The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-14 00:00:00

TREAME ROYAL, corm SARDEN
Lessee for the Christmas Pantomime,
Mr. J. H. 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
'attest theatre in London, Professor Anderson pledged him-
self the public to produce the most gorgeous, and, if pos-
'4ole, the best pantomime of the season. • Efficiently to carry
out that pledge he determined to spare no cost, nor fail to
*tail himself of whatever talent he could discover and eom-
Inand. His arrangements were made fora period of six weeks,
'9ver which term he did not expect the pantomime to run. En-
,entintering many difficulties in producing a pantomime at a
nee where none had been for years—where nearly all the
machinery had to be constructed and every " property" to be
e---The Belle Alliance, or The Field of the Cloth of Gold,
Was Placed on the stage at an outlay of nearly 7,0001., and
being
at once recognised by the press and by the public as
'ming worthy of the house at which it was presented and the
nuprecedented expenditure incurred iu its production. Its
rinPularity 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
nave been, at a cost as lavish as that bestowed on the panto-
Taira°, have achieved an equal amount of success. Within the
• Walls of Covent-garden larger audiences are assembled every
~meing than in any other theatre of Europe ; while the
'ashionable character of the attendance, and the applause be-
stowed on the performances, ratify the fulfilment of the pro-
mises made by the lessee at the commencement of the season,
and warrant his indulging in self-congratulation at having ac-
. Under
a triumph in the way of successful management.
,Juder these circumstances he has had no hesitation in ar-
' ranting with the directors of the theatre for its occupancy
:1,1411 it is required for, the purposes of the Royal Italian
"Pen, at the commencement, of the next London season. The
!!:tension of his lease has been most courteously accorded to
"fl, and increased facilities granted for producing various
• novelties. The pantomime, on account of its • great success,
Will be repeated nightly ; Rob Roy and Black-eyed Susan
will be performed on alternate nights until further notice ;
the same attention which has been paid to their production
114 regards scenery, costumes, and other accessories to effect,
Will be paid to everything eise produced under the present
..)4anagement. The unqualified approbation of the auditors,
• the cumulative success of each new production, the thronged
'late of the house at every representation, and the satisfac-
141TA result of the last six weeks, induce 'Professor An-
• `tenon to persevere in a path which has led him to a
Position whence he can regard the past with plea-
. Into. the future with confidence, and the pre-
sent with proud, unmingled; , unalloyed gratification.
That
a the sequel to his Christmas season will be characterised
3' the same amount of good fortune which has hitherto at-
• 'ended his career at Covent-garden he is perfectly assured, the
• same_, causes which have already clicitedsuccess will, without
nht, continue to produce it, amplifying at the same time
48 amount and its certitude. The public are respectfully ap-
13tiged, that however popular any piece produced under tho
Present management may be, the number of its representations
Will be limited ; thus, for instance' - Rob Roy and Black-eyed
"sun will be played on alternate nights daring the present
"eek, but 113 promise can be made of their repetition beyond
that term, unless it be found to comport with other arrange-
til
t Should be booked early by those who are desirous of seeing
t,• 14. grandest Scottish spectacle ever placed on the stage, or
the revival of Douglas Jerrold's celebrated melodrama with
more attention to the miss en scene than has been bestowed
11Pen it at any time or in any theatre. The dramas which
Will succeed these will shortly be announced ; and the renewed
`neon of the present management will terminate with the
...„I)roduction of English 'opera on a grand scale, introducing the
-,701e of the available English musical talent to bo found in
great Britain.
THIS EVENING, the Grand Operatic Drama of ROB
Roy, i
wth all the original Songs, Choruses, and Dances,
• i'tieniding the whole of Sir H. Bishop's celebrated Music.
°I) Roy Professor Anderson; Helen Macgregor, Mi s. J. W.
%Mack.'
Rob Roy will• be repeated on Saturday, and Black-eyed
wlean To-morrow.
. T 0 be followed each evening by the Grand, National, Hide-
-1:41, and Chivalric RANTOMIME, which has been so long in
L4Paration, and on the Production of which so large an ex-
• has been incurred, of
• YE BELLE ALLIANCE; or,
4tARLEQUIN GOOD HUMOUR AND YE FIELDE
OF YE CLOTHE OF GOLDE ;
41111. es LEGEND of the MEETING of the MONARCHS.
t It was a marvellous sweet° and goodlye sight to see those
strengths
Princes, in the lower@ of their age, in the height of their
and in the dignitie of then manlyo beautye, cow-
kand•
Ing two great Nations, that bade been so long rivals and
rraies, instead of leading hostile armies to desolate and
brothers,
meet in that peaceful valley°, and embrace like
~._t°,llters, in the sights of the choice nobilitie of either land."
.--.4118 Chroniclers.
11:• 10 Pantomime invented, arranged, and produced by Mr.
•
• ,nd -"llarris with the same attention to Scenery, Costumes,.
kffectis, which has characterised the productions of "
"400,1' "Ii Trovatore," " L'Etoilo du Nord," and the
ttas various Operas lately produced at this, the recognised chief
eat.re in Europe for Spectacular Display. The entirely New
i 74 moat elaborate Scenery Painted by and under the Super-
eendence of Mr. WILLIAM BEVERLEY, assisted by
• ft'3. Cuthbert, C. Adams, W. Shakiers, W. Glover, and
inerous Assistants. The Opening written by Mr. George
Augustus Sala. The Music composed by Mr. Loder (who has
0,
willingly lent his aid on account of the Pantomime being
rduced at this Theatre). The Ballet and Incidental
eesarranged Brothers r. Benjamin Barnett. The Comic Tricks
',,ented by 'the Brough, Mr. A. Harris, and
William Dorrington, The New Spectacular Designs by-
, Guerin, of Paris, The Extensive and Complicated Machi-
nery by Mr. H. Sloman and numerous Assistants. The Ori-
Pal and Ultra-Grotesque Masks by Mr. G. Ewing. The
and Costly Properties by Mr. Prescott, assisted by Mr,
4t‘..oroland. The Ladies' Costumes by Mrs. James, assisted by
gr. Beauchamp. The Gentlemen's Costumes by Mr, Socithers,
s.llsiiisted by Mr. Lawrence. Alto' A.rmenry rooPartmeut by
41,1% tfogg„, The Chappellerie by Mrs. Walker. Copyist,
• Mr. Horton. Prompter, Mr. Rance, Perruquier, Mr. Rick-
de"re Covent-garden. The Novel Gas
4,,rraugements by Mr. Palmer and Assistants. The Whole
Production wider the Immediate Superintendence of
A. HARRIS.

Scene I.
111 E CAVERNS OF THE GNOME BRITANNICUS IN

SUBTERRANEANUSSIA.
Gnomes—Britannicus (a fine old English Gnome), one of
„,,",e olden time, bearing a close resemblance to the " Old
"eutlernan," fully answering to his co-Gnome-en ; a pure un-
4dulterated British Spirit, strongly opposed to anything in the
ial)e of Foreign Wines, French Brandy, and great in his be-
ler iu Beer, 'Baccy, Beef, and Boxing—Mr. John Neville.
I3allabile des Diablotines, by Mesdemoiselles E. Honey,
,nicks, Arlington, Cleveland, Granville, Losh, Brown, Page,
,"regoy, Rose, Kendall, Martinez, Gosselin, Turtle, Ford,
"telvart, Ranoe, and Clare..
t Assistant Gnomes—Blue Fire, Mr. Williams ; Phosphorus-
ton, Mr. Samuels ; Candescentington, Mr. A, Smith ; Match-
' /411, Mr. Saunders ; Ignisfatty, Mr. P. A. James ; Red-
blazes, Mr. Voller ; Cratervomit, Mr. Spindle ; Torchlight,
tnr Jailer ; Blazetou, Mr. Parkes ; Sulphurite, Mr. Topham ;
• 4,llingtou, Mr. Pasman ; Gassingtou, Mr. B. Brown ; Crater-
Itr.onait Mr. Simkins ; Hotspark, Mr. J. Jones; Illumines°,
Bloekey ; Nitrobank, Mr. Pratt.

Scene 11.
TIM LAND'S END, CORN WALL, WITH THE CAR

OF THE DRAGONS.

, Good Humour—(a familiar spirit, whose familiarity is con-
(llleive to the vory reverse of contempt. The prettiest page in
tho whole volume of the Pantomime)—Miss Harriet Gordon.

Diorama—No. 1.
THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON'S ARRIVAL IN
LONDON,
Awl hie Enthusiastic Reception.
Diorama —No. 2.
QUEEN VICTORIA'S VISIT TO NAPOLEON'S
TOMB,
In the Hotel dos Invalides at Paris.
I' And o'er that shrine th• last Rememl ranee coench
Of Malice 'twist the English and the French !'
Scone 111.

THE DECK OF "THE GREAT HARRY," FOUR

DECKER,
128 chine (the first English Mau•of-War). The vessel lyiu;
alcngside the_Quay at Dover, with
IRE EMBARKATION OF HENRY THE EIGHTH.

Henry the Eighth stout monarch, of middle ago, residing
time ago at No. 1, Westminster, whose idea was that
1t is impossible to have too ranch of a good thing, or a good
kl4g. A good wife being a good thing, he thought that the
'core wives he had the bettor. Himself being a good king,
Le decided that he could not mato too much of himself, and
Le is accordingly made as extensive a. 9 possible in the person
of hid 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.
Rosoy, Pinky, Daisy, Pansy, and Lily.
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 Groat 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.

Crow—Tem Bowline, Mr. Silver; Jack Halyards, Mr. Up-
ham ; Jim Foremast, Mr. Partingtou ; Bob Holystono, Mr.
Ledya.rd ; Joe Sheetanchor, Mr. T. B. Smith ; Davy Docks, W
Mr. oodfiold; Ted Trunehiou, Mr. Freby ; Tim Towrope,
Mr. Henry ; Dick Longboat, Mr. Barry ; Peter Stanchion,
Mr. Sims ; Bill Figurehead, Mr. Solomon ; Hal Hammock
Mr. Harvey ; Charles Caboose, Mr. White ; Sam Sailcloth
Mr. Mazzoni ; Nat Northpole, Mr. Fredericks ; Bill Bunt
Imo, Dir. Payne.

Diorama—No. 3.

VOYAGE FROM ENGLAND TO FRANCE, with A STORM

at SEA.
Scene IV.

THE INTERIOR OF THE CHATEAU OF FRANCIS

Between Guisnes 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 Vother
side of the water.") A monarch of the same age as Henry,
and nearly of the same size ; joint author (with Henry VIII.)
of the original plot of the gorgeous Drama, YE BELLE
ALLIANCE, now represented for the first thus in a complete
.state on the Theatre of European Politics. A monarch with
a hooked nose (who, in consequence, always looks sharp)—
Mr. W. Shalders,

page.e.—Mesdemoiselles }'itzjovald, Bennett, St. Clair,
Webber, Gaveston, E. Gaveston, Prince, &c., &c.
Le Sire de Firraboisy.—(Lord Grand Chamberlain to the
Preach King)—Mr. 11. Canes.

Queen of France.—Mr. Gough.
Maids of the Bed-Chamber of the French Queen.—Mesdlei
brapblanc, Contrepoint, Rideaufm, Oreillerino.
Scene V.
THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD.

Introducing a Grand Pas do Rosiere, by Miss Emma Horne.
Mesdemoiselles Hicks, E. Honey, Goeselin, Rano°, Kendall,
Martinez, Rose Arlington, Losh, Gregory, Turtle, Ford,
Stewart, Page, 'Rouse, Brown, St. Clair, Granville, Wood-
ward, and Tressider
English Courtiers.—Norfolk, ,fr. Roba. Suffolk, Mr. Ab-
Bolen, Buckingham, Mr. Jay. Rutland, Mr. Andrews, Cum-
berland, Mr. Sphinx. Nortkumburland, Mr. Cox, Essex, Mr.
James. Sussex, Mr. Thomas.
French Courtiers.—Chateau Margeaux, Mr. Thompson.
Chateaux Latitto, Mr. Rivers. Bordeaux, Mr. Abby. St. Jul-
-119. Mr. Charles. St. Estafet, Mr. Reynolds. Bourgoyne, Mr.
Waters. De Chablis, Mr. Tower. Do Champagne, Mr. Scott.
GRAND TOURNAMENT of the FIELD of the CLOTH of

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