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Evening Star, Volume III, Issue 854, 31 January 1866, Page 3

PRINCESS THEATRE. Lessee. H. Mumfoed. Stage Manager;..... Mr J ohs Du uNUNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS Of the Distinguished and Accomplished' Artiste L AI,T D M Whose performances are nightly ‘hailed with the most ENTHUSIASTIC APPLAUSE. THIS EVENING (WEDNESDAY) 31st January. Grand Production, for the first time in New Zealand, of Byron’s Great Classical and Mythological Burlesque Extra va- ' ganza of ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE I With nevy and magnificent scenery by. Mr J. Tannet; appropriate properties and appointments by Mr Ward; exten-j. sive mechanical arrangements by Mr Heath ; magnificent wardrobe, the pro-. perty of Lady Don. The, whole produced. under the direction of Mr John Dunn. ORPHEUS, (a poor young author, with, scarcely any symptoms of a beard, so that he’s hard up before he’s soft down) LADY DON Aristscus (a sporting party, fast and loose) Mr Roberts Pluto (King of a region which is unmentionable to ears polite—the deepest Monarch of his day) ... Mr John Dunn Cerberus, (who thinks three heads are better than one) Mr Burton The Three Fates (Pretty Dears).. .Messrs Walker, Guest and Jones The Three Furies, (Ugh ! the Creatures) Misses A. Wiseman, L. Wiseman, and Sentanler Rhadamanthus Mr Ward! Minos , Mr Smith; CEacus Mr Ward : Charon (the Ferryman of the Styx) Mr Herberte t Apollo (a Charming Celestial).... Miss Leake Eurydice . Miss Shepparde Proserpine ....; Miss Dolly Green Clotilda .Mr WilmOtt Page Miss A. Wiseman COTTAGE OF ORPHEUS ! The rejected writings and the accepted game...The visit of the founder of the feast...How Aristseus’s gift is literally thrown away...An offer and an honor... ! Aristaeus’s present and Orpheus are gone ”! ...A negative proposition which is even- I tually carried...The Bite...To the Styx... I Return of Orpheus.........The Letter 1 The Determination. CHARON’S FERRY, ON THE BANKS OF THE STYX ! How Eurydice gets over Charon, and then over the river...Fearful interview between the husband and the deceiver... The Quarrel and the Quartett. PLUTO’S DRAWING-ROOM. A-charming little evening-party, with the" very best company in Hades...A domestic dispute and arrival of Eurydice...How, Pluto goes on dreadful.. . A nuoying interruptions, culminating in a General Row ! Arrival at the opportune moment of the “ Husband’s Boat,” and "brilliant recep-, tion of the new i&voxite...Quid pro Quo, and Generaler Row (if possible)... How Orpheus is obliged to seek vhe assistance of a brilliant Lyre, which naturally helps the story.. THE RESULT. THE LANDSCAPE ! Aristams finds it very lonely, and with the assistance of Apollo induces Clotilda to share his happiness...The Twain, the Trembler, and the Trio. ROCKY PASSAGE LEADING TO THE STYX ! How absence makes the hearti-fonder... How Pluto wants to detain Eurydice, and how Proserpine not unnaturally objects ...How, after much persuasion, Pluto permits Orpheus to depart, if— but that’s telling...How Orpheus very nearly does so, when Now, look here, keep calm, and wait for the climax...Orpheus is a re-liar on his own Lyre, and the consequence is that the dear little instrument is too well in tune to play false to him, and not only softens hearts but rocks, and discloses the charming vision of the Last Scene, which may be aptly described as the GRAND TEMPLE OF APOLLO ! The burlesque will be preceded by Buckstone’s comedy, in 3 acts, of RURAL FELICITY. CECILIA LADY DON (In which character she will sing “Gin a Body Meet a Body,” and “Gassier’s Valse.”) ON FRIDAY NEXT, GRAND FASHIONABLE NIGHT ! AND SPECIAL PERFORMANCE. Special Notice.—Arrangements have been 'made -with Mr Rees to enable parties to secure seats three days, in advance. Prices of admission:—Private Boxes, £2 2s. ; Dress Cii'cle, ss. ; Stalls, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. Box-office open daily, at Rees’s, Stafford-street, where seats may be -secured. THE RENOWNED E -N T O N Tjp R O U P E-, And ’those Petite Artistes, THE NATHAN JUVENILE TROUPE, Will Shortly App car.