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Under the Patronage of his Royal highness the Duke of YORK.
ASTLEY’s NEW AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS,
WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE.
NOW COMPLEATED [sic] IN TOTO.
THIS present EVENING will be presented a New Prelude, founded on a last calamitous Event, called
THE MANAGER IN AFFLICTION.
Manager, Mr. Wallack; Destiny, Mons. Laurent; Dennis O’Neal, Mr. Johannot; Minerva, Mrs. Wallack; Hope, Mrs. Decastro; and Britannia, Miss Smith.
The Scenes, analogous to the Piece, are entirely new, and assisted by a series of ingenious mechanisms, intended to shew the effect of the stage; the whole of which invented and executed by Mr. Astley, sen.
An entire New Pastoral Dance, composed by Mons. Mercerot, called
THE SHEPHERDS HOMAGE TO PAN;
Or, RURAL FELICITY.
Principal Dancers, Mons. And Madame Mercerot, assisted by Sixteen Figurantes [sic].
(For the first time in three years) the Comic Musical Piece called
THE KING AND THE COBLER.
Henry the Eighth, Mr. Connell; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. Fox; Courtiers, Messrs. Decastro and Whitmore; Crispin, Mr. Johannot; and Joan, Mrs. Decastro.
EQUESTRIAN EXERCISES, &c.
The whole to conclude with an entire New Grand Pantomime, called,
THE FAIRY’s FANTASY;
Or, The ENCHANTED MANOR.
With new Scenery, Machinery, Decorations, Music, &c.
Interspersed with the greatest variety of mechanical changes, magical transitions, and wonderful metamorphoses.
The Vocal Characters by
Mr. Connell, Miss Wallack, Decastro, Whitmore, Jeffries, &c. &c.
Harlequin, Mr. Taylor; Clown, Mons. Laurent; Lover, Mr. Davis; Lord of the Manor, Mr. Fox; Fairy Queen, Miss Wallack; Aeriel, Mrs. Decastro; Lady of the Manor, Mrs. Davis; And Columbine, Miss Smith.
Principal Dancers, Mr. and Mrs. Mercerot.
Watchman, Mr. Johannot.
And various other characters by the rest of the Company.
A Sketch of the Business of the Pantomime, Plot, &c.
The subject, taken from a Romance, is as follows:
The Goddess of an enchanted island being desirous of wedding Harlequin to Columbine, a female spirit is consulted, who immediately causes the two lovers to fall into a deep sleep, and to dream of each other; and during this, Harlequin is brought upon the stage I a moving chariot. Columbine now rises from the middle of the island, reposing on a bank adorned with flowers, the Moon appearing in full lustre—Music is heard, while the fantastic spirits, by dances round her, proclaim the approaching nuptials. They both awake and enchanted with the beauty of the scene, and a fight of each other, Harlequin flies to embrace his intended bride; but alas! the Moon, before so favourable to their view, becomes, partially eclipsed, and Columbine sinks into the earth from whence she arose. The hero of the bat being disappointed, fancies, at first, the whole to be a dream; then falling on his knees to kiss the ground, the Fairy Queen, the sovereign of the island, raises him up, and direct his steps in pursuit of his mistress, the supposed daughter of a neighbouring Lord of the Manor.
Scene I. The Enchanted Island, Druids, &c.
Scene II. A calm sea; moonlight; aeriel spirits; pleasant dreams; divine science of music; a meeting in the dark; win her and wear her.
Scene III. The manor house; lover in the dumps; the magical trunk; the Clown in the suds; the wardrobe bewitched; and Harlequin visible and invisible.
Scene IV. A chamber in the manor house; a morning visit; a new way to kick up a rumpus; all in the wrong; battle royal; the cream of the jest; a way to cure sits; sad disasters; and Harlequin’s escape with Miss.
Scene V. Outside the manor-house and stables; Columbine’s adventures in a water-tub; the group of pursuers in the dumps; Harlequin water-carrier; and his discovery by Dolly Dripping.
Scene VI. Inside of the stables; coach-horses; hunter and roadster; an excellent lesson for lazy grooms; a punishment for injuring cattle; Harlequin’s vengeance; the Clown in a hobble; and Columbine’s escape out of a truss of hay.
Scene VII. A distant view of the Enchanted Country; the Clown in a critical situation; and nothing done without money.
Scene VIII. The market girl bewitched; hot eggs in a basket; the Clown in a rage; and no money to pay the reckoning.
Scene IX. Outside of a cottage; the good woman and pottage-pot; old Mary’s head dancing on the floor; the Clown caught napping; and the remedy worse than the disease.
Scene X. Inside of a cottage, and a farm-yard; Columbine’s escape in a sedan chair; all alive on the road; Clown in a hogtrough; old man in the horse-pond; the lover upon the stool of repentance; the Devil amongst the swine, &c.
Scene XI. A view of a grove; enchanting science of painting; a display of the fine arts; Harlequin taken; coopered up in a hogshead; Columbine rescued; the Fairy’s vengeance; the group in a blaze; the coopers in the suds; young Harlequin and the Russian bear; the Clown in love with Columbine; hot mutton pies, all hot, &c.
Scene XII. The enchanted door; the out in, and the in out, in suite of the locksmith.
Scene XIII. A chamber in the manor-house; Lord of the manor indisposed; Dr. Bolus’s morning visit; a new way to pay the Doctor, and come off with flying colours; the sick cured, and the cured sick; the Clown’s disaster with the physic bottles; needful assistance, and his aerial flight to the scarecrows; all in high life; wonderful magical power, and Harlequin’s second escape with Columbine.
Scene XIV. A shrubbery; one above sees all; the Lady of the Manor in the strawberry bed, and the lover’s downfall; apricots and peaches tell no tales.
Scene XV. A landscape; the watchman up to the gossip; adventures by candle-light; and a new watchman’s song, by Mr. Johannot.
Scene XVI. A view of a cave; the Lord of the Manor in a scrape; the Clown pickled with spirits of salt; lover melancholy, and Harlequin’s complete victory.
The Enchantment to conclude with a View of the Enchanted Island, Magnificent Fairy Palace, Superb Gardens, &c. the Marriage of Harlequin to the Lord of the Manor’s daughter; virtue rewarded; be merry and wise; forget and forgive; old grievances done away; happiness concludes the scene.
Doors to be opened at Half past Five, and the Curtain ascend at Half past Six o’clock.
Prices—Boxes 4s.—Second price 2s.—Pit 2s.—Second price 1s.—Gallery 1s.—Second price 6d.
Entrance to Boxes and Pitas usual: To Gallery, ot the East part of the building from Bridge Road.
N.B. Many Ladies and Gentlemen having expressed a desire to receive Tickets for the Season, Mr. Astley most respectfully informs them, that 100, and no more, have been made cut for Subscribers; and as many are already engaged, it is requested that those who wish to become Renters, would make immediate application to Mr. Astley.—Terms as follow: A Free Admission Ticket to any part of the Houses, before the Curtain, for every night during the Season, 2l. 12s. 6d.
The Scenes painted by Mr. Seward, Mr. Grieve, Mr. Whitmore, &c. &c. The Decorations by Mons. Dagoty and Family, Partners and Decorations to the King of Sardinia.
The Paper Hanging and other ornaments by Messrs. Smith and their Assistants.
Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mrs. Connel at the Amphitheatre.
Vivant Rex & Regina.
