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Christmas Week At The Theatres. Drury .L...
tition of the extraordinary success achieved by that production . But there is no lack of Mr . Planchk ' s accustomed wit , humour , and playful fancydualities which in his hands retain so much of their natural grace and buoyancy , that they hardly contradict our . sense of the remote and fairyhke , but seem to form an integral part of the rich embroidery and fantastical fiKgKSwork of-enchantment . The Discreet Princess is the nursery he ion fanfmar to us all in childhood , and derived from the collection of Chakles P ? rrauLt . A certain King ( called Gander the Stupendous in the present ve ^ fion ) ? o es to fight the Infidels , and leaves his three daughters locked up naTower , secure from all visits from the male creation and charged " ? t h instructions to employ themselves until then- father ' s return with the continua use of three magic distaffs of glass , given to them by Mother Goose diSaffs which are sure to break if the fair owners should m any way mis-^ ndu ? t themselv es . How the tower is entered in disguise by the malignant S ^/( Mr ? RoBSON ) ; how he endeavours to make love to the Princesses , but is defeated by the prudence of Finetta ( Miss Julia St George ) ; how dmt young lady ' s ^ distaff is preserved unfractured to the end , while the other tw « ie broken and how Finetta triump hs over Richer aft , and is ultimately SSrSd to thai Vak , h prince ' s younger brother , the handsome and chivalrous R ^ iot PV Iiss RUskL ); we need not describe , since all are probably f / ouSe 1 with ttc story , or will become so throug h the pleasant medium of SSzh . rss , r , S- 'Ss ' e ? = ; . ;• 3 = 5 Sf -iT & xsxss ^ :. ^^; . wMiim-mimmm iiilifll ^ tisSsi that of the Yellow Uitarj , 3 ci meic spikes , which is . quite raving madness after being taken ou ^ of thc ^ J ^ ^ ' parQdy on the ^^ S ^ SE ^ SSi ? ghost scene in Hamlet , wnero i « - » & , f th spectre in the Motion of the feet , so as to ^^ . ^ SdiJof the cele" Corsican Brothers "—an etfect neigntenea oy F acted King Gander brated tremulous g host-music of that ^ nc Mi ^ Ta to ^ of tr / th to the the Stupendous with an feroic pom ^ . Uy ^ h , ch gave a tm ^^ ^ ^ extravagance of the burlesque ;» liss fcx ^^ George acted spiritedly done for ' the slight part of Mother Goose , X £ * a * i iately voluble and sang charmingly as Arietta ; JUss Iernan ^ J I ^ look J ed hand . and shrewish as the Princess Bab ^« > a ™\ galled * performed the some in a becoming scarlet bodice ( vve think . * % ca ) 1 t lazy Princw , I < fc // o «*« -ith S ^ f ^^ fiT not striking ; t od a second ^ ° o ?^ S ^ l ^ I ^ g b ^ to « Bbt down the curtain to the entire satisfaction of the audience . Christmas entertainment at the A faint attempt at novel ^ e m the C !»» £ « tQ esc from ol ( 1 Adelphi—an attempt which , inasmuch as . any fo j worthy of praise , pantomimic platitudes is a step m the "S «* ^ g ™ 7 on this principle 6 ut , though two »^ U ^» ay ^^ n d ^^( a P I the writer seems to have gone ) , a uuu u 1 lition not more likely to will not make a pleasant holiday piece . J » a . ^ J ; Our old anA much be loved in the theatrical than in t ^ P ^ aT » oiM ^ Giailt-Killer , » ^ "f SSvtSS ^ t . ^^ wS ™ i-. the _ subject , of . _ opening
portion of the piece , and was introduced by young Mother Goose ( Miss Wyndham ) , after a colloquy with the spirits of Burlesque and Pantomime , the latter of whom bewailed in dismal accents the usurpation of extravaganzas on the Adelphi stage . Pantomime being soothed by Mother Goose ( as ^ who wouldn ' t be by such a radiant pacificator ?) consents to a coalition with his rival , and the regular story of Jack and the Bean stalk then commences . The best hits were in this opening scene ; some of them reminded us of Planche ' s delicate strokes of satire . But when Paul Bedford appeared as the Ojre , and bellowed as he always bellows ; when Mr It . Rombk , as an amiable Ogress , made sleepy attempts to be funny ; when a number of children tumbled about the stage without any definite notion ot what they should do ; when Madame Celeste changed the adventurous Jack of our childhood to a half-French , half-melodramatic , hero ; and when even that kin » of burlesque knights , Mr . J . Bland , could excite our laughter only by exhibiting a shagey wig and beard , —we felt that the spirit of dulness was present m all its " power . Nor was the pantomimic portion of the coalition entertainment anv better , though the first scene promised well with a pretty tableau , aided greatly by the admirable dresses of the four principal characters , in addition to a Pierrot as their running footman . I lies * were played by Madame Celeste ( Harlequin ); Miss Wyndham ( Columbine ); Mr Garden { Clown ); Mr . C . J . Smith ( Pantaloon ) ; and Mr . Le Barr ( Pierrot ) . The latter of these people did many stupid things without the Icrtst aim at a joke . They stole everything they could , and , having done so , threw away their booty . " Large boxes were brought on the stage duly lahcled , and taken off again untouched , leaving the am hence- more apprehensive than the author-to supply their own jokes , which they . 1 id pretty freely The political "hits" wouldn ' t hit ; the « transformations wouldnt t Worm ind yet , notwithstanding all this inveterate dulness , the piece U we ! i \ Zith seeinV The scenerv in the opening is beautiful , especially a Mont BHnc Scape in the midst of which the Ogre dwells ; the presses iSSSsfeaSfijS £ ! 5 ? B ? 5 iStlf who would not go to see the heroine of domestic misery piny Harlequin , and dance io admirably that one almost regrets her tra « C inclinations ; or iho wouM not feast his eyes on the loveliest of ColumMncs , dressed 111 en-Cll KXN cL s ' s ? -Tlerc the charming and pathetic old story of The Maid and theMagpiel ™ been ruthlessly burlesqued to serve as the introduction to Sume . The employment of children , winch was such a prominent feature oTtlTeChristinas entertainment at this theatre lust yea .-, has been resorted to with equal success for the present season . The majinifaccnce of the banquetting scene in Henry VJ 1 L i . charmingly paro ^ J ^ ^ he mmmmmsm ss ^ sssasSffSsss Sorricy production , and contains a good scene in a l »«» "te 1 ^'"^ ' ¦ ™ J the story of St . George and the Dragon presents matte , lor a « i equestrian panSSimc at Ast ,. R ' s-a novelty peculiar to tlm locuhty . ii
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 29, 1855, page 19, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_29121855/page/19/
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