The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-21 00:00:00

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January 14, 186 re.
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THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.
Lessee, Mr. E. T. SMITH.
Acting Manager, Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS.
Stage Mauager;Vr. ROBERT ROXBY.
lbw 141 X office open daily, from Ten till Six o'clock, under the
superintendence of Mr, Edward Chatterton.
The REDUCED PRIG' § at this Theatre as follow :—Pri-
vale boxes, to hold two persons, 10s. 6cl. (Es. for each person
extra); on the grand tier, one guinea ; proscenium and stage
- boxes., 2/, 25.; galleries, ld. and ls. ; pit, 2s. ; upper boxes,
Is. 64- ; 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 Novel and Original
Inductive, Instructive Anti-Hypochondriacal, Periodical,
Episodical, Magical, Instructive,
Logical, Chronological, Gra-
phical, Chorographical, Philosophical, Cryptographical,
Parabolical, Symbolical, Rhythmical, Mimical, Academical,
Mechanical, Technical, Pyrotechnical, Historical, Harmo-
ideal, Heroical, Typical, Allegorical, Metaphorical, Chime-
rical, Satirical, Historical, Metrical, Symmetrical, Lyrical,
Musical, Practical; Poetical, Whimsical, Fantastic, and Side
Shakespearean new
GRArtin COMIC CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME,
Which for many for many weeks past has engaged the ex-
tensive and unrivalled resources of this establishment, and
which will now appear under the additional, traditional,
and. peculiarly suggestive title of
HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE ; or, Harlequin King Nonsense
and the Seven Ages of Man.
The Sceneiy entirely New, painted by and under the super-
iutendence of Mr. William Beverley, assisted by Messrs.
dames, Wilson, Gompertz, and numerous assistants.
The Machinery by Mr. Tucker and assistants. The Pro-
• ' Parties, Decorations, &e., 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 Dykwynkyn, Artist in Panto-
mimic 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 Boleno, Glindon, and
E.
L. Blanchard. The Grotesque Burlesque Opening in-
vented and written by E. L. Blanchard, Author of " Harle-
quin Hudibra.s," " King Humming-top," " Jack and Jill,"
4c. ; and the whole arranged and produced under the super-
intendence of Mr. Robert Roxby.
First of the Seven Ages --" The Infant."
HALL OF NURSERY RHYMES,
In the dominions of King Nonsense.
Heroes of Nursery Literature.
Jack Sprat, Mr. Eatnofat ; Simple Simon, Mr. Tom Noddy ;
Little Jack Horner, Master Plummy • Little Bo Peep, Miss
Portywiuks ; Little Tommy Tucker, Master Singsong ;
liumpty Dumpty, 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 ; King Nonsense (the Ruler of a great
many Lines), Mr. Glindon; Spirit of Common Sense (on an
occasional visit), Miss Fanny Reeves ; Baby in Cradle, Little
Toddlekins ; Routine and Re etape (banished to Noodledom),
Messrs. Musty and Rusty ; Old Friends and New Faces
" They have their Exits and their Entrances."
Second Age —" 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 Verropi ;
Hobbedyhoy (his schoolfellow—afterwards Clown) Harry Bo-
leno ; Dr. Birch (the Village Schoolmaster—afterwards Pan-
taloon) Mr. G. Tanner; His Pupils, Masters Fagg, Bragg,
Wagg, Nagg, Lagg, Magg, Stagg, 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 Pre ttywell-cum-Thankye).
Miss Buckram; Her Pupils—Misses Prattle, Rettle, Giggle,
Sniggle, Goggle, Joggle, Fangle, Dangle, Sidle, Ogle, Romp,
Flirt, Slypuss, and Simperwell ; Hobson (the Village Carrier),
Mr. Packer ; Bun-woman, Mrs. Goody.
Sums summed 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 Hopefulwants 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. Birch bowled out.
Third Age— " The Lover."
" Then the Lover,
Sighing like furnace with woful ballad
. ,
' t Made to his Mistress's eyebro,ya."
BI.44IISMITH'S FORGE AND ROAD-SIDE INN (Sunset).
; . wteebb' and Nobb (the Village Blacksmiths), Messrs. Batter
;*.nd ,-Clatter ; afterwards Sprites, The Brothers Elliot ;
Doublestout (Mine Host of the " Leather Bottle), Mr. Aria-
cuminsir (Head Waiter), Mr. Readytongue ; Yesser
tag Scissor (his Assistants), Messrs. Cut and Run ; Cook, Mr.
Zaatewill; Boots, Mr. Tizzy ; Chambermaid, Mists Bobaday ;
~ lierjeAt Kite (a Recruiting Officer—afterwards Pantaloon),
'Dentin Johnson ; The Justice" (one of the " Great Un-
paid" -afterwards Clown), Tonl bla.l4l.aws ; Flipper and
Fluakey (his Footman) Messrs. Cringe aud Crawley ; Re-
• emits, Nessrs. Gawky, Gaby, Grimm, Glumm, Gabble, and
Grinaway ; Fifer, Mr. Tootle ; Drummer, Mr. Rowdydow ;
. Clodhopper and Chawbacon (Agricultural Labourers), Messrs.
Bumpkin and Joskyn.
'!he sparks from the anvil amorous and hammer-us—The
bon struck whilst it is hot—The Lover's Sonnet- The Jus-
sloe's tongue and course of True Love—neither running
smooth—" List, list, oh, list !"—which he does—The conse-
quences 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, 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 Wadham—Cupid (her Messenger),
Master Mischief.
,a_Hope, Joy, Desire, Happiness, Truth, Delight, Rapture,
'lloinatee, dm., by Misses Richardson, E. Richardson, L.
Homy; dtc.
Eapid;llechanieal, and Marvellous Scenic Metamorphosis,
revealing
, . THE ABODE OF LOVE.
Illitmined by the Electric Light of One Hundred Bright Eyes.
Grend: Ballet d'Amour—Principal Dancer, Miss Rosina
Wright, assisted by Mdlles. 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 ;
Aud so he plays his part."
JUSTICE HALL IN THE OLD MANOR HOUSE,
TWILIGHT.
Farmer Whackstraw, Mr. Grumblewell ; Constable, Mr.
' Hardstaff; Villagers, Messrs. Gape, Grin, Stare, Shiver,
Tremble, Delve, ,Itc. A memorable Sentence and a recent
Period put to it—The Country Squire and the Effects of a
great Cause—How the Justice ldses his Heir, and how the
Fugitives become bawled after.
Sixth Age —" The Lean and Slippered Pantaloon."
_ The Ruined Cottage of Old. Age—Winter—Firelight. Old. Age
(sans teeth, sans eyes, sans teeth, sans taste, sans everything),
Mr. Centenarian.
Seventh Age—sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans every-
thing."
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 Deulin Johnson
The Two Sprites The Brothers Elliott.
The Two Clowns Harry Boleno and Tom Matthews.
A SCENE OF INTER&ST—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 !"—The Right Tip
—How to raise the Wind—The Odds to the Hod—List, oh,
list I- Wrong to-back-her, and no Returns—Settling Day, a
regular Settler—Gone for the Leger—ln for the Oaks—A
Bankrupt's Stock, and a (Case of Bale, concluding with a
regular Smash .
A SCENE OF INDUSTRY.—BoIeno.
A sweet Place—Honesty the best Policy—Honey and Whacks
(Wax)—Rising Steps and Steps Rising—Catching Bees all a
Hum—lt 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.—BoIeno.
The Meeting of All Nations (Russian excepted)—Fraternisa-
tion—Cordiality of the Allies —" All the World's a Stage 1"
- —Arrival of the World and his Wife, and the whole of his
Family, commencing with their Eldest Daughter, the " Fa-
shionable World ;" followed by the " sporting World ;" the
" Dramatic World ;" the "World upside down;" the " Wide
' Work' -" the " Wicked World ;" and the " World in Arms."
r
Lodgings at a Premium—Not a bed to be had—" My Lodging
is on the cold (coal) Ground"—Clown and Pantaloon go Down
to Bed—" A Sweet Good Night to all."
• A. SCENE OF CONFUSION (LAID IN BEDS).
"To bed, to bed"—"'Tis when to Sleep the World retires"
—Tile 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."

THE WEST END AND THE CITY.
Seott's Tavern, Haymarket and Samuel Brothers, Ludgate-
hiLl—Measures and men—Hits and Skits at Everything and
. . Everything—lnns and Outs-- Shoe-black Brigade—A Polished
tUrentleman—Comic Duet between the Clown and a Blacking-
Itottle —Howlett's Hair Dye—A Dyer's Material—A Dire Art
For Falsehood framed— Coloured Imitations—The Sydenham
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
g
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-
Con, 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 end, this strange eventful
History."
Doors open at Half-past Six, and commence at Seven.

P. 7511

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN.
Lessee for the Christmas Pantomime,
Mr. J. H. ANDERSON.
Immense success of the great Pantomime of the Field of the
Cloth of Gold.
Triumph of the real Clown FLEXMORE.
Seventh Night of Grand Operatic Drama.—Seventh Appear-
ance in London of Professor ANDERSON as ROB ROY, as
performed by him in Scotland, and in all the Theatres of Ame-
rica.— Seventh Night of Les Cordages Aeriens, by M. E.
Bontellier, the Italian Brothers (M. G. Laristi and Messrs.
Candler, tils),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 Perron ;
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 iu Prepara-
tion, and on the Production of which so large an expense has
been incurred, of
YE BELLE ALLIANCE; or,
HARLEQUIN GOOD HUMOUR AND YE FIELDE
OF YE CLOTHE OF GOLDE ;
Being a LEGEND of the MEETING of the MONARCHS.
" It was a marvellous sweete and goodly() sight to see those
two Princes, in the flowere of their age, in the height of their
strengthe and in the dignitie of their manlye beautye, com-
manding two great Nations, that hade been so long rivals and
enemies, instead of leading hostile armies to desolate and
destroy(), 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 productions 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
Messrs. Cuthbert, C. Adams, W. Shalders, W. Glover, and
numerous Assistants. The Openinz written by Mr. George
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
Dances arranged by Mr. Benjamin Barnett. The Comic Tricks
invented by the Brothers Brough, Mr. A. Harris, and
Mr. 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-
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. Tho 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-street, Covent-garden. The Novel Gas
Arrangements by Mr. Palmer and Assistants. The Whole
Production being under the Immediate Superintendence of
Mr. A. HARRIS. _

I.
THE CAVERNS OF THE Scene
GNOME BRITANNICUS IN
SUBTERRANEAN U SSIA.
Gnomes —Britaunicus (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-
..dultcrated British Spirit, strongly opposed to anything '7l the
-line of Foreign Wines, French Brandy, and great in his be-
lief in Beer, 'Baccy, Bcef, 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, Rauoe, and Clare
Assistant Gnomes—Blue Fire, Mr. Williams ; Phosphorus-
ton, Mr. Samuels ; Candescentington, Mr. A. Smith ; Match.
well, Mr. Saunders ; Ignisfatty, Mr. P. A. James ; Red.
~lazes, Mr. Voller ; Cratervomit, Mr. Spindle ; Torchlight,
Jaffer ; Blazeton, Mr. Parkes ; Sulphurite, To pham ;
Flamington, Mr. Paxman ; Gassington, Ms. B. Brown ; Crater-
vomit, Mr. Simkins ; Hotspark, Mr. J. Jones; Illuminoso,
Mr. Blockey ; Nitrebauk, Mr. Pratt.
Scene 11.
THE LAND'S END, CORN WALL, WITH THE CAR