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The Drama at Home ; or, An Evening with Puff

Planché, J. R. (1796-1880)
 
THE DRAMA AT HOME;
 
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PROGRAMME OF SCENERY, &c.

 
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PROGRAMME OF SCENERY, &c.

    RUINS OF THE ANCIENT TEMPLE OF THE DRAMA, With a Miserable Prospect and Dissolving View of the Company.

  • The Drama (in extremis) ... Mrs. Glover
  • Ophelia (quite crazy, and no wonder) ... Mrs. Caulfield
  • Dramatis Personæ in want of Situations as well as Dialogue:— Messrs. Santer, Ennis, Williamson, Lawler, Conram, Alderson, J. Jones, Leigh, Aldridge, Weston, Manwarren, Russell, &c.; Mesdames Mansfield, Jones, King, Dubois, C. Dubois, Reynolds, Sugden, &c.

    CRITICAL APPEARANCE OF PUFF.

  • Puff (Author of the celebrated Tragedy of the “Spanish Armada)” ... Mr. Charles Mathews

    THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. With a Peep at the Stars through the Portico.

  • Richard III. (From Drury Lane) Mr. Worrell
  • Lord Stanley (From Drury Lane) Mr. Carle
  • Arnold (From “Guillaume Tell” Mr. Caulfield
  • Matilda (From “Guillaume Tell” Mrs. Caulfield
  • The Peri (From the Ballet) Miss Selwyn
  • Achmet (From the Ballet) Mr. Ireland
THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN (Under a Cloud).
“It may be for years—and it may be for ever.”
—Popular Song.
  • Ariel (From the “Tempest,” the Adelaide Gallery, and the Royal Polytechnic Institution) ... Miss P. Horton
  • Othello (Off the boards, but between them) Mr. Ennis
  • Macbeth (Up to snuff) ... Mr. Howard
  • Punch (From the Office—just out—though his Mother is not aware of it) ... Mr. James Bland
  • Portia (From the “Merchant of Venice,” with an entirely New Act never contemplated by Shakespeare) ... Miss Lee
  • Nerissa (Who has got the bag) ... Miss Grove
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THE LITTLE THEATRE IN THE HAYMARKET

Its First Appearance on its own Stage (by the kind permission of Benjamin Webster, Esq., Lessee).

  • Falstaff (From the “Merry Wives of Windsor”) Mr. T. F. Matthews
  • Mrs. Page (From the “Merry Wives of Windsor”) Miss Jones
  • Mrs. Ford (From the “Merry Wives of Windsor”) Mrs. Worrell
  • Katherina (From the “Taming of the Shrew”) Miss Mansfield
  • Petruchio (From the “Taming of the Shrew”) Mr. Carle
THE DRAMA AT HOME.

Presentation to the Drama by Mr. Puff from the Minor Theatres on their late Emancipation.

    “THE CHRISTMAS CAROL,” from the Adelphi.

  • Spirit of Christmas Past, Miss Kendall.
  • Spirit of Christmas Present, Mr. J. Jones.
  • Spirit of Christmas Future, Miss Connor.
  • Old Scrooge, Mr. Santer.

    “THE ROAD OF LIFE, OR THE CABMAN'S CAREER,” From the Olympic.

  • Tim Turnstile, Mr. Aldridge.

    “SUSAN HOPLEY,” from the Victoria.

  • Susan, Miss Phillips.

    “THE LAST SHILLING,” from the Surrey.

  • Farmer Hazard, Mr. Howard.
  • Fanny, Miss Dubois.
  • Paul Peril, Mr. E. Witten.

    “THE MAGIC MIRROR,” from the Princess's.

  • Poo Poo, Mr. Eccles.

The whole to conclude with a GRAND ANOMALOUS PROCESSION OF THE LONDON EXHIBITIONS (In which the Drama playfully “takes a sight” at the sights), and Medley Finale.

 

Formerly Miss Mattley.

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