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SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY INCIDENTS, AND CHARACTERS.

‘If a man do build a dwelling upon common land from sunset to sunrise, and enclose a piece of ground, wherein there shall be a tree, a beast feeding, a fire kindled, a chimney smoking, and provision in the pot, such dwelling shall be freely held by the builder, anything herein to the contrary nevertheless notwithstanding.’—Old Forest Charter.

OLD MOTHER HUBBARD'S COTTAGE.
With Rural Landscape, and Rookwood Manor Hall in the Distance (Daylight),

‘Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cupboard, to get her poor Dog a bone; when she got there, the cupboard was bare, so the poor Dog had known!—’Ancient Nursery Legend.

Old Mother Hubbard,

• Mr. Atkins;

Her Dog,

• Signor Lorenzo;

Jack (the ‘Man all tattered and torn’),

• Miss F Hunt;

The 'Squire,

• Mr. Tom Matthews;

Dame Wiggins of Lee,

• Mr. Dixon;

Dame Trot,

• Mr. Barsby;

Her Wonderful Cat,

• Master Waggles;

The Great Goose,,

• Master Sageaninguns;

Constable,

• Messr. Grib

Constable,

• Messr. Grab

Parish Beadle,

• Mr. Bumble;

Villager,

• Messr. Yokel

Villager,

• Messr. Pumpkin

Villager,

• Messr. Whackstraw

Villager,

• Messr. Chawbacon, &c. &c;

Rosetta (the ‘Maiden all forlorn’),

• Miss Stuart.

How Mother Hubbard has a certain ‘party’ to tea and turn out, and of the remarkable pranks played by her comical Dog—The Head, the Hat, and the Hose— The Dog's Tale and Mrs. H.'s Narrative—Arrival of the 'Squire—Proclamation of Witch Burning—Threatened incremation of Mother Hubbard on her own hearth, and her Mystic Flight upon a Broomstick.

THE WITCHES' GLEN AND WATERFALL. IN THE VALLEY OF PERFUMED FLOWERS, BY MOONLIGHT.

Will-o'-the-Wisp,

• Miss Lanza;

Ignes Fatui—

• Mdlle. Sidney,

Ignes Fatui—

• Mdlle. Travers,

Ignes Fatui—

• Mdlle. Barnes,

Ignes Fatui—

• Mdlle. A. Barnes,

Ignes Fatui—

• Mdlle. Livermore,

Ignes Fatui—

• Mdlle. Webb,

Ignes Fatui—

• Mdlle. Taylor,

Ignes Fatui—

• Mdlle. Braithwaite,

Ignes Fatui—

• Mdlle. Hammilton,

Ignes Fatui—

• Mdlle. Stapley,

Ignes Fatui—

• Mdlle. Harris,

Ignes Fatui—

• Mdlle. Candy,

Ignes Fatui—

• Mdlle. Copeland,

Ignes Fatui—

• Mdlle. Archer,

Ignes Fatui—

• Mdlle. Hawkins,

Ignes Fatui—

• Mdlle. Delaney,

Ignes Fatui—

• Mdlle. Wil-on,

Ignes Fatui—

• Mdlle. Williams,

Ignes Fatui—

• Mdlle. Robinson,

Ignes Fatui—

• Mdlle. Wood,

Ignes Fatui—

• Mdlle. Watson,

Ignes Fatui—

• Mdlle. Hamelton.

Grand Ballet, Change-a-Lanterne, by the Misses Gunniss and the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. The Invocation! The Incantation!! and The Evaporation!!!
THE VILLAGE GREEN AND ROADSIDE ALE-HOUSE.

Old Gryppe (the Steward),

• Mr. Glindon;

Old Scratche (his Clerk),

• Mr. Tanner;

Tenantry,

• Messr. Cringe

Tenantry,

• Messr. Scrape

Tenantry,

• Messr. Shuffle

Tenantry,

• Messr. Cut

Tenantry,

• Messr. Packoff

Tenantry,

• Messr. Moonraker

Tenantry,

• Messr. Runaway;

Tailor,

• Mr. Snipshears;

Bootmaker,

• Mr. Tightfit;

Mummer,

• Messr. Grinner

Mummer,

• Messr. Joker

Mummer,

• Messr. Magger

Mummer,

• Messr. Cracksides

Mummer,

• Messr. O'Really

Mummer,

• Messr. Mc. Phun. &c.;

St. George,

• Mr. E. Roe;

the Dragon,

• Mr. Scalyfellow;

Valentine,

• Mr. Febbyerry;

Orson,

• Mr. Wildman;

Stilt-Walker,

• Mr. Longlegs;

Bear Warden,

• Mr. Smuggins;

the Bear,

• Mr. Huggins;

Landlord,

• Mr. Trebex;

Morris-Dancer,

• Messr. Trip

Morris-Dancer,

• Messr. Tap

Morris-Dancer,

• Messr. Flip

Morris-Dancer,

• Messr. Flap, &c. &c.;

Jack Pudding,

• Mr. Merryman.

How the 'Squire celebrates his Birthday, and the Village Revel that follows— Coming of Age in the Olden Times-How the Tenantry are treated in one way and how Jack is treated in another—the Dog's instinct and Mother Hubbard's reason.

THE ‘CAGE’ ON THE COMMON (Sunset).
Grand Scena Comique and Pas de Broomstick, by Mother Hubbard.

The Dreamer and the Worker—The Vision of Pleasure and the Di-vision of Labour —Figures of Fun (from the Fancy-store of Dykwynkyn)—Messrs. Mason, Drain-pipe, Carpenter, Hodman, Old Brick, and Young Shaver.—Lilliputian Labourers,

Pigmy Plasterers, Tiny Tilers, Miniature Masons, Baby Bricklayers, Short Sawyers, Dwarf Drain Makers, and Child-Carpenters, by a Host of Juvenile Auxiliaries.

THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT.

The Rat,

• Master Longwhisker;

The Cat,

• Miss Mouser!

The Dog,

• by Himself!

The Cow,

• Madame Brindle;

The Priest, (‘All shaven and shorn’).

• Mr. Jollyman;

The Cock (‘That crow'd in the morn’),

• Master Cocky-doodle-doo.

Realisation of the famous Picture in the National Gallery of Little Britain, taken (by permission) for Boys, from a rare work in the collection of Master Smith, London.

FROGPOOL, IN THE MARSHES (Twilight).
Song, ‘Will-o'-the-Wisp,’ Composed by J. H. Tully.

How the 'Squire goes Hunting, and loses his way and his temper, and what follows in consequence.—Another curious instance of Canine sagacity.

Bull-Frog,

• Master Hop

Bull-Frog,

• Master Skip

Bull-Frog,

• Master Jump

Bull-Frog,

• Master Croak, &c.

SQUASH-HOLLOW SWAMP AND BED OF BULRUSHES.

How the 'Squire comes to grief, and afterwards to repentance, and how Jack is recognized as the rightful heir.—The reward and harmonious movement of the Fairies on a Grand Chromatic Scale towards

WILL-O'-THE-WISP'S HOME BENEATH THE WATERFALL.

THE TRANSPORMATION.

Harlequin

• Messr. CORMACK

Harlequin

• Messr. ST. MAYNE.

Columbines

• The Misses GUNNISS.

Pantaloon

• Messr. G. TANNER

Pantaloon

• Messr. MORLEY.

Clown

• Messr. FORREST

Clown

• Messr. HULINE.

Grotesque

• Signor LORENZO.

1861–1862

• Mr. STILT.

Sprite

• RIDGWAY FAMILY

Sprite

• SEWELL FAMILY.

The Novel Effects and Splendid Scenery by Mr. WILLIAM BEVERLEY, assisted by Messrs. C. Pitt, Craven, Drew, &c.

The Masks, Symbolic Devices, Personal Appointments, and Designs for the Costumes, by the celebrated Dykwynkyn.

The Overture and Music Composed and Arrangvd by Mr. J. H. Tully.

The Machinery by Mr. Tucker and Assistants.

The Tricks, Properties, Changes, and Transformations, by Mr. Needham, assisted by Messrs. Glindon, H. Adams, H. Langham, &c.

The Costumes by Miss Dickinson, Mr. Lauri, and Mr. Palmer,

The Gas Appointments by Mr. Hinckley.

The Choregraphic Arrangements by Mr. Cormack.

The Harlequinade and Comic Scenas by Messrs. Cormack and B. Jones.

The Perfume of the Flowers supplied by Rimmel's process.

The whole Arranged and Produced under the immediate superintendence of Mr. Robert Roxby.