The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-24 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Lessee, 11r. E. T. SMITH.
NOTIC E.—The Lessee respectfully informs the Nobility,
PatronsFOR,THE FIRST and Supporters
TIME," he ef this eleg ill
tll attempt a G Theatre, thatr and,
"
Pantomime. The greatest care has been taken to produce
and make it suitable to the taste of children. Every objec-
tionable matter has been omitted in the Harlequinade,
which has always been considered too long and tedious,
and the Lessee has studied the tastes of the junior branches
of society, for whom, at this season of the year, this par-
ticular entertainment is produced.
There tyill be Morning Performances of the Pantemime
on Saturdszys, December 29, January 5 and 12, at Two
o'clock prec.lsely.
On Wedne.lday, Boxing-day, December 26th, 1860, and
*Yeti evening Liuring the week, an original Opera, entitled,
QUEEN TOPAZE.
Raphael (a Captain')
rich Barbiano ~"Itich -Vene-
• ....
tian)
1 Mr. PATEY.
FrancatripPa ,
(Gipsies) • • • • • • t Mr. TERROTT.
Fritellino
_ _ Mr. BARTLEMAN.

Gritti
Zeno (Mr. BEALE.
N Mr. ST. ALBYN.
Loredano (Young Venetian
Manfred Nobles) Vr. BAKER.
THOMPSON.
Bembo
Topaze (a Gipsy)
Countess Flioniela ALESSANDRI.
Hostess of an Inn Miss
_HEMMING.
Nobles, Ladies, Male and Female. Gipsies.
The scene is laid at Venice, 1,"2,.
After which (the first ever represented a t ner Majesty's
Theatre) will be produced, an entirely New and Original
Grand Musical, Magical, and Comical Burl,lsque Ballet
Pantomime, founded on one of the most popular ' of our Old
National Stories, and entitled
HARLEQUIN AND TOM THUMB ;
OR, MERLIN THE MAGICIAN AND THE GO,9D
FAIRIES OF THE COURT OF KING ARTHUit“
The Scenery, entirely new, under the superintendence
Mr, WILLIAM BEVERLEY. Artists, Mr. CHARLES
BREW, Mr. SANDERS, &c., &c., &c. The Overture,
Choruses, and the whole of the Music composed by J. H.
TULLY. The Libretto by Mr. E. L. BLANCHARD,
and the whole produced under the direction of Mr. ROBERT
ROBBY, assisted by Mr. R. PHILLIPS. The Panto-
mimic Physiognomy and Designs forthe Dresses by DYK-
WYNKYN. The Machinery by Mr. Tucker. The Tricks
and Properties by Mr. NEEDHAM, Mr. GLINDON, and
Mr. H. ADAMS. The Costumes by Miss DICKINSON
and Mons. LAURI. The Harlequin ade by the LAURI
FAMILY.
INTERIPR OF GAFFER THUMB'S COTT KGB.
Gaffer Thumb. Mr. Forster.
Goody 'Thumb. Mrs. Linden.
Merlin (the Wizard of the Early Ages, and Professor of
Parlour Magic) Mr Dixon.
I-locus POCliff, Popalorum, Shixtum Stixtum, Cockalorum
Jig (his Four Familiars)
Masters Quick, Pass, Fly, and Begone.
Tom Thumb (" The abridgement of all that is pleasing in
man." Engaged especially for Juvenile Patrons)
LILIA ROSS.
Schoolboys.. Masters Hop, Skip, Jump, Trap, Bat, Ball,
Chevy, &c.,' &c.
" The famotts magician Merlin, being once in a dark
forest, when he wanted food and rest called at a poor man's
cottage. The Good Dame grieved, and shed many tears,
because she was MO lonely all day long, as she and her
husband wanted a little child to keep them company. My
husband,' quoth she, would be happy if he had but a child
no bigger than his thumb, and so—."—Legend of
Thomas Thumb.
RosEWATER LAKE
OF THE AND
ROMI RANTIC HAUNT
FES.

Rosalie (Queen of the Fairies) Miss Mason.
Frangipani, Musk, Petcheuli, Verbena, Heliotrope, Ron-
doletta, Violet, Moss Rose, Sweetbriar, Eglantine, Car-
nation, Bergamont Jasmin, Myrtle, Lavender, Eau de
Cologne, &c., &c.
Attendants, Toilet Fairies Mdlles.
" And he danced with the young Fairies, whose eyes
were like diamonds and whose hair was like silver thread,
and \vhose skin wag white and smooth like ivory, and they
gave him wine made of the sweet smelling wild flowers."—
The Leemd.
GAFFER THUMB'S COTTAGE.
Tom the Tinker Mr. Solderwell.
" Once he got into a playfellow's bag of cherry stones,
and was shaken din-lost to death for his tricks ; and another
time he fell into a large batter pudding, and the pudding
was put to boil, but he ,kicked about in it so violently that
his mother thought some evil spirit was in the pot, so she
gave it to the Tinker, when—."—The Legend.
FARM YARD AND DISTANT COUNTRY.
"Another time his mother 6;3,1 him to a thistle, whilst
she milked the,Cow, and the Cow did eat the thistle, but he
kicked about so in the Cow's throat that he was soon up
again in his mother's apron ; when a great Crow
The Legend.
TURRETS AND TERRACE OF GIANT'S CASTLE.
Hurlothrumbo (the Giant) ....... Mr. Feefawfolum.
" The Crow dropped him on the top of the Giant's Castle,
when the Giant swallowed him, but he was soon glad to give
him up. and he fell into the sea where —"—The Legend.
BANQUETING lIA,LL IN THE PALACE OF
KING ARTIIUR.
King Arthur ("Ile was a goodly King." Minstrel of the
Period) ...., Mr E. St. Albyn.
His Cook
His Scullion
Huncafnunca (his Daughter) —.Miss Highbury Barnes.
His Knights of the Round Table by distinguised repre-
sentatives of the days of ancient chivalry, and laustrat-
ing a Long Knight, a Short Knight, a Green Knight,
a Dark Knight, a Wet Knight, a Baron Knight, a Box-
ing Knight, &cc., &c. The Discovery! The Recovery !
And the Catastrophe!
" My name is Tom Thumb, from the fairies I come.
Vi hen King Arthur shone, this Court was my own.
In me he delighted ; by him I was knighted ;
Did you never hear of Sir Thomas Thumb I*"
Metrical Legend.

Changing to

THE CHAMELEON TEMPLE OF THE FAIRIES.
GRAND MAGICAL METAMORPHOSIS.
Harlequin, )Jr. J. Lauri. Columbine, Miss Jenny Lauri.
Clown, Mr, C. Lauri. Pantaloon, Mr. H. Lauri.
Sprites by the celebrated Arabs.
NoncE.—During the Pantomime the doors open at
Half-past Six, commence at Seven o'clock.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY - LANE.
Lessee, Mr. F. T. SMITH.
NOTICE.—The Lessee has much pleasure in announcing
his Ninth Pantomime at this national establishment. Every
care has been bestowed on it to make it suitable to the taste
of his patrons who have honoured the theatre with their
presence, and have pronounced the Pantomimes under his
management superior to any 'produced. Great objections
have been made as to the length of the comic scenes in
pantomime. This has also undergone the necessary prun-
ing, and the pantomime will be so arranged as to leave off
at Half-past Eleven, that the audience may avail themselves
of the late Trains. The Lessee, having selected Wednes-
day morning for eight years for his morning performance,
begs to inform his friends the Pantomime will commence
every Wednesday at two o'clock.
Re-engagement of Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES MATHEWS.
On WEDNESDAY, Dec. 26, 1860, and during the week,
her Majesty's servants will perform a now Comedy, in
two acts, entitled
THE ADVENTURES OF A BILLET-DOUX.

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Principal Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, 11Ir.
Tilbury, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews,
Miss E. Arden, Miss H. Howard, &c.
After which the new Grand Comic Christmas Annual,
which, for a considerable time having engrossed the atten-
tion of every department, will be produced on a scale of
unprecedented magnitude and magnificence, under the
title of

PETER WILKINS ; or, HARLEQUIN and the FLY-
ING WOMEN of the LOADSTONE ISLAND.
Founded on the most remarkable and beautiful romance
in the English language, written early in the last century,
and recording the " Life and Adventures of Peter Wil-
kins," a Cornish man, relating particularly his shipwreck
near the South Pole, his wonderful passage through a sub-
terraneous cavern into a kind of new world, his there meet-
ing with a. Gaurey, or Flying Woman, whose life he pre-
serves, and whom he afterwards married, and his extra-
ordinary conveyance to the country of Glumms and Gauries
or Men and IVOmen. that Fly. The new and splendid
scenery by Mr. WILLIAM BEVERLEY (to whom is
due the merit of originating and bringing to perfection the
present state of grand scenic effects now adopted at this sea-
son of the year by every theatre in the kingdom), assisted
by Messrs. H. CRAVEN, C. PITT, GOMPERTZ
BREW, &c., &c. The Overture and Music composed
and arranged by Mr. J. H. TULLY. The Grotesque
Burlesque Opening invented and written by E. I. BLAN-
CHARD, author of the great Drury lane Pantomimes for
the last eight years. The whole- arranged and produced
under the superindence of Mr. ROBERT ROXBY.
The Masks, personal Appointments, and designs for the
Costumes, from the best authorities, by DYKWYNKYN.
'roe Machinery by Mr. F. TUCKER and Assistants.
The Tricks, Properties, Changes, and Transformations by
14r.- NEEDHAM, assisted by Messrs. H. LANGAN,
PALMER
11. ADAMS. &c. The CostumeS by Mr.
A and Miss DICKENSON. The Gas Appoint-
ments HINCKLEY. The Dances and Chore-
graphicn(3ll`
Arrangements by Mr. CORMACK. The Comic
ke. Scenes by Messrs. HULINE, CORINIACK, R. POWER.
Programme of the Incidents and Scenery :
A TIN MINE IN CORNWALL.
Black Ralph (eaPtain of the Mr. Glindon.
Peter Wilkins (a Miner)
Mr. W. Templeton.
The Earl Polwholfoltolderyddel Fitz Arthur. Trevanion
Constantia (his Daw-Thter}
... Mr. R. Power.
Y know the Cornish Men."
and Pen, ye •••• • • . . Miss Conway.
" By Tre, Pot,
Miners ...... Messrs. Tr,,ern.or
troop, r myt Trem
eeirnicendus, Politticks, Pol-
k, Poldig, Pendeve,
pencutaY, &c., ste.
Feldsvur (Chief of the Kobolds or goblins of the Aline)
Mr.,parsby.
Little Kobolds or Goblins of the Mine.
Ti
s lip, Tap,
-6-413,Tatpe, Nip, Flip,
How Peter is struck by the bard hands of r,
—lack Ralai
and the soft% eyes of the fair Constantin, and
being driven to extremities, he takes a medium
knocking
Spirits crr
s 5
ea and r
gets a true communication per raps from t,e knockin
Spirits of the Mine—The Divining Rod—tile Magiera
Mysteries of tine Crystal, and the change to
ELFIN LAND IN THE'CRYSTAL SPHERE
Nymphidia (Queen of the Elves—with
an original Song,
composed by Mr. J., H. Tully, "Starlight, Starlight")
Miss 11. Howard,
;Mlles.

Attendant Elves
GRAND BALLET FANTASTIC/UR
How Peter, having become invisible, finds, though out of
sight, he is not out of mind, and how the Elfin warning is?
receives causes him to change his situation.
TREVANION CASTLE, ON THE CORNISH COAST,
NEAR THE LAND'S END.
Cornish Milk Girl Miss Pollychalk.
Baker's Boy Master Treble.
Maid Servant Miss Allwork.
Cornish Fisherman Mr. Pennylot.
Jeat nes (the Head Footman), , Mr. Redplush.
Black Page Master Bob Ridley,
Domestics of the Castle, Messrs Fag, Brag, Lag, Gag, Tag,
Rag, and Bobtail.
Cornish 'Wreckers, Messrs. Smash, Crash, Dash, Flash,
Splash, Breakup, and Goaway.
Jack-Robinson (firs t male of theAd venturer) Mr. T.Mat thews
Giles Grogrum (the Pilot)
Second Mate.. Mr. Rigout.
119 W Peter runs away and goes to 'ea, aid how the ,