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Evening Star, Issue 3696, 26 December 1874, Page 3

AMUSEMENTSp KIN CESS THEATRE Stage Manager Mr A. L. Inglb ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA COMPANY Under Vice-Regal-Patronage. GRAND OPENING, BOXING NIGHT, DECEMBER 26, 1874, And till further Notice, Will be presented to the Dunedin Public, at an enormous outlay, the Royal English Opera Company’s x GRAND FAIRY OPERA OF C .1 N D E R E L L A. (Music by Rossini.) Cinderella Miss Alice May, The Gorgeously Beautiful character of the Decorations—inclusive of more than the usual amount of Scenic Effects, Sur- . prises, and Transformation Wonders, Is insured by the fact of their being entirely designed and for the most part executed by the celebrated Artist, Mr J. S. Willis. The General Action of the Opera Pantomime arranged by, and the whole produced under the entire Direction of Mr G. B. Allen. The Striking Mechanical Effects by Mr Huntley, assisted by Mr Parish. The Magnificent and Costly Costumes by Miss Kate Lester and Assistants. The Dances and Action of the Ballet arranged by Miss Lester. The Perfume of the Valley of Sweet-scented Flowers by Mr E. Hamilton. The Elaborate Properties by Mr E. Briggs. Full Band, Grand Chorus, and complete Ballet Di ver tissement. CINDERELLA. Cinderella Miss Alice May Prince Mr Henry Hallam Baron Pompohno Mr C. Newton £ a ? din i Mr C. H. Templeton £ ed r° Mr H. Vernon Buttom Mv Wilkinson Fairy Quren Miss E. Johnston Clonnda... 1 rpj Daughters f ss Howe Thisbe. > ofVSSI Miss E. Lambert Cinderella j 01 rompolino (Miss Alice May SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY: Act I.— Scene 1. The hairy Haunt near the Sweet-scented Valley. Scene 2. The Hunting Grounds of the Baron. Scene 11. The Boudoir of the Sisters —• Cloriuda and Thisbe. Act ll.—Scene 1. Chamber in the Mansion of Baron Pompolino. By Mr J. S. Willis. Scene 2, Cinderella Kitchen in the Baron’s Mansion. Magical Transformation! The Golden Coach, the Gilded Equipage, and the Departure to the Prince’s Palace. Act 111. The Ball-room in the Prince’s Palace. “ In light tripping measures, Surrounded by pleasures, We count the gay hours That so hastily fly.” GRAND BALLET FANTASTIQUE. TRANSFORMATION To the Palace of Poetic Invention on the Borders of Burlesque 1 Harlequin Mr C. Newton Columbine Mdlle. Kate Lester Clown Ibe Inimitable Howard Vernon Pantaloon MrC. Lester Sprites The Brothers Siegrist The whole of the Comic Business of the Pantomime under the direction of Mr A. A. L. INGLLS. Scene I, A WELL-KNOWN DRAPERY ESTABLISHMENT. Hornpipe Harlequin and Columbine. Hits, skits, trips—Heigh ? heigh ! here we are again !—Hallo; somebody’s coming—l’ve seen that hair before—Heads of the People—A cure for the Heart-ache—Ancient Jacobus Townsendebas’ Sarsaparilla versus Jamesbees Copelaudebus’ Beer de Bus, and one made well—Dr Carr’s Discovery of the Pole ! - Don't you Discarr o’er Mesmerism—Budget of Funaud Vegetarian Conflict! ° Scene 11. BOOKING OFFICE iS IT WAS AND AS IT IS. The Barley Mow Jig, Harlequin and Columbine. The age of smoking quick returns and small profits-Arrival of a Family Party, and how Clown manages to upset the aforesaid— Knocked up, knocked down, a knock in, and a knock put—The great Capture of the MOA—A Bird’s4Eye View, and the moa you see it the more distant it appears—Clothes to wash-The Magic Clothes Line on Lemon’s duplex system —Oh, Lemons !—Ups and downs of existence —Antipodean Novelties, and Wonderful Evolutions of the Merry Clown—Heigho! here’s Patchey—Murder by Panty—Dead and Alive —A LEAP FOR LIFE, like the base fabiic of a vision—leaves not a trace behind. Scene 111. A SHOP WE ALL KNOW. Highland Fling...Harlequin and Columbine Come along, old uni—Fancy Goods, to which the Clown takes a fancy—An embrace little expected from a brace of well-known characters—Move on there now, or I’ll lock you up—Grand repast—Heads I win, heads you lose—Winding up under thr limited liability act—The watch made to go, but the Clown with clocks to his stockings made to go faster— A. Gold Mania—A dip at the Diggings, Immigration, and Botheration—Lights of the present day—A dip at a Mould—The Wonderful Lamp— Astronomy and Gastronomy The Transit of Venus- —Electric Shock, and a spark of intelligence—The Latest News from England, And May the STAR of his glory never grow dim ” —Clown native to the manner born —A run upon the Bank—Crash, Smash, Dash, which, in the end, ends the Scene. THE ABODE OF ANTIQUITY IN THE REGION OF GLOOM! DARK, DARK, EVERYWHERE! The whole to conclude with the Grand Last Scene, entitled, THE HALLS OF TRANQUIL DELIGHT On the MARGIN OF THE CRYSTAL WATERS, And the Awakening of Nature to Fertility and Gladness. “ To each and all a fair geod night, And rosy dreams and slumbers light” Prices of Admission—A season ticket (not transferable) for Dress Circle, only, L 4. Private boxes, L 3 and L2 Duke’s box, 7s 6d. Dress Circle, ss. Stalls, 3s. Pit, 2a. Box office at Mr George R. West’s Music Warehouse, Princes street, where a plan of the theatre can be seen and seats secured. Agent ... ... Mv lb RAFffAFT-