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THE WEST END AND THE CITY.

THE GREAT GUN TRICK.
After •
Inductive,
wlll be produced an entirely Novel and Original
Episodical, Magical
Anti-Hypochondriacal, Periodical,
pfficao,dical• Magical, Tragical, Logical, Chronological, Gra-
LaereabLelirejatrographical, Philosophical, Cryptographical,
Symbolical, Rhythmical, Mimical, Academical,
11, all:teal, Technical, Pyrotechnical, Historical, Harmo-
ri a,'• :Heroical, Typical, Allegorical, Metaphorical, Chime-
areal..Batirical, Historical, Metrical, Symmetrical, Lyrical,
ihasital, Practical, Poetical, Whimsical, Fantastic, and Side
alesPearean new
wi,,C4RAND COMIC CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME,
te, ° h for many for many weeks past has engaged the ex-
4`i Bich will
and unrivalled resources of this establishment, and
will now appear under the additional, traditional,
RiZt peculiarly suggestive title of
z4l DIDDLE DIDDLE ; or, Harlequin King Nonsense
keen. Scenery and the Seven Ages of Man.
keen. entirely New, painted by and under the super-
uence of Mr. William Beverley, assisted by Messrs.
Gompertz, and numerous assistants.
MaChinery by Mr. Tucker and assistants. The Pro-
otherZ Peeorations &c., by Messrs. Needham, Glindon, and
Chore The, Trick's by Messrs. Roe and assistants. The
rL ArTangements uuder the direction of Madame
ettited Mae and Personel A ppoiatments designed and
p ,s3l' tiler s'elebrate. Da-la araikyseaAetist in Panto.
Paves '`Ysi°lnnomv, and Photographic Delineator of
Torytu,(l).taiatnesd, and Goblins to the Court of Fairy Land. The
Music composed and arranged by Mr. J. H.
The Comic Scenes by Harry Bolen°, Glindon, and
Blanchard. The Grotesque Burlesque Opening in-
q
trdidwristten by E. L. Blanchard, Author of " Harle-
ubra,,, " King Hummitig.top," " Jack and Jill,"
ilet.!and the whole arranged and produced under the super-
oalence of Mr. Robert Roxby.
First of the Seven Ages ---" The Infant."
HALL OF NURSERY RHYMES,
In the dominions of King Nonsense.
ZettaleekP Heroes of Nursery Literature.
prat, Mr. Eatnofat ; Simple Simon, Mr. Tom Noddy ;
Jack Horner, Master Plummy ; Little Bo Peep, Miss
vty ks • Little Vattipav D„' Tommy Tuckr, Master Singsong ;
-adaewhe" "mPtY, Mr. Eggshell ; Little Boy Blue, Maser
,rn ; Old Mother Hubbard, Mrs. Leaveabone ; The
a,"'_'",anntt the Fiddle (from an original Kit-cat Portrait), by a
Ins'a."ll, giu,ished Player ; King Nonsense (the Ruler of a great
eeeho nip), Mr. Glindon ; Spirit of Common Sense (on an
Toadivincr visit), Miss Fanny Reeves; Baby in Cradle, Little
Musty
; Routine and Reatape (banished to Noodledom),
'tnstY ' and Rusty ; Old Friends and New Faces -
Y have their Exits and their Entrances."
Itt Second Age-" The School Boy."
a'aen the whining school-boy with his satchel
And
shining morning face, creeping like snail unwillingly
to
.school."
VILLAGE OF PRETTYWELL,
distant view of the Village Church and surrounding
country. -Early Morning.
Young Hopeful (afterwards Harlequin), Signor Verroni ;
le47' o.e dyhoy (his schoolfellow-afterwards Clown) Harry Bo-
teloo Dr' Birch (the Village Schoolmaster-afterwards Pall-
y, n), Mr. G. Tanner; His Pupils, Masters Fagg, Bragg,
Nagg, Lam Magg, Stagg, and Tagg ; Rosa (Ward to
‘,..1:e Justice," and af•aerwards Columbine), Madame Boleno ;
Miss Starch, Governess at " Mrs. Howdydo's Establishment
for Young Ladies," ba the Village of Pre ttywell-cum-Thankye).
Miss Buckram; Her Pupils-Misses Prattle, Rattle, Giggle,
Sniggle, Goggle, .toggle, Fangle, Dangle, Sidle, Ogle, Romp,
Flirt, Slypuss, aad Simperwell ; Hobson (the Village Carrier),
Mr. Packer ; Ban-woman, Mrs. Goody.
Sums sumrrsed up somehow-School Forms and Ceremonies,
Lessons not Lessened, and Cartoons for Young England-The
Plum Cake and the Seedy Schoolmaster- Working the Oracle
and Playing the Truant-How Young Hopeful wants to catch
a Fish, wad how Hobbedyhoy contrives to hook it-How the
Schoolmaster tries the rod, and how well somebody catches
w Young Hopeful blows his own trumpet, and the
Young: Ladies' Establishment comes out all two, to, two too
a CRame at Cricket and Dr. Birch bowled out.
Third Age- " The Lover."
" Then the Lover,
Sighing like furnace with woful ballad
Made to his Mistress's eyebrow."
ACKSMITH'S FORGE AND ROAD-SIDE INN (Sunset).
obb and Nobb (the Village Blacksmiths), Messrs. Batter
ren Clatter ; afterwards Sprites, The Brothers Elliot ;
aa4.l rllb.le stout (Mine Host of the " Leather Bottle), Mr. Arfa-
ituritu, Cuminsir (Head Waiter), Mr. Readytongue ; Yesser
lloser (his Assistants), Messrs. Cut and Run ; Cook, Mr.
ce,esstevrell; Boots, Mr. Tizzy ; Chambermaid, Miss Bobaday ;
ieant Kite (a Recruiting Officer-afterwards Pantaloon),
Denim Jolanso " The Justice" (one of the " Great Un-
paid" afterwards Clown), Tom Matthews ; Flipper and.
Flunkey (11!,s Footman) Messrs. Cringe and Crawley ; Re-
etoo Messrs. Gawky, Gaby, Grimm, Glumm, Gabble, and
ErinaltwaS' ; Fifer, Mr. Tootle ; Drummer, Mr. Rowdydow ;
1-„,"°PPer and Chawbacon (Agricultural Labourers), Messrs.
$„
-"'lJkin. and Joskyn.
The sparks from the anvil amorous and hammer-us-The
Ir,;°k struck whilst it is hot-The Lover's Sonnet- The Jus-
cala tongue and course of True Love-neither running
smooth --" List, list, oh, list !"-which ho does-The cense-
(lnenees thereof, and how Serjeant Kite, being the Author of
a great Military Work, gets a good Review.
Fourth Age-" The Soldier."
" Then a Soldier,
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sadden and quick in quarrel,
Peking the bubble reputation, even in the cannon's mouth,'
OLD ABBEY RUINS (Evening).
'Ph° 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 workfawake,
The wondrous change that only love can make."
Tole Spirit of Love, Miss Wadham-Cupid (her Messenger),
Master Mischief.
Hope, Joy, Desire, Happiness, Truth, Delight, Rapture,
••••oniance, &c., by Misses Richardson, E. Richardson, L.
Holey, &e,
Rapid, Mechanical, and Marvellous 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 Mdlles. Therese, Marian Leos, &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. Grumblowell ; Constable, Mr,
Hardstaff; Villagers, Messrs. Gape, Grin, Stare, Shiver
Tremble, Delve, fie. A memorable Sentence and a recent
Period put to it -The Coantry Squire and the Effects of a
meat Cause-How the Justice loses his Heir, and how the
Fugitives become bawled a:Ar.
Sixth Age -" The Lean and Slippered Pantaloon."
The Ruined Cottage of Old Age-Winter-Firelight. Old Ago
(sans teeth, sans eyes, sans teeth, sans taste, sans everything),
Mr. Ceatenarian.
Seventh Age-sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans every•
thine,
tai., Sudden Talismanic Dissolving of the Snow to the
BRIGHT REALMS OF PERPETUAL SUMMER.
Double Pantomimic Transmogrification.
The Two Harlequins ... Signor Verroni and Herr Furth.
The Two Columbines Mme. Boleno and Marie Charles.
The Two Pantaloons Messrs. Tanner and Detain Johnson
The Two Sprites Tit 0 Brothers Elliott.
The Two Clowns ... El. rry Boleno and Tom Matthews.
A SCENE OF INTEREST-TWO TO ONE-Boleno.
Buttered Peas-Cheese it Taking the Pledge-Pop't up-
pop't in, and pop't out-Equal Division-Principal and In
terest -How to evade the Act-Betting versus Cigars-
" What's the odds so long as you're happy l"-The Right Tip
-How to raise the Wind-The Odds to the Hod-List, oh,
list 1--Wrong to-back-her, and no Returns-Settling Day, a
regular Settler-Gone for the Leger-In for the Oaks-A
Bankrupt's Stock, and a Case of Bale, concluding with a
regular Smash
A SCENE OF INDUSTRY.-Boleno.
A sweet Place-Honesty the best Policy-Honey and Whacks
(Wax)-Rising Steps and Steps Rising-Catching Bees all a
Hum-It Beehoves you to Beehave when you attack a Bee-
hive-Swarming and Warming-Enlarged Heads upon a New
Principle-Domestic Bees -Long Needles-Royal Summons
-Arrival of Queen Bee and Suite-Grand Charge-Tableau.
SCENE OF EXCITEMENT-PARIS EXHIBITION-A
CAFE BESIEGED.-Boleno.
The Meeting of All Nations (Russian excepted)-Fratemisa,-,
tion-Cordiality of the Allies-" All the World's a Stage
his
:
-Arrival of the World and his Wife, and. the whole o
Family, co•nmencing with their Eldest Daughter, the Fa-
shionable World ;" followed by the " taorting World •
'' the
" Dramatic World ;" the " World upside down ;" the `• Wide
World. ;" the " Wicked World ;" and the " World in Arms."
Lodgings at a Premium-Not a bed to be had-" My
is on the cold (coal) Ground"-Clown and Pantaloon go Down
to Bea..._.a. Lodging
A Sweet Good Night to all."
A SCENE OF CONFUSION (LAID IN BEDS).
" To bed, to bed"-" 'Tis when to Sleep the World retires"
-The Night Mare, which makes Clown a little hoarse-As
Thick as Three in a bed-A Night Concert, which dis-concerts
the Lodgers -" We won't go home till morning"-Putting
them on the Shelf-Natives and a Settler-The War Whoop,
the War Dance; and a Warming-pan Accompaniment-Fire !
Fire! Fire! The House in an Uproar-Speedy Exit of some
of the Lodgers, which finishes with " Confusion worse con-
founded."

Scott's Tavern, Haymarket, and Samuel Brothers, Ludgate-
hill—Measures and men—Wits and Skits at Everything and
Everything—lnns and Outs— Shoe-black Brigade—A Polished
Gentleman—Comic Duet between the Clown and a Blacking.
Bottle —Howlett's IDO'Dye_A Dyer's Material —A Dire Art
Coloured Imitation Sydenam
for Falsehood framed—
w h
Trousers—Height of Fashion__Genuine Malt and Hops—All-
sopp's Pale Ale—The East and the West—Scott's Lot, and a
Race for Public Favour.
NUMBER ONE, LONDON.
A Visit ,to Dakin's Tea Establishment, St. Paul's—" In to
Apes est"—Bohemians and Teetotallers—Great Drawing Mate-
rials —The Magic Chest and the Enchanted Teapot—Clown
gets Tea in it, and Pantaloon gets into Hot Water in conse-
quence—Omnibus Companies on the Old System and the New
System, and the System that don't assist 'em—Strong Opposi-
'tion, and final discovery of the " Right Men in their Right
Places"—Whack, bang, flip-flap, hey, presto, and Change to
"LAST SCENE OF ALL that eutts this strange eventful
History."
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Cloth of Gold.
Triumph of the real Clown FLEXMORE.
Sixth Night of Grand Operatic Drama.—Sixth Appear-
ance in London of Professor AN D ERSON as ROB ROY, as
performed by him in Scotland, and in all the Theatres of Ame-
rica. Sixth Night of Les Cordages Aeriens, by M. E.
Boutellier, the Italian Brothers (M. G. Laristi and Messrs.
Candler, fils),who will introduce their most novel and startling
performance in the course of the Pantomime.
THIS EVENING will be presented the Grand Operatic
Drama of ROB ROY, with all the original Songs, Choruses,
and Dances, including the whole of Sir H. Bishop's celebrated
Music. The Drama will be represented as it is played in
Glasgow. Rob Roy, Professor Anderson ; Rashleigh Osbal-
diston, Mr. Stuart; Francis Osbaldiston, Mr. George Perren ;
Major Galbraith, Mr. S. Cowell; Bailie Nicol Jarvie, Mr.
Gourlay ; The Dougal, Mr. Harry Pearson; Helen Macgregor,
Mrs. J. W. Wallack ; Diana Vernon, Miss Harriet Gordon.
To conclude with the Grand, National, -Historical, and
Chivalric PANTOMIME, which has been so long in Prepara-
tion, and on the Production of which so large an expense has
been incurred, of

YE BELLE ALLIANCE; or.
ELARLEQUIN GOOD HUMOUR AND YE FIELDE
OF YE CLOTFIE`OF GOLDE ;

Being a LEGEND of the MEETING of the MONARCHS.
" It was a marvellous sweete 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, com-
manding two great Nations, that bade been so long rivals and
enemies, instead of leading hostile armies to desolate and
destroye, meet in that peaceful valleye, and embrace like
brothers, in the sighte of the choice nobilitie of either land."
—The Chroniclers.

The Pantomime invented, arranged, and produced by Mr.
A. Harris, with the same attention to Scenery, Costumes,
and Effects, which has characterised the proaluctions of " Ri-
goletto," "II Trovatore," " L'Etoile du Nord," and the
various Operas lately produced at this, the recognised chief
Theatre in Europe for Spectacular Display. The entirely New
and most elaborate Scenery Painted by and under the Super-
intendence
of Mr. WILLIAM BEVERLEY, assisted by
14.alss._Cutil4bert, C414.70,r,,. tuft.
numerous Assistants. Openin! wtitten'by Mr. GeTrde
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
Mr. William Dorrington. The New Spectacular Designs by
M. Guerin, of Paris. The Extensive and Complicated Machi-
nery by Mr. H. Sloman and numerous Assistants The Ori-
ginal and Ultra-Grotesque Masks by Mr. G. Ewing. The
Novel and Costly Properties by Mr. Prescott, assisted by Mr.
Moreland. The Ladies' Costumes by Mrs. James. assisted by
Mr. Beauchamp. The Gentlemen's Costumes by Mr. Smithers,
assisted by Mr. Lawrence. The Armoury Department by
Mr. Hogg. The Chappellerie by Mrs. Walker. Copyist,
Mr. Horton. Prompter, Mr. Rance. Perruquier, Mr. Rick-
ards, of Brydges-sheet, Covent-garden. The Novel Gas
Arrangements by Mr. Palmer and Assistants. The Whole
Production being under the Immediate Superintendence of
Mr. A. HARRIS. _

Scene I.
THE CAVERNS OF THE GNOME BRITANNICUS IN

SUBTERRANEAN U SSIA.
Gnomes—Britannicus (a fine old English Gnome), one 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
shape 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,
Hicks, Arlington, Cleveland, Granville, Losh, Brown, Page,
Gregory, Rose, Kendall, Martinez, Gosselin, Turtle, Ford,
Stewart, Ranee, and Clare.
Assistant Gnomes—Blue Fire, Mr. Williams ; rhos ph orus-
ton, Mr. Sanmels ; Caudescentington, Mr. A. Smith ; Match-
well, Mr. Saunders • Ignisfatty, Mr. P. A. James ; Red-
blazes, Mr. Voller ; Cratervomit, Mr. Spindle ; Torchlight,
Mr. Jailer ; Blazoton, Mr. Parkes ; Sulphurite, Mr. Topham ;
Flamington, Mr. Paxman ; Gassington, Ms. B. Brown ; Crater-
vomit, Mr. Simkins ; Hotspark, Mr. J. Jones; Illummoso,
Mr. Blockey ; Nitrebank, Mr. Pratt.

Scene ll_
THE LAND'S END, CORNWALL, WITH THE CAR

OF THE DRAGONS.

Good Humour—(a familiar spirit, whose familiarity is eon-
'wive to the very reverse of contempt. The prettiest patio in
he whole volume of the Pantomime)—Miss Harriet Gordou.

Diorama—No. 'l.
THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON'S ARRIVAL IN
LONDON,
And his Enthusiastic Reception.
Diorama—No. 2.
QUEEN VICTORIA'S VISIT TO NAPOLEON'S
TOMB,
In the Hotol des Invalides at Paris.
" And o'er that shrine tha last Remembrance quench
Of Malice 'twist the English and the French !"
Scene 111.

THE DECK OF " THE GRE AT HARRY," FOUR

DECKER,

28 Guns (the first English Mau-of-War). The vessel lyin,
alcng3ide the Quay at Dover, with