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The Bee and the Orange Tree ; or, The Four Wishes

Planché, J. R. (1796-1880)
  
THE BEE AND THE ORANGE TREE;
  
[note]
  
BILL OF THE PLAY (FROM THE ORIGINAL).
  
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE, &c.

 1. 
Scene First.
 2. 
Scene Second.
 3. 
Scene Third.
 4. 
Scene Fourth.
 5. 
Scene Fifth.

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BILL OF THE PLAY (FROM THE ORIGINAL).

PROGRAMME OF SCENERY, &c.

Audience Chamber in the Marine Pavilion of King Block.

  • King Block (the father of his children) ... Mr. Tilbury
  • Prince Amiable (one of them, and the Flower of the Flock) ... Mr. Hudson
  • Baron Sprout (Ambassador from King Cole, Sovereign of the Happy Islands, to his brother, King Block) ... Mr. Clark
  • Noblemen in the Ambassador's Suite ... Messrs. Grace, Jones, Sharpe, & Lomas
  • Noblemen of the Court of King Block ... Messrs. Galli, Beale, Howlett, & Guernsey
  • Lord Bendwell (Usher of the Willow Wand) Mr. Harcourt
  • Captain of the Royal Body Guard (Wooden Stick-in-Waiting) ... Mr. Sapio
  • Body Guard, &c.

Iron Bound Coast of the Perilous Island, With Mouth of Ogre's Cavern. An Ordinary Feature on the Face of Fairy Land.

  • The Princess Amy (only daughter of King Cole—lost at sea when an infant, and found useful as Maid-of-all-Work in an Ogre's Family, where no Footman is kept; a servant in a very awkward situation) ... Miss Julia Bennett

GORGE, AMONG THE ROCKS, NEAR THE OGRE'S CAVERN.

  • Ravagio (an Ogre, sole proprietor of the last pair of Seven-league Boots, and a violent opponent of the March of Intellect) ... Mr. James Bland
  • Tourmentine (his Better (?) Half) ... Mrs. Stanley
  • Croquemitain (their only son—“his father's hope and mother's joy”) ... Mr. Caulfield

Basement Story of the Ogre's Mansion.

His only Servant's Hall, &c.

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THE FOUR WISHES!

“A—way to the Mountain's Brow.”

A Splendid Orange Tree and a “Bouncing Bee.”

The Pleasure Gardens of the Princess Linda.

  • The Princess Linda (an independent Locomotive Sovereign) ... Miss P. Horton
  • Countess Kurtzylow ... Mrs. Caulfield
  • Ladies of the Court—Mesdames Powell, Dubois, A. Dubois, Tweedie, Byers, &c.

Experimental Trip on the New Grand Atmospheric Fairy Land Direct Railway; and Opening of the Down Line to the “Bee and Orange” Station.

  • The Fairy Trufio (Honorary Member of the Horticultural, Botanical, Zoological, Entomological, Astronomical, and all other learned Societies; a Director of the Grand Atmospheric Fairy Land, and Theatre Royal, Haymarket Junction) ... Mrs. L. S. Buckingham
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