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PROGRAMME OF SCENERY, &c.

Hall in the Castle of the Duchess Grognon.
Royal Visit and Opening of an Exchange,
Neither New nor a Robbery,
Being only a piece of matrimonial stock jobbery.
  • King Uxorious (a Widower unexpectedly bewitched) ... Mr. J. Bland
  • The Duchess Grognon (a Maiden Lady of a very uncertain age, the owner of a capital cellar) ... Mrs. Stanley
  • Lord Nimroddy (Grand Huntsman) ... Mr. Caulfield

    Household of the Duchess.

  • Page, Mr. Frost.
  • Butler, Mr. Jones.
  • Cook, Mr. Price.
  • Grooms, Messrs. Beale & Lomax.
  • Serving Men, Messrs. Sapio, Grice, Howlett, &c.

    GARDENS OF THE ROYAL PALACE.

  • The Princess Graciosa (a model for daughters) ... Miss Julia Bennett
  • Percinet (a fairy Prince, and the perfection of lovers) ... Miss P. Horton
  • Nimbletongue (Pursuivant) ... Mr. Clark.

A Movement in Four Flats.—(Tempo di Marcia.)

Shewing how Graciosa and Percinet passed out of the Palace Gardens and met the King and Grognon on the HIGH ROAD TO THE CITY.

    CHAMBER IN THE KING'S PALACE—PROCESSION TO THE LISTS.

  • Herald ... Mr. Santer
  • Captain of the Guard ... Mr. Harcourt

    Knights Tenants of the Lists against all comers.

  • Sir Regent Circus (Knight of the Bull and Mouth) ... Mr. Carle
  • Sir Lad Lane (Knight of the Swan with Two Necks) ... Mr. Field
  • Sir Snow Hill (Knight of the Saracen's Head) ... (one of two noble kinsmen) Mr. Murphy
  • Sir Ludgate Hill (Knight of the Belle Sauvage) ... (one of two noble kinsmen) Mr. Whitton
  • Sir Fleet Street (Knight of the Bolt-in-Tun) Mr. Cooke
  • Sir Charing Cross (Knight of the Golden Cross) ... Mr. Ennis

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TILT YARD OF THE ROYAL PALACE With the Lists set out for a Grand Tournament.

Terrific Combat between Percinet and the Six Champions of the Queen of Beauty.

FOREST, With Fairy Fancy Ball, and Fête Champêtre.

“It was everywhere as light as day. Shepherds and Shepherdesses were to be seen in groups dancing to the music of flutes and bagpipes.”

  • The Fairy Chrystallina ... Mrs. L. S. Buckingham
  • Her two Daughters ... Miss Woulds and Miss M. Woulds

BATTLEMENTS OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE. (Veluti in Speculum.)

CHAMBER IN THE ROYAL PALACE, BEHIND (As Before).

THE DUNGEON WITH THREE LOCKS. The Skein! The Cask! The Box!

LANDSCAPE.—Evening.

A Critical Case; The Contents which escape; Masters Dot, Trot, Tiny, Trip, Mite, Atom, Grain, etc., etc. Misses Midge, More, Speck, Spangle, Drop Pins-head, etc.

  • Envy ... Mr. Murphy.

CRYSTAL PALACE OF PERCINET.

At the Bottom of the Well.