most elaborate Scenery Painted by and under the Super-
VeMence of Mr. WILLIAM BEVERLEY, assisted by
A"ark Cuthbert, C. Adams, W. Shaldors, W. Glover, and
asUlsterous Assistants. The Opening written by Mr. George
i6l/41181; tux Sala. The Music composed by Mr, Loder (who has
'43lglY lent his aid on account of the Pantomime being
NiUcecl at this Theatre). The Ballet and Incidental
i 4.__4ssRarranged by Mr. Benjamin Barnett. The Comic Tricks
4.7nted by the Brothers Brough, Mr. A. Harris, and
I,l'. William Dorrington. The Now Spectacular Designs by
IT Guerin, of Paris. The Extensive and Complicated Machi-
L 23 by Mr. H. Sloman and numerous Assistants. The Ori-
-1 and Ultra-Grotesque Masks by Mr. G. Ewing. The
.r.oel and Costly Properties by Mr. Prescott, assisted by Mr.
'bland. The Ladies' Costumes by Mrs. James. assisted by
"'LT....,
...Beet champ. The Gentlemen's Costumes by Mr. Smithers,
juklted. by Mr. Lawrence. The Armoury Department by
Zr. ,nogg. The Chappellerie by Mrs. Walker. Copyist,
nn.rton. Prompter, Mr. Mince. Perruquier, Mr. Rick-
'lnas, , of Brydges-street, Covent-garden. The Novel Gas
Le4rangements by "Mr. Palmer and Assistants. The Whole
rit„. abduction being under the Immediate Superintendence of
"U. A. HARRIS.
Scene I.
tilliE CAVERNS OF THE GNOME BRITANNICITS IN
SUBTERRANEAN U SSIA.

the (a fine old English Gnome), one of
„.,'" olden time, bearing a close resemblance to the " Old
ntleinan," fully answering to his co-Gnome-en ; a pure un-
Mlterated British Spirit, strongly opposed to anything in the
ne of Foreign Wines, French Brandy, an
J great in his
lief ill Beer, 'Baccy, Beef, and Boxing—Mr.John Neville. be.
eallabile des Diablotines, by Mesdemoiselles E. Honey,
Lks, Arlington, Clev%land, Granville, Losh, Brown, Page,
Li:Vol', Rose, Kendall, Martinez, Gosselin, Turtle, Ford,
Wart, Ranoe, and Clare.
t Assistant Gnomes—Blue Fire, Mr. Williams ; Phosphorus-
on' Mr. Samuels ; Candeseentington, Mr. A. Smith ; Match-
-131:', Mr. Saunders ; Ignisfatty, Mr. P. A. James ; Red-
-I,:zea, Mr. Voller ; Cratervotnit, Mr. Spindle ; Torchlight,
iT-a• Jaffer ; Plazeton, Mr. Parkes ; Sulphurite, Mr. Tophain ;
~.n ilagton, Mr. Pam:elan ; Gassington, Mr. B. Brown ; Crater.
e.nt, Mr. Simkins ; Hotspark, Mr. J. Jones; Illuminoso,
• alockey ; Nitrobank, Mr. Pratt.
Scene 11.
711-t LAND'S END, CORN WALL, WITH THE CAR
OF THE DRAGONS.
4,,0.00(1 Humour—(a familiar spirit, whose familiarity is emi-
t, eiye to the very reverse of contempt. The prettiest page in
" whole volume of the Pautomime)—Miss Harriet Gordon.
Diorama—No. 1.
IWE EMPEROR NAPOTAEON'6' ARRIVAL IN
LONDON,
And his Enthusiastic Reception.
Diorama—No. 2.
QiTtEN VICTORIA'S VISIT TO NAPOLEON'S
TOMB,
4 ee
In the Hotel d invalides at Paris.
And o'er that shrine the last Rerneml raneo quench
Of Malice 'twist tho English and the Fretch I'
Ttur Scene 111.
--...4
DECK OF "THE GREAT HAZY," FOUR-
DECKER, ,
1.4
Guns (the first English Man•of-War). .I,i'
11l Jesse
•,I
alcngside the Quay at Dover, j
EMBARKATION OF HENRY TII EIGHT CI.
t
' sfi"—earY tho Eighth (a stout monarch, of middle 'itge, residing
icii.o. time ago at No. 1, Westminster, whose idea was that
),,,,. mpossible to have too much of a good thing, or a good
10,,„ • A good wife being a good thing, ho thought that the
h"to wives ho had the better. Himself being a good king,
h° lecided that he could not make
too much of himself, and
0',2,E4 accordingly made as extensive as possible in the person
' nis faithful reprosentative)—Mr. Harry Pearson.
Pretty Poppet (Page to King Henry Vlll.)—Master Sleanan.
The Queen of Englaud—Mr. Jones.
)maids of the Bedchamber to the English Queen— Mesdllos.
—',Y, Pinky, Daisy, Pansy, awl Lily.
~ Cardinal Wolsoy (a nautical gentleman much accustomed to
I,.."tim on bladders in seas of glory,") vide Shakospere—Mr.
@• Villiers. •
••%.BiP Jasper Spritsail (commander of the Great Harry), a
eather-beaten seaman, who—paradoxical as it may appear
Will not allow himself to be beaten by the weather, and
tao maxim is " Needs must when the Old Harry Drives "
4r. D. Stewart.
ih„rew—Tom Bowline, Mr. Silver; Jack Halyards, Mr. Up.
: l Jim Foremast, Mr. Partington; Bob Holystono; Mr
litriYarcl ; Joe Sheetauchor, Mr. T. B. Smith ; Davy Docks,
. Itr• Woodfield; Tod' Trunchion, Mr. Freby ; Tim Towrope,
. Mr: /1;e1117; Dick Longboat, Mr. Barry ; Peter Stanchion,
I! . Wras ; Bill Figurehead, Mr. Solomon ; Hal Hammock,
141 --narveY; Charles Caboose, Mr. White ; Sam Sailcloth,
T. Ma .
lih,-, Mrz.zt,aunt; Nat Northpolo, Mr. Fredericks ; Bill Bu-..„.
yne.
V Diorama—No. 3.
irr•-•••••,
I,r-iE FROM ENGLAND TO FRANCS, With A STORM
at SEA.
?OE Scene Ii;,
4 INTERIOR OF THE CHATEAU OF FRANCIS I.
ly,. . Between Quisnes and Ardennes.
Viir-417'5 1'
'(Next door neighbour of the aforesaid Henry
hi., .',Westminser, but who himself " didn't quite
Isioddeo i,n3niestroinster" for an obvious reason—" he lived Vother
e water.") A monarch of the same age as Henry,
(I the oif fy the same size ; joint author (with Henry VIII.)
ALLIAN zneal plot of the gorgeous Drama, YE BELLE
!stte n t'E, now represented for the first time in a complete Thu,. Pt the Theatre of European Politics. A monarch with
'.4,2. iced nose (who' in consequence, always looks sharp)—
W. Shalders
lirePbai;ereers:___Gamveessdtetn. oiselles Fitzjerald, Bennett, St. Clair,
Le Sire do Pie?roni3E. Gave trop Prince, &c., &c.
Prench Icingr)_zdr.°prisY•—(Lord Grand Chamberlain to the
Queen of France. ----ifioeisi.gb.
, Maids of the Bed-oC.nlitam%
vilerblanc, Contrep i bcr of the French Queen.—Mesdles.
, Rideaufin, Oreillerine.
Scene V.
THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD.
Introducing a Grand Pas
ROB
, Mesdemoiselles Hicks, Ereir ler°, by Miss Enema Borne.
, L°noesri: Gosselin
Gregory ,R iTi nuoret,l
eli, e nFdoarlal :
pia Rose Rose, Arlington
Etewart, Page,
Rouse, Brown St
'bard, end Tressider ' ' Chair, Granville, Wood.
/1 •
..„,_-' gbsh Courtiers.--Norfolk, Mr. Roba. S, fr--
72, Buckingham, Mr. Jay. Rutland, it,r.. 1 -,,,k; Mr. Ab-
,yarn!":l, Mr. Sphinx. NortliumberlalW.le. Andrews.Cum,,'o. Sussex, Mr, Thomas " ,* r• Cox. Essex, Mr.
hc_fe_aaeh Courtiers,— Margeaux 17
LialzemurrchLafitte, Mr. Rivers. Bordeaux,' .I,'fr.7Arbeb:hyr. :.es:tc.Po.7:tunl
..
14,00304. D e aerhleasb.liSs".4Ers.taTfocwt,eMr.r.Dlß3ecynhaomldps.agnEoen,rgo.yn. m .
Cirt,A, -, . r
'1" TOURNAMENT of the FIELD of the CLOTH 'Of
"ft—vir aco. GOLD.
lell'il celebrated Picture in Hampton Cowl Palace

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