The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-07 00:00:00

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THIS EVENING,
Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants,
Shakespere's Play of
AS YOU LIKE IT. Duke, Mr. Cathcart ; Amiens, Mr. Rafter;
Jacques, Mr. Vandenkoff ; Orlando, :Mr. James Anderson ; Adam,
Mr. Cooper' Touchstone, Mr. W. H. Angel ; Rosalind, Mrs..Nisbett
To be followed by a New Grand Historical, Metaphorical,
Allegorical, and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff
King Hal "'to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESS ;
sr, KERRIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME,
" Then the ladies with large ruffs, tied round about their necks
so fast,
Would gobble up a pound of beefsteaks for their breakfast.
0 ! the golden days of Good
enß Queen Bess,ess."—Old Song.
Merry be the memory of Good Que
The Overture and Music entirely new, composed by Nobody-
knowswho, assisted by Mozart, Bishop, Rossini, Ware, Handel, Rod-
well, Haydn, and the Ethiopian Serenaders. The Rounds are the
mPesition of a select Circle. The Catches are by Locke.
The Ballet Department under the superintendence of Madame
Louise.
The Scenery painted by Messrs. Brunning, Jones, Wilson, C.
Adams, and Assistants.
The Properties, Magic Tricks, and Transformations invented and
executed by Mr. W . Blamire.
The Costumes by Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. The extensive
Machinery by Mr. Adams.
The whole produced under the D
araxs.irection of Mr. T. Thompson.
Imuo
Christmas, Mr. A. Jones; The Spirit of John Rieh, Mr. Darcie
The Spirit of High Tragedy, Mr. J. Parry; The Spirit of Punch
Miss Eunice ; Spirit of Mother Goose, Gulliver, Baron Munchausen
3t43., Sec., by Acc., Arc.

MORTALS.

Good Queen Bess, Mr. R. Romer ; Arny Robsart, Mr. G. Watson ;
Her Lovely Babby, Master Butter The Great Earl of Leicester,
If. Deulin ; The Little Earl of Essex, Mr. Henry;• The Unspeak-
able Lord Burleigh, Mr. Johnson ; The Rasher Lord Bacon, Mr.
Barry; The Smoky Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr. Manderson ; The
Dancing Lord Chancellor Sir Christopher Hatton, Mr. Chapino;
Maids of Honour, Pages, Beefeaters, Guards, Morris Dancers,
Jesters, Wildmen, Dragoons, and other Bores, by the rest of the
e•rapany.
CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR,

But althot;;;h he comes in snow, he still hopes to meet with a warm
reception—but where is he going ? Why, to pay his yearly visit to
the gpirit of John Rich, in the
GHOSTLY CITY OF DEPARTED FUN.

This city is composed of the Tombs of the by-gone Pantomimes—
" Who's dat knocking at der door?"—Come and see —" J. Andersen's
iny Joe, John," and " I am Rich," that's more than every one can
say ; we wish they could—How to make a Pantomime ?—" that is
the question"—but the answer, it is hoped, will to satisfactory—
Peer Tra-ge-dy meets with no clemency, so we fly by night" to
A SPLENDID HALL IN THE PALACE OF GOOD
QUEEN BESS.

We now come to Historical Facts, therefore, as flu Clown at
Astley's would say, " Let us be serious." It is an historical fact,
that the Earl of Essex loved, or pretended so, Good Queen Bess,
therefore he hated the Earl of Leicester, and thence arose a conspi-
racy—Sir Walter Raleigh fears his pipe will be put out—Bacon gots
quite in a frizzle, and Lord Barleigh shakes his head—but there's
nothing in that, whatever they may say to the contrary.
It is an historical fact, that Good Queen Bess was assisted at her
toilet by many of her noblemen, therefore the