The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-27 00:00:00

SURREY.

The Christmas pantomime at this popular temple
of Momus is founded upon the old fairy tale,
" Cinderella and the Glass Slipper." Several of
the scenes are really magnificent—indeed, the
closing scene, representing the volunteer review in
Hyde-park, is of itself sufficient to make the. Surrey
pantomime a favourite with the public,

A STLEY'S.
The pantomime,
entitled " Harlequin and the
Wonderful Horse ; or, Grtn.iosa and Percinet," is
from the pen of Mr. T. L. Greet-Mood, a gentleman
well known in the theatrical world As
having been
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connected as lessee with Sadler's Wellite The design
the horse element in it—is to show the folly and
inconvenience of evil passions, as illustrated by
of the plot—which of course has a strong
Ugly Duchess and the Greedy King, and the success
attendant in fostering these nobler qualities of our
nature, as exemplified by Graciosa and Percinet.
Groguan, the Ugly Duchess, and the Greedy King
persecute Graciosa and Percinet to the utmost
extent, until rescued by the aid of the Wonderful
Horse, who by the Spirit of Pantomime are wafted
to a state of hakpiness, elaborately displayed in the
grand transformation scene, entitled " The Apo-
theosis of Apollo," in the sunlit region of the Fairy
Muses. The Spirit of Pantomime here appears, and,
as usual, commands the several metamorphoses—
"Calling on Percinet, light, elegant, and gay,
As lively Harlequin, to lead the way."
Graciosa thus becomes Columbine; the Ugly
Duchess, Pantaloon ; and the Greedy King, Clown;
to each of whom she addresses the following lines:—
" The course now ready, I the signal give,
In scenes of mirth for ono short hour to Jim"
Harlegnin- here takes his magic wand, and by its
all-povikerful aid performs the several pantomimic
tricks. The small part that Miss Emily Scott had
assigned to her (Prince Percinet) was very credit-
ably performed.
Miss Dalton was most painstaking as Columbine,
and the applause she received was well merited ;
whilst Mr. James Cooke as Clown (his first appear-,
ance in that character), Mr. Sylvester as Harlequin,
and Mr. G. Perks as Pantaloon, kept up the spirit
and mirth of the performance.
The scenery, by Mr. H. Cuthbert, was beautifully
painted, and met with general admiration. The
tricks and contrivances were clever and ingenious,
and under the inspiring power of the Spirit of Pan-
tomime, Mrs. Thorne, the entertainment—through-
out a very excellent pne—ended with the grand
scene entitled the " Apotheosis of Apollo i5l the
Sunlit Region of the Fairy Muses," and a hea.rtY
round of applause from the house. Mr. Batty de-
serves well, and we hope his Christmas enterprise
will meet with the success which it merits.

, SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE.
r he new Christmas pantomime is entitled,
" Harlequin Sinbad the Sailor, or the Fairy of the
Diamond Valley and the little old Man of the Sca,"
the title of which will call forth many happy re-
collections of juvenile days, when the Arabian
nights' entertainments unfailingly charmed and
fascinated the youthful mind. Tha opening, in
the form of an extravaganza, has been entrusted to
the experienced hand of Mr. E. L. Blanchard, who
has drawn upon the commercial treaty with France
for some of his humorous incidents. The characters
in the pantomime consist of Mr. Martin, as Harle-
.
gum ; Mr. Frederick Lauri, Clown ; Mr. Edward
Lauri, Pantaloon ; and Miss Phoebe Lauri as
Columbine. There are the usual variety of tricks,
which called forth much amusement and laughter,
and some very good dancing by a numerous corps
de ballet. The pantomime, on the whole, went off
very successfully, and greatly to the delight of an
audience which filled to overflowing every available
spot in the theatre.