The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-31 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY•LANE.
Immense Holiday Attraction.

TIM EVENING will be performed 13alfe's grand Opera, TUE
AUGHTER OF ST. MARK.
After which will be repeated the Grand Christmas Harlequimule,
allei PECK'S PANTOMIME ; or, Harlequin and Robinson Crusoe.
rht. principal characters by the unrivalled pantomime artistes,
Messrs. W. H. Payne, Wieland, T. Matthews, Howell, and Miss
!larson.

SCENE 1. An " Attic " Story. Author (in distress for many
things, but principally for a pantomime subject), Mr. fiance ;
Pnck (Envoy from the Court of King Oberon, with powers to pro-
vide the usual Christmas inn for " Children all, both great and small,"
Miss A. Payne. flow Puck gives new life to the author by giving
life to his attic, which occasions an extraordinary stir on the pre-
mises, and introduces an extensive circle of old acquaintances ; h)iv
Mews. Puck and Author form themselves into a Committee of Taste,
and decide in favour of Robinson Crusoe.

SCENE 2. Coast of the island on which Crusoe was wrecked, with
the ship high and dry, the ocean slumbering in the back ground, tho
crabs, &c, wide awake in the fore ground. Robinson Crusoe, Mr.
W. 11. Payne. How Crime pays a morning visit to the wreck ; his
private opinion of the useful and the useless ; how he is astonished
by an unceremonious visit from the Caribee Indians, and how he de-
termines in his turn to astonish them.

SCENE 3. Interior of the island. King Paribo (Autocrat of all the
Caribees, having a passion for Princess Tooraloora, and being in a
passion with everybody else), Mr. T. Matthews; Ilankipanki (his
club-bearer, an office equivalent to mace-bearer to the Right Hon.
the Lord Mayor of London), Mr. Howell ; Prince Farramatta, after-
wards " Friday" (King Pariboo's young brother, and old rival, con-
temned to the cage during her Majesty's pleasure), Mr. Wieland ;
Princess Tooraloora (intended by Pariboo for himself, but Intending
terself for his brother), Mr. Johnson. How, preparations being made
for a Caribee Pic-nic, Crusoe, fired with indignation, fires a volley—
how Pariboo and Hanklpanki jump out of the frying-pan into the
tire, i.e., the water.
SCENE 4.—Exterior of Cavern on Sea Shore. San Domingo Billy
(the celebrated Pacific Shark, netted expressly for the occasion, in
hopes of his turning out " a great catch"), Mr. Longswallow. How
Pariboo and Hankipanki bolt from San Domingo Billy, and how
Billy bolts them—how Crusoe and Friday go out fishing—how they
have a " glorious nibble"—and how, the fish being landed, lands its
two Insides—aud how the exterior of the cavern naturally changes to
SCENE s.—lnterior of Cavern, with Bird's-eye View of Robinson
Crusoe's Farm. How Crusoe and Co. give the Caribees the go-by—
how Pariboo and his warriors, to the tone of " Follow, follow over
mountain," set off in pursuit—and how it is supposed they were lost
in fog, which will account for their not arriving earlier at
SCENE 6.—The House that Crusoe built. N.B. The premises
may be viewed nightly with tickets, apply to Mr. Parsons, Box-
office, from ten till six. How Crusoe does the honours of his hut to
the great Princess and her little brothers—how he gives Friday his
first lesson in " Mrs. Glass's Domestic Cookery"—how the jollifica-
tion within is suddenly interrupted by the Indians from without ; in
short, how the appearance of Puck leads to the disappearance of the
hut, and then to the change of the Old Wreck to the Jolly Young
Waterman and Crusoe's Departure for London-bridge.
SCENE 7. Exterior of Music Shop and Artificial Arms and Legs
Manufactory ; Duet, in two flats, tune, " Here we go up, up, up, here
we go down, down, down ;" Roman Gladiator versus British Gladia-
tor ; a clear stage and no favour ; patent violoncello, warranted to
play on itself grand discord.
SCENES 8 and 9. Colliers and Fancy Leather-dressers, and Throne-
room in the Palace at Morocco ; how to leather Morocco and how to
iresa its leather ; how to hide yourself to avoid hiding by another—
whole skin is better than a skin In holes.
SCENE 10. Exterior of Insolvent Debtors' Prison ; Remember the
poor Debtors ; Knockers and bells versus thieves ; Somebody's

•:ontlng ; Poor debtors and heardhearted creditors ; the tables sud-
denly turned by an Act of Parliament ; Change of the Premises to
SCENE 11. Baths and Washhouses for the Labouring Classes;
Ladles of the Round Tub:" Soar at a premq.un ; Mangling done

'•'re; arrival of" the trades of London, with their respective young-
, The bell invites us ; Wives go to dinner ; Husbands go to bath;
water versus cold water cure ; The washing-tub in a storm,
nod general confusion.
SCENE 12. Lamp and Chandelier Shop and Lodging-house ;
" Catch him who can," or Harlequin here, Harlequin there, Harle-
quin everywhere ; Bagged at last ; " Oil' with his head, so much for
Marl,24oin ;" Eight heads better than one ; Patent self-lighting
C7iandeller.

" The happy family we all know so well,
" The still happier family we all love so well."
'ENE 13. A Stone Quarry ; A monster meeting, with a tail and
AT' nut one ; How to convert a blockhead into a great man ; Art
. 'ommerce lend tbeir assistance to produce
SCENE 14. A most extraordinary 'Change, leading to a still more
e_xtra:•rdinary one, viz.,
SCENE 13. Grand emblematical and national tableau of her
Majesty christening the Itoyal Exchange.