The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-07 00:00:00

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THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN.
Lessee for the Christmas Pantomime,
Mr. J. A. ANDERSON.

Positively the LAST SIX NIGHTS of the most success-
ful Pantomime in London, and termination of the season, in
Consequence of the opening of the Royal Italian Opera.

Rob Roy will be repeated on Friday.
Black-Eyed Susan will be repeated on Saturday.
THIS EVENING, Douglas Jerrold's celebrated Drama of
/LACK-EYED SUSAN will be produced ,being the second time
it has been played at this Theatre for 27 years. William, by
Professor Anderson.
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To be followed each evening by the Graid, National, Histo-
rical, and Chivalric PANTOMIME, which has been so long in
Preparation, and oe tho Production of which so large an ex-
Pease has been incurred, of

YE'BELLE ALLIANCE; or,

BARLEQUIN GOO 6 HUMOUR AND YE FIELDE
OF YE CLOTHE OF GOLDE ;

Being a LEGEND of the MEETING of the MON A.IICFIS.

" It was a marvellous sweets and goodlye sight to see those
two Princes , in the flowere of their age, in the height of their
strengths and in the dignitie of their maulye beautye, corn-
naiding two great Nations, that hado been so long rivals and
enemies, instead of leading hostile armies to desolate and
411stroye, meet in that peaceful valley°, and embrace like
otothers, in the sights of the choice nobilitie of either land,"
`.-The Chroniclers.
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The Pantomime invented, arranged, and produced by Mr.
A. Harris, with the same attention to Scenery, Costumes,
and Effects, which has characterised the productions of " Ri-
Soletto," " Trovatore," " L'Etoile du Nord," and the
"various Operas lately produced at this, the recognised chief
I'lleatre in Europe for Spectacular Display. The entirely Now
fnid most elaborate Scenery Painted by and under the Super-
intendence of Mr. WILLIAM BEVERLEY, assisted by
Messrs. Cuthbert, C. Adams, W. Sheldon, W. Glover, and
Inunerous Assistants. The Openint written by Mr. eorge
Augustus Sala. The Music composed by Mr. Loder (who has
Obligingly lent his aid on account of the Pantomime being
Produced at this Theatre). The Ballet and Incidental
Dancesarranged by _Mr. Benjamin Barnett. The Comic Tricks
invented by the Brothers Brough, Mr. A. Harris, and
... Dorrington. The New Spectacular Designs by
14. Guerin, of Paris.. The Extensive and Complicated Machi-
llerY by Mr. H. Sloman and numerous Assistants. The Ori-
41inal and Ultra-Grotesque Masks. by Mr. O. Eiving. The
Breland.
and Costly Properties by Mr. Prescott, assisted by Mr.
....,21oreland. The Ladies' Costumes byMrs. James. assisted by
M. Beauchamp. The Gentlemen's Costumes by Mr. Smithers,
Assisted by Mr. Lawrence. The Armoury Department by
lir. Hogg. The Chappellerie by Mrs. Walker. Copyist,
Yair, Horton. Prompter, Mr. Rance. Perruquier, Mr. Rick-
ds, of Brydges-street Covent-garden. The Novel Gas
~.rangements by Mr. Palmer and Assistants. The Whole
Fad._ nation being carder the Immediate •flaperiotendence of
NZ A. HARRIS. •

Scene I.

IQBE CAVERNS OF THE GNOME RRITANNICUS IN

SUBTERRANEAN (7 SST A .

Gnomes—Britannicus (a fine.old. English Gnome), ono of
the olden time, bearing a close resemblance to the " Old
Gentleman," fully answering to his co-Gnome-en ; a pure un-
adulterated British Spirit, strongly opposed to anything in the
~814Pe of Foreign Wines, French Brandy, and great in his be-
lief in Beer, 'Baccy, Beef, and Boxing—Mr. John Neville.
Ballabile des Diablotines, by Mesdemoiselles E. Honey,
/ticks, Arlington, Cleveland, Granville, Leah, Brown, Page,
Gregory, Rose, Kendall, Martinez, Ctosselin, Turtle, Ford,
Stewart, Ranee, and Clare.
Assistant Gnomes—Blue Fire, Mr. Williams ; Phosphorus-
ten, Mr. Samuels ; Candescentington, Mr. A. Smith ; Match-
*ell, Mr. 'Saunders ; Ignisfatty, Mr. P. A. James ; Red.
„ eiazos, Mr. Voller ; Cratervomit, Mr. Spindle ; Torchlight,
/tr. Ja,ffer ; Blazeton, Mr. Parkes ; Sulphitrite, Mr. Topham ;
rlamington, Mr. Paxman ; Gassington, Mr. B. Brown ; Crater-
vomit, Mr. Simkins ; Hotspark, Mr. J. Jones; Illumines°,
)4r. Blockey ; Nitrebank, Mr. Pratt.

Scene 11.
tLIE LAND'S END, CORNWALL, WITH THE CAR
OF THE DRAGONS...
Good Humour—(a familiar spirit, whose familiarity is con-
ducive 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 Rememlrance (wench
Of Malice 'twist the English and the French 1"
Scene 111.
IRE DECK OF "THE GREAT HARRY," FOUR-

DECKER,
128 Guns (the first English Man-of-War). The vessel lyin;
alongside the Quay at Dover' with
TAE EMBARKATION OF HENRY THE EIGHTIL
Henry the Eighth (a stout monarch, of middle age, residing
echo time ago at No. 1, Westminster, whose idea was that
,
IS impossible to have too much of a good thing, or a good
king
o. A good wife being a good thing:he thought that the
lore wives he had the better. Himself being a good king,
he decided that he could not make too much of himself, and
" is accordingly made as extensive as possible in the person
of his faithful representative)—Mr. Harry Pearson,
Pretty Poppet (Page to King Henry Vlll.)—Master Sloman.
The Queen of England—Mr. Jones.
Maids of the Bedchamber to the English Queen— Mesdlles.
14883,, Pinky, Daisy, Pansy, and Lily.
t Cardinal Wolsey (a nautical gentleman much accustomed to
on bladders in seas of glory,") vide Shakespero—Mr.
,r• Q. Villiers. •
Sir Jasper Spritsail (commander of the Groat Harry), a
Weather-beaten seaman, who—paradoxical as it may appear
will not• allow himself to be beaten by the weather, and
/vh--...."6 maxim is " Needs must when the Old Harry Drives "
"-Mr. D. Stewart.
Crow—Tom Bowline, Mr. Silver; Jack Halyards, Mr. Up-
a, ; Jim Foremast, Mr. Pa.rtlngon ; Bob Holystone, Mr
e,,Yard • Joe Sheetanchor, Mr. T. B. Smith ; Davy Docks,
...
Woodfield; Ted Trunchion, Mr. Freby ; Tim Towrope,
Mr. Henry ; Dick Longboat, Mr. Barry ; Peter Stanchion,
lir, Sims ; Bill Figurehead, Mr. Solomon ; Hit Hammock,
Mr. Harvey ; Charles Caboose, Mr. White ; Sam Sailcloth,
Mr. Mazzoni ; Nat Northpolo, Mr. Fredericks ; Bill Bunt.
iine, Mr. Payne.

Diorama—No. 3.

VOYAGE FROM ENGLAND TO PR I.NCE, with A STORM

at SEA.
Scone IV.
THE INTERIM% OF THE CHATEAU OF FRANCIS I

Between Gnisnes and Ardennes.
' Francis I.—(Next door neighbour of the aforesaid Henry
VIII., 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 ago as Henry,
and nearly of the same size ; joint author (with Henry VIII.)
of the original plot of the gorgeous Drama, YE BELLE
ALLIA.NCE, now represented for the first time in a complete
State on the Theatre of European Politics. A monarch with
a hooked nose (who, in consequence, always looks sharp)-
14- Shalders.
Pages,—Mesdemoiselles Fitzjerald, Bennett, St. Clair,
Webber, Gaveston, E. Gaveston, Prince, &c., &c.
Le Sire de Firmboisy.—(Lord Grand Chamberlain to the
French King)—Mr. H. Caries.
Queen of France.—Mr. Gough.
• Maids of the Bed-Chamber of the French Queen.—Mesdles.
brapblanc, Contrepoint, Rideaufin, Oreilleriuo.
• Scene V.
THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD.
Introducing a Grand Pas de Rosiere, by Miss Emma Horne.
Mesdemoiselles Hicks, E. Honey, Gosselin, Rama), Kendall,
• Martinez Rose Arlington, Lost, Gregory, Turtle, Ford,
Stewart, 'Page, PRouse, Brown, St. Clair, Granville, Wood-
Ward, and Tressider.
' English Courtiers.—Norfolk, Hr. Roba. Suffolk, Mr. Ab-
Won, Buckingham, Mr. Jay. Rutland, Mr. Andrews. Cum-
berland, Mr. Sphinx. Northumberland, Mr. Cox. Essex, Mr.
James. Sussex, Mr. Thomas.
French Courtiers.—Chateau :Margeaux, Mr. Thompson.
Chateaux Lafitte, Mr. Rivers. Bordeaux, Mr. Abby. St. Jul-
lien, Mr. Charles. St. Estafet, Mr. Reynolds. Bourgoyue, Mr,
Waters. Do Chablis, Mr. Tower. De Champagne, Mr. Scott.
GRAND TOURNAMENT or the FIELD of the CLOTH of

GOLD.
(After ilolbien's celebrated Picture in Hampton Court Palace,

Scene VI.
GRAND CORRIDOR IN THE CHATEAU,
Lending to the Bed-chamber of the Monarchs.
Pour Fine 'Normandy Lassies, Six Feet Two Inches in their
Clogs.
Scene VII.
THE OUTSIDE OF BLONDETTE'S FARM.

Blondette (a village Rosiere so purely innocent, that she
Sees no harm in having three lovers at a time, two of them
being kings)—Miss Emma Home.
Coquelicot—a rustle youth, whose name being translated
vide " Spier's Dictionary") signifies " Poppy." He is, never-
theless, the reverse of Soporific, being particularly wide
awake. (He is one of the three lovers alluded to, who does
not happen to be a king, and takes his measures accordingly'
C. Brown.

Scene VIII.
The Abode of the Fairy Queen iri
THE GOLDEN GROVES OF GOOD HUMOUR.
(By Mr. Wm. Beverley.)
The Fairy Queen Miss E. Thorne.
General Transforigation.
Mk. C. BROWN,
W. A. BARNES,
(The Transatlantic Pantomimist.)
Columbine ..... Miss EMMA. HORNE.
Clown The GREAT FLEXMORE
ADULTERATION BUILDINGS, TURMERIC-ROW,
REDLEAD-SQUARE.

harlequin
Pantaloon

A:Glass of Ale and Stomach-ache for 4d. Genuine double
You-up-Stout—Up to Snuff and down to Pepper—How the
Bread Rises—Sweet upon Sugar. All pickles to believe iu
Pickles—Chalk-farm Dairy Cows v. Pumps—Gunpowder
Tea, " warranted to go off"—Pale Ale peculiarities.
Imps.—Quassia, Mr. Wyatt ; Strychnine, Mr. Scott ; Blue
Ruin, Mr. Carter ; Oxyplumbi, Mr. Strangeways.
The terror of The " Times"—The Laneinations of the
" Lancet"—Black Crosses in Red Lead-square.
THE WIZARD'S LABORATORT IN THE CHATEAU DE
MEPHISTOPHILES, HELIGOLAND.
Magic Somersaults—The Bewitched Ottoman—The Dragon
A, la diable —The Inextinguishable, Inexhaustable, Unstopper-
able, Go-a-head Bottle—" 1001. Reward, who'll Shoot a
Clown l"—The Blunderbuss of Botheration—Bursting of the
Wizard's Bust—Small Wizards made to order, Pattern Pre-
sented—Quickest way to Nowhere—How to make-Harlequins
—The way to Crush the Crushers.
THE NEW CASTLE OF BALMORAL.
Rusticity in the Highlands—Pipers and Pastoralities—
Highland Reel, introducing a grand Flexmorean Medley —The
Portfolio of Inexhaustibility and Universality—The Incaptur-
able Harlequin—Very " fowl" proceedings The Seductive
Sedan-chair—Strange Birds in a Cage.
WATCHMAKERS' ESTABLISHMENT, CHRONOMETT-
CAL-VILLE—MILLINERS' ESTABLISHMENT, BON-
NETVILLE BELLHANGERS' ESTABLISHMENT,
BELLEVILLE.
Home from Scotland—Cab Fares and Mayne Force —The
Movements of the Age—What's o'clock—" The Clock strikes
two"—How to Ring a Belle—Umbrella Courtship—Who's
your Hatter 1--Early Closing Association—" Love Laughs
at Locksmiths"—La Varsoviana.—The Strike of Belles against
Time.
Grand Equestrian Feats, by Signor Flexmorini.
HIGH-STREET, SPIRIT-SQUARE.
Apartments to Let.
A Cold Roll for Breakfast—The Organised Nuisance Ta-
bleaux—Punch's Pocket Book—Patent Perambnlators—Ast-
ley's Equestrian Feats— Policemen and Cooks—Monsieur
Tierce—All-round Collars and Punch's Coats--The quickest
Way to the Coal-cellar—Spirit Rapping Extraordinary.
HAIR-DRESSER'S, FILTER 'MANUFACTORY, •
PICKFORD'S PARCEL WAREHOUSE, AND NEWS•
VENDER.
The Purifying of Old Father Thames—The Invasion of
London—The Russians sat the Thames on fire—Foreign Fruits
W 1 British Muffin—Ocid IrspertAtiaA of Roils Grolio--sar.