The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-29 00:00:00

Acting Manager, Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS.
Stage Manager, Mr, ROBERT ROXBY.
The Box office open daily, from Ten till Six o'clock, under the
superintendence of Me. Edward Chatterton.
The REDUCED PRICES at this Theatre as follow :—Pri-
vate boxes, to hold two persons, lOs 6d. (7s. for each person
extra); on the grand tier, one guinea ; proscenium and stage
boxes, 2/. 28.; galleries, 6d. and Is. ; pit, 2s. ; upper boxes,
- Is. 6d. ; first circle, 2s. 6d.; dress circle, 3s.
MORNING PERFORMANCE EVERY WEDNESDAY,
at Two o'clock.
THIS EVENING, will be performed
THE GREAT GUN TRICK.
After which will be produced an.entirelY 1,70 rel and Original
Inductive, Instructive, Anti-Hypoeliondriacal, Periodical,
Episodical, Magical, Tragical, Logical, Chrono'ogical, Gra-
phical, Chorographical, Philosophical, Cryptographleal,
Parabolical; Symbolical, Rhythmical, Mimical, Academical,
Mechanical, Technical, Pyrotechnical, Historical, Harmo-
nical, Heroical, Typical, Allegorical, Metaphorical, Chime-
rical, Satirical, Historical, Metrical, Symmetrical, Lyrical,
"Musicale Practical, Poetical, Whimsical, Fantastic, and Side
Shakespearean new
GRAND COMIC CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME,
Which for many for many mlee...pelt lees etig,aged the cx-
tensivo and unrivalled resources of. this establishment, and
which Will now appear, under the additiOnal, traditional,
and peculiarly suggestive title of
. REY DIDDLE DIDDLE ; or, Harlequin King Nonsense
and the Seven Ages of Man.
The Scenery entirely New, painted by and under the super-
.,:i../AteutTeitea.i. of Mr. Williams: Beverley, assisted by Messrs.
Gemperts, and numerous-assistants.
• The.Machinety by Mr. Tucker and assistants. The Pro-
perties, Decorations, &c., by Messrs.-Needham, Glindon, and
others. • 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 Dykwynkyu, Artist in Panto-
Physiolognomy, and Photographic Delineator of
Elves, Sprites, and Goblins to the Court of Fairy Land. The
Overture and Music composed and arranged by Mr. J. H
Tully. The Comic Scenes by Harry Bolen°, Glindon, and
E. L. Blanchard. The Grotesque Burlesque Opening in-
vented and written by E. L. Blanchard, Author of "
Harie-
quin.Hudibras;' " King Humming-top," "Jack and Jill,"
are. ; and the whole arranged and produced under the super-
ititendene of -Mr. Robert ltoxby.
First of the Seven Ages —" The Infant."
HALL OF NURSERY RHYMES,
In the dominions of King Noueense.
Heroes of Nursery LitectatUre.
Jack Sprat, Mr. Eatnofat ; Simple Simon, Mr. Tom Noddy ;
Little Jack Horner, Master Plummy ; Little Be Peep, Miss
; Fortywinks ; Little TOIIITIIy Tucker, Master Singsong ;
Iltunpty Dunipty, Mr. Eggshell ; Little Boy Blue, Master
Blowhorn ; Old Mother Hubbard, Mrs. Leaveabone ; The
Cat and the Fiddle (from an original Kit-cat Portrait), by a
distinguished Player; Kiug Nonsense (the Ruler of a great
Many Lines), Mr. Glimion ; Sdirit of Common Sense (on an
occasional visit), Miss Fanny Reeves; Baby in Cradle, Little
TOddlekins ; Routine and Re.oltape (banished to tioodledom),
Messrs. Musty and Rusty ; Old Friends and New Faces a
" They have their Exits and their.Entralaccs."
Second Ago—" The School Boy."
" Then the whining school-boy with -his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail unwillingly
to school."
VILLAGE OF PRETTYWELL,
With distant view of the Village Church and surrounding
country. —Early Morning.
.Young Hopeful (afterwards Harlequin),- Signor Verroni ;
Hobbedyhoy (his schoolfellow afterwards Clown) Harry Bo-
len° ; Dr. Birch (the Vill !go Schoolmaster —afterwards Pan-
taloon). Mr. G. Tanner; His Pupils, Masters Fagg, Bragg,
Wagg, Nagg, Laze., Magg, Staeg, and Tagg ; Rosa (Ward to
"The Justice," and afterwards Columbine), Madame Boleno ;
Miss Starch, Governess at " Mrs. Howdydo's Establishment
for Young Ladies," in the Village of Prettywell-cum-Thaukye)
Mies Buckram; Her Pupils—Misses Pr ,ttle, Rattle, Giggle,
Sniggle, Goggle, Joggle, Fangle, Dangle, Sidle, Ogle, Romp,
Flirt, Slypuss, and Simperwell ; Hobson (the Village Carrier),
Mr. Packer e Bun-woman, Mrs. Goody. •
Shins suMmed up somehow:---School Forms and Ceremonies,
Lessons not Lessened, and Cartoons for Young England—The
Flum Cake and 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
Schoolmaster tries the rod, and how well somebody catches
it---How Young Hopeful blows :his. own trumpet, and the
Young Ladies' Establishment comes out all two, to, two too
a Game at Cricket and Dr. Bieck bowled out.
Third Ago— " 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).
Hobb and Nobb (the Village Blacksmiths), Messrs. Batter
and Clatter ; afterwards Sprites, The Brothers Elliot ;
Potiblestout (Mine Host, of the Leather Bottle), Mr, Arfa-
llarf; Cumiusir (Head Waiter), Mr. Readytongue ; Yesser
and Noser (his Assistants), Messrs. Cut zed Run ; Cook, Mr.
tastewell ; Booth, Mr. Tizzy ; Chambermaid; Miss RObaday ;
Serjeant Kite (a Reerniting Officer—afterwards Pantaloon),
Devlin Johnson ; " The Justice". (one of the " Great Un-
paid'.' afterwards Clown), Tom Matthews ; Flipper and
Flulekey (his Footman) Messrs. Cringe and Crawley ; Re-
'erilftsi Messrs. Gawky, Gaby, Grimm, Glumra, Gabble, and
Oriuttway ; Fifer, Mr. Tootle ; Drummer, Mr. Rowdydow ;
'Clodhopper and Chawbacon (Agricultural Labourers), Messrs
larsplciu and Joskyn.
The sparks from thnvil amorous and hammer-ns—The
Iron struck whilst it shot—The Lover's Sonnet- The Jus-
licea'.tongue and course of True Love—neither running
40nooth—" List, list, oh, list !"—which he does—The cense-
,claenees thereof, and how Sergeant Kite; being the Author of
a great Military Work, gets a good Review.
Fourth Ago—" The Soldier,"
" Then a Soldier,
11111 of strange oaths, and bearded like the- pard,
4ealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation', even in the cannon's mouth."
OLD ABBEY RUINS (Evening).
The Trysting Place and the Lover's Reverie—" Oh, there's
nothing 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 Wadharn—Capid (her Messenger),
Master Mischief,
Rope, Joy, Desire, Happiness, Truth, Delight, Rapture,
Romance, &c., by Misses Richardson, }._ Richardson, L.
Honey, &c, •
Mechanical, and Marvollone Scenic Metamorphosis,
revealing
THE ABODE OF LOVE,
Illumined by the Electric Light of One Hundred Bright Eyes.
Grand Ballet d'Amour—Principal Dancer, Miss Rosina
Wright, assisted by Mdllcs. Therese, Marian Lees, &c.
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.
iiardstaff ; Villagers, Messrs. Cape, Grin, Stare, Shiver,
...Tremble, Delve, &c. A memorable Sentence and a recent
reriod put to it - The Country Squire and the Effects of a
Mat Cause—How the Justice loses his Heir, and how the
Fugitives become bawled after.
Tire
Sixth Age " The Lean and Slippered Pantaloon."
,ktle RuitiodCottage of Old Age—Winter—Fireligbt. Old Age
tains-teeth, sans eyes, sans teeth, sans taste, sans everything),
Mt'. Centenarian.
Peventh Ago—sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans overy•
thSng...

Sudden Talismanic Dissolving of the Snow to the
BRIGHT REALMS OF PERPETUAL SUMMER.
Double Pantomimic Tmuselogrifica.tion,
Tile Two Harlequins Signor Verroni and Herr Furth.
he Two Columbines Mine. Boleno and Marie Charles.
The Two Pantaloons Messrs. Tanner and Deulin Johnson.
The Two Sprites The'Brothers Elliott.
wile Two Clowns Harry Boleno and Tom Matthews.
A SCENE 'OF INTEREST—TWO TO ONE—Boleno.
Buttered Peas—Cheese it Taking the Plcdge—Pop't
up—
mp't in, and pop't out—Equal DiVision—Principal and In-
Letest—How to evade the Act—Betting versus Cigars-
-4' What's the odds so long as you're happy ?"—The Right Tip
---How to raise the Wind—The Odds to the Hod—List, oh,
lilt ! wrong to-back-her, and no Returns—Settling Day, a
r~ular Settler —Gone for the Leger—ln for the Oaks—A
llankrupt's Stock, and a .Case of Bale, concluding with a
Nular Smash

A SCENE OF INDUSTRY.—BoIeno.
sweet Place—Honesty the best Policy—Honey and Whacks
:B.3o—Rising Steps and Steps Rising—Catching Bees all a
17;1101--It Beelioves you to Beehave when _you. attack a Bee-
.ps'iTo—Swarnaitig and Warming—Enlarged Heads upon a New
'4llciPle--Dornestie Bees—Long Needles—Royal Summons
Arrival of Queen Bee and Suite—Grand Charze—Tableau.
SCENE OF EXCITEMENT—PARIS EXHIBITION—A
CAFE BESIEGED.--Boleno.
The Meeting of All Nations (Russian excepted)—Fraternisa
" -
°ll—CordialitY of the Allies—" All the World's a Stage !. '
":Arti Tal of the World and his Wife, and the whole of his
-unruly, commencing with their Eldest Daughter, the " Fa-
s "hionable World;" followed by the " Sporting World ;" the
Dramatic World ;" the " World upside down ;" the " Wide
World ;" the " Wicked World ;" and the " World in Arms."
14"1,, Oußs ate Premium—Not a bed to be had—" My Lodging
""°ll the cold (coal) Ground"—Clown and Pantaloon go Down
to Bod---" A' Sweet Good Night to all."
A SCENE OF CONFUSION (LAID IN BEDS).
To
" bed, to bea"—" 'Tis when to Sleep the World retires"
T" Nigist liare, which makes Clown a little hoarse—As
Thick as Tierce in a
bed—A Night Concert, which dis-concerts
the Lodge.to—"We won't go home till morning"—Putting
them on the Shelf—Natives and a Settler—The War Whoop,
the War IDance, and a Warming-pan Accompaniment—Fire !
?ire! Fire! -The House in an Uproar—Speedy Exit of some
of the Lodgers, which finishes with "Confusion worse con-

' THE WEST END AND THE CITY.
11111 Scott. Tavern, Haymarket, and Samuel Brothers, Ludgate-
-MeasuresEve and men—Hits and Skits at Everything and
ruching—lnns and Outs— Shoe-black Brigade —A Polished
mrshtleman—Comic Duet between the Clown and a Blacking
, -
.tittle- NI
-Howlett's Hair Dye—A Dyer's :aerial—A Dire Art
'for Falsehood framed— Coloured buitations—The Sydenham
Trousers—Height of Fashion—Genuine Malt and Hops—All-
Pali Ale—The East and the West—Soott's Lot, and a
awe for Public .Favour.
NUMBER ONE, LONDON.
Vieth to Dakin's Tea Establishment, St....Paurs—" In to
, • sest,—Boliemians and Teetotallers—Great-Drawing Mate-
e "The Magic Chest and' the Enchanted Teapot—Clown
gett'Pea in it, and Pantaloon gets into Hot Water in conse-
. Ti..,_°/-10e—imi-Oibus Companies on the Old System and the New
tten72.,aild the that don't assist 'sin—Strong Oppem.
. atul final discovery of the " Right Men in their Right
6.1.410e5"--Whack, bang, flip-flap, hey, presto, and Change to
SST SCENE OF ALL that end, this stranje eventful
History."
1.1441*. U at livhf-past Six, and commence at ScTen.