The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-02-12 00:00:00

TITEATRE.P.OVAL

LIVERPOOL

MR. CLARKE

Most respectfully announces that having become sole Lessee
of this Establishment, the SEASON will commence under
his Management, on MONDAY next, the 15th instant, and
that the celebrated

MR. VAN AMBURGH,
whose performances excited such an intense interest for One
Hundred and Twenty-five successive Nights, at the Theatre-
Royal, Drury-lane, and which were several times honoured
by the presence of Her Majesty the Queen, and the Nobility
of London,
IS ENGAGED FOR LIMITED PERIOD,
(being his last professional visit previous to his departure for
St. Petersburgh). He will make his appearance on the above
Evening, in an original drama, in three acts, and will, for
the first time here, sustain" a Dramatic Character; in which
he will introduce, in scenes connected with the interest of the
piece, the whole of his matchless collection of

LIONS, LEOPARDS, and TIGERS.
MR. J: S. BALLS,
the popular Light Comedian, of theTheatres-Royal. Covent-
Garden, Drury-lane, and of the principal American Theatres,
is engaged for the early part of the Season, and will make his
first appearance here these three years.

(AN MONDAY EVENING next, the 15th instant, will
be produced, for the first time here, with entirely new
Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations, a new and original Drama,
in Three Acts, written by Mr. Bernard, author of the " Ner-
vous Man," " St. Mary's Eve," " His Last Legs," " The
Irish Attorney," &c. (expressly to introduce Mr. Van Am-
burgh's Collection of Trained Animals), called
MUNG 0 PARK;
OR, THE ARAB OF THE NIGER.
(The Drama Licensed, pursuant to Act of Parliament, by the

Lord Chamberlain.s
Performed with unprecedented attraction Twenty-one suc-
cessive nights, this season, at the Theatre-royal Edinburgh,
and Twelve successive nights, to crowded houses, during the
last season, at the Theatre-royal, Manchester.
The Scenery Painted by Mr. Johnstone ; the Machinery
executed by Mr. Wilmore ; the Dresses by Mr. Coombe ;
the_Properties by Mr. M'Crurn.

Few that have read the history of. Mungo Park will deny
its capability for dramatic treatment. The ardent and heroic
character of that enterprising discoverer. not less than his
unfortunate fate, have endeared him to all readers or hearers
of his adventures. His intrepid courage under dangers the
most appalling—his noble enthusiasm—and his simple, manly,
unaffected virtues—have tended to exalt him scarcely less
than the importance of his discoveries. By those who have
read his life and travels, it will be remembered that the fail-
ure of his second expedition was owing to his setting out only
a month before the rainy season commenced—a period that
always proves fatal to Europeans. On .this circumstance,
and also on the assistance that he obtained from a native
named Karfa Taura, who preserved his life, after his escape
from the Moorish Chief Ali, the interest of this Drama is
founded—in which it will be observed that Wild Animals are
introduced as necessary illustrations of the story (being among
the dangers from which Park was preserved by Karfa—the
character assumed by Mr. Van Amburgh), and are not its
sole object, as in similar entertainments.
Karfa, the Arab of the Niger Mr. Van Amburgh.
Mungo Park (the African explorer).. Mr. Gray.
Col. Laidly (Commanding at Fort Kayee) .... Mr. Chaplin
Serjeant Martyn Mr. Slaiter.
Toby Ganger (a Naturalist) ...... Mr. Baker.
Imaleee (the chief's daughter): Mrs. Baker.

PROGRAMME OF THE PRINCIPAL SCENES AND INCIDENTS

IN THE DRAMA

Port Kayee on the Gambia, with the Fortifications and Go-
vernor's Habitation—View of the Harbour and distant
conntry, Depot for Slaves and African Produce—Park's
arrival to undertake his Second Expedition to trace the
Niger to its source, having in his first journey discovered it
(1795 and 1796)—Park chooses Karfa to be his Guide—He
is liberated—Completion of the Preparations—Departure of
the Expedition, April 27, 1804.
A period of seven weeks is now supposed to elapse.