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THE CHRISTMAS PANTOMIMES AND
ENTERTAINMENTS.

DRURY-LANE.
A larger concourse of people probably never assembled
within the wails of Drury-lane Theatre than on Saturday
night, to witness the new Christmas pantomime, which
under the vigilant auspices of Mr. E. T. Smith, has been
for some time in preparation. To render the occasion

still more interesting that enterprising gentleman—" pet
lessee" of the Drury-lane Committee (in consequence of

hie strict veneration for rent-day ?) had busily employed
himseif during the recess in renovating the interior of the
house. An aspect of splendour combined with cleanli-
ness is now presented, and, in addition, the new deoora-

tions are not merely bright and cheerful to the eye, but

appropriate and in good taste.

_
If on the first night of Christmas festivities managers
could be persuaded to commence at once with the chief
incident, and allow the pantomime to reign unmolested,

such a course might lead to many desirable advantages.
To begin, there would be a good chance of seeing the
curtain descend before midnight an innovation greatly to
be coveted. The first performance of a pantomime is, at
best, a rehearsal, to witness which the (paying) public
is invited. As this is only a preliminary to the curtail-
ments that invariably ensue ; it generally consumes at
least an hour longer than subsequent representations,
when, the indispensable " cuts" having been effected, the
action marches with greater rapidity, the mechanical
contrivances are realised more glibly, and the whole
works " closer." In the next place—and this is worth
consideration—actors and actresses who enjoy the esteem
of the public would be spared the ungrateful labour •f
gesticulating through a play in dumb-show, amid the
deafening exclamations of an impatient crowd. The
French have what they term lever-de-ridean"—a
short piece, during the performance of which, at
their great theatres, the audience have time to get
comfortably seated, in anticipation of the real attrac-
tion of the evening ; but the " lever-de•rideau''
which acts the part of usher to an English
pantomime has not to encounter the silent indifference of
straggling and late arrivals, but the absolute scorn and
noisy opposition of a multitude that fide the house before
the orchestra has struck the first chord of the overture.
Seriously, those respectable artists who are made to
figure in such an exhibition are exposed to useless humi-
liation The farce of "Too Much of a Good Thing," in
which the principal charact.rs were "mimed" by Miss
Mary Oliver, Mrs. F. Matthews, and Mr. Roxby (for
not a word they were presumed to utter could be heard,
even in the stalls)—all well-deserving favourites of the
pul•lic—suggested the above reflection. On Saturday
night the inhabitants of the "upper regions" were more
unruly, uproarious, and overbearing than in any previ-

ous instance we can remember. The unfortunate "pit"
was never more aptly the symbol of a "dust-hole" (a
chosen epi bet of the aggressive "gods"); and it was
highly creditable to the occupants that they submitted to
incessant annoyance with such rarely perturbed good
humour. How easily these excesses might be averted by
limiting the spectacle on Boxing night to the pantomime
—and how reasonably, since not a man, woman, or
child in the theatre bad come to pee anything else—will
be evident to the plainest understanding.
The name of the new comic pantomime—the introciuo
tion to which is by Mr. E. L. Blanchard, the music by
Mr. J. H. Tull, and the scenery by Mr. W. Beverley—
is se long that our readers must be satisfied with a slice
of it—" Little Jack Horner ; or Harlequin A B C." The
opening is a burlesque allegory, which we hold to be a
mistake. " Ignorance," " Intelligence," " Imagination,"
"Perseverance," "Anagram," " Proverb," &C., may do
famously as symbolical personages in a poem ; but in a
pantomime they are rather bores than otherwise. Thus
the commencement of the btiilesque, where " Intelli-
gence " is eng,iged in strife against " Ignorance,"
only becomes interesting when "Imagination," en-
listed, on the side of the former, conveys us to one of
her own airy castles, in the precincts of which we are
treated to a splendid choregraphicdisplay, Here "nearly
100" fair daughters of Terpsichore, with that clever and
vivacious "scorner of the ground," Miss Rosina Wright
(" Rosy Wright," as she is familiarly termed by her
admirers) as Queen, arrayed in etherial and sparkling
costumes, executed a series of evolutions, under the
name of " Grand Ballet of the Belles Lettres," which,
allegorical or literal, mattered little to the audience,
since it was the first thing to rouse their enthusiasm.
Miss Rosina Wright danced in her most animated style,
and (not for the first time by many) put the house in
good humour with the pantomime, which from that mo-
ment never once " flagged." What part is enacted by
Little Jack Hornet in the burlesque may be briefly told.
Jaok has a good and a bad demon—" Intellgence' and
" Ignorance," besides a hoary Mentor, in the guise o 1
"Proverb." This last commendable page admoniebe
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Jack to give heed to "Intelligence," and strives to
allure him from the dangerous temptations of " Igno-
rance," who haunts our hero as pertinaciously as ,Za-
in!el dogs Caspar in the opera. "Proverb" eventually
triumphs. Endowing his pupil with the sword of
"Perseverance," excites him to attack and conquer the
various "parts of speech." With the letters of the
a'phabet and all that they generate at his command,
Jack carries everything before hiw, until " Ignorance"
perplexed and baffled, as a last expedient, despatches
him on a sham mission to the depths of the ocean. But
the depths of the ocean cannot escape the searching
power of "Intelligence," who by aid of the electric
cable comes to the rescue of her protege, and entertains
him in her Palace of Cora!, or " Fairy Aquarium," as
it is designated in the imaginative vocabulary of panto-
mime. The contest terminating in this victory carries
the audience through a succession of grotesque
scenes, in the course of which all the letters of the
alphabet and all the parts of speedh are personified,
while the familiar incidents of the nursery
rhyme are represented in action. Suffice it, the "trans-
formation" (if "transformation that may be called where
the pantomimic characters spring from nowhere) occurs,
suddenly and unexpectedly atthe "Fairy Aquarium," one
of the most gorgeous, ingenious, and magnificent of all
those elaborate scenic combinations for which Mr. W.
Beverley is specially celebrated. No description eau do
justice to this decorative display, which must be seen to
be appreciated. As its wonders gradually revealed them-
selves, and the circumambient air, no less than terra
firma, became densely peopled with fleeting nymphs and
soaring fairies, the applause was vociferous and continu-
ous, and a summons, first for Mr. E. T. Smith, the
manager, and next for Mr. Beverley, the artist, repre-
sented the climax of excitement. A halo of blue fire and
electric light from the " wings" then threw an unearthly
glare over the whole ; and the conclusion unanimously
arrived at was, that such a scene would alone have in-
sured success.
The harlequinade (and thieeiiiketeall, most nearly con-
cerns the abstract love of pantomime), though unneces-
sarily complex on account' of the 'multiplication of the
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ment of the far less diverting introduction, in order
that no one may be deterred by la e hours from
remaining to the end. The dramatis personce in this legi-
timate and traditionally-respected section of the enter-
tainment include Harlequins (Messrs. Milano and Sr.
Maine), Dandy (M. Deulin), Sprites (Messrs. Elliot),
Clowns (Messrs. Boleno and Flexmore), Pantaloons
(Messrs. Nash and W. A. Barnes), Harlequina (Ma-
demoiselle Agnes), Columbinds (Madame Boleno and
Mademoiselle Christine)—au '` embarras de rieltesses," it
will be admitted. The Messrs. Elliott are remarkably
°lever, but their services are almost superfluous, since
now that our clowns themselves are exp- awl to assume,
and in most instances do assume, the functions of acro.
bats, what need is there of tumbling, attitudinising non-
descripts, whose connexion with the regular " business"
is worse than problematical 1 Again, Harlequina is out
of place where there are two Columbines—neither of
whom take any notice of one whose relationship to their
spangled mates, from its suspicious nature, would natu-
rally excite their jealousy. And this, without depre-
ciating the talent of Mademoiselle Agnes, decidedly the
most sprightly and fascinating of the three ladies. The
rival Harlequins, Clo woe, and Pantaloons may be
admitted without protest, as they may figure in alter-
nate scenes, while their respective adventures have
nothing in common. Moreover, there is plenty for them
to do in the Drury-lane pantomime ; and the untiring
energy aed:spirit with which they perform their arduous
tasks is creditable to one and all of their representa-
tives. Declining to venture on a detailed account of the
various incidents of the harleqninade, we may single out
from many stirring scenes one in particular—" Mrs.
Soapsud's Laundry and Drying-ground' —as fu.l of life
and bustle, admirable in every respect, in short, a
veritable "side-splitter." Here Mr. Pleimore—who to
the supple attributes of our modern clown, a hybrid,
inconsistent, posture-making buffoon, unites a large
share of that sly humour and loutish demeanour of Joe
Grimaldi, when to represent Clown successfully be-
longed only to real histrionic talent, were regarded as
the essence of that personage—exhibited his several
accomplishments with singular felicity, eliciting roars of
laughter without intermission. Mr. Flexmore indeed is
the life and soul of the pantomime, and the audience
hold him in such esteem that whatever he attempts is
sure to find favour. Unqualified praise may be also
awarded to Mr. Barnes, a Pantaloon of the good old
type—infirm and shattered, yet instinct with mischief,
and always a victim of scrapes, in which he becomes
entangled by his more versatile and flexible companion.
Nor must the racy type of a dandy of fashion, by M.
Denim, pass unnoticed.
The tricks and transformations are more ingenious
and in more rapid alternation than of later years, and
consider,ng this was the first[performance, were attended
for the most part with wonderful good-luck. The allu-
sions to prevalent topics embrace almost every aut.ject
that has lately attained notegiety ; and the number of
supernumararie• is so largo, their acting Ho natural, and
their forbearance under countless hardships of the "spill
and pelt " so magnanimous, that it might almost be
believed Mr. E. T. Smith kept a choice preserve of them
somewhere in the neighbourhood of his establishment.
To conclude, pains and expense have evidently not been
spared in the endeavour to proside the holiday folks
with a surfeit of enjoyment ; and nothing is required
hut a judicious use of the pruning-knife incer am lengthy
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HAYMARKET.
Mr. Buckstone, of whom, loth
in his managerial and
actorial capacity, it may be justly said that whatever he
puts his band to he embellishes—nil tetigit quod non
ornarit —has worthily sustained the reputation of his
theatre by the production of the Papt°°itne of "The
Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, or Harlequin and the
Spiteful Fairy." Among those pretty nursery tales
which are never altogether forgotten in after-life by chit
dren of a larger growth, that of the Sleeping Beauty is
one of the most pleasing and attractive ; and in the
Haymarket Pantomime its well-known incidents are in-
geniously and effectively treated by Mr. Buckstone, in
a vein of the richeat burlesque, and beautifully illus-
trated by the magic pencil of Calcott. Miss Louise
Leclerq, the celebrated Tepsichorean star, as the Sleep-
ing Beauty, bore away the first honours of the evening.
With an extremely pretty face and figure, a clear, sweet
delivery, and fairy feet that beat
the ground with even
more sparkling rapidity than those of Perea Nam her-
self, she was in all respects a charming repre-entative of
the enchanted heroine of the
legend. Miss Fanny
Wright, to whom was assigned the twofold duty of per-
sonating the Spiteful Fairy in the opening, and suiFin
quently the gay and graceful Columbine, acquitted
herself in both parts to perfect satisfaction. In the
comic portion the two most arduous charaott vs were
filled with great ability and success
by Messrs. Arthu-
and Charles Leclerq,
of high provincial reputation. The
former, as Harlequin,-displayed extraordinary activity
and lightness of action, together with the utmost pace
and precision in dancing. The other is an excellent
clown, possessed of wondrous agility
and muscular
pliancy, as well as a fertile vein of humour, never doge-
nerating into vulgarity. Both are unquestionably first,
rate pantomimists, and were ably assisted by the fair
Columbine, and by Mr. Mackay as Pantaloon. The
transformation scene was particularly splendid, and the
entire was a perfect success. The house was densely
crowded.