_Richardson’s Theatre._
The outside of this show was in height upwards of thirty feet, and
occupied one hundred feet in width. The platform on the outside was very
elevated; the back of it was lined with green baize, and festooned with
deeply-fringed crimson curtains, except at two places where the
money-takers sat, which were wide and roomy projections, fitted up like
gothic shrine-work, with columns and pinnacles. There were fifteen
hundred variegated illumination-lamps disposed over various parts of
this platform, some of them depending from the top in the shape of
chandeliers and lustres, and others in wreaths and festoons. A band of
ten performers in scarlet dresses, similar to those worn by beef-eaters,
continually played on clarionets, violins, trombones, and the long drum;
while the performers paraded in their gayest “properties” before the
gazing multitude. Audiences rapidly ascended on each performance being
over, and paying their money to the receivers in their gothic seats, had
tickets in return; which, being taken at the doors, admitted them to
descend into the “theatre.” The following “bill of the play” was
obtained at the doors upon being requested:--
⁂ Change of Performance each Day.
RICHARDSON’S
THEATRE.
_This Day will be performed, an entire New
Melo-Drama, called the_
WANDERING
OUTLAW,
_Or, the Hour of Retribution._
Gustavus, Elector of Saxony, _Mr. Wright_.
Orsina, Baron of Holstein, _Mr. Cooper_.
Ulric and Albert, Vassals to Orsina,
_Messrs. Grove and Moore_.
St. Clair, the Wandering Outlaw, _Mr. Smith_.
Rinalda, the Accusing Spirit, _Mr. Darling_.
Monks, Vassals, Hunters, &c.
Rosabella, Wife to the Outlaw, _Mrs. Smith_.
Nuns and Ladies.
The Piece concludes with the DEATH of
ORSINA, and the Appearance of the
_ACCUSING SPIRIT._
_The Entertainments to conclude with a New
Comic Harlequinade, with New Scenery,
Tricks, Dresses, and Decorations, called_,
HARLEQUIN
_FAUSTUS!_
OR, THE
DEVIL WILL HAVE HIS OWN.
Luciferno, Mr. THOMAS.
Dæmon Amozor, afterwards Pantaloon,
Mr. WILKINSON.--Dæmon Ziokos, afterwards
Clown, Mr. HAYWARD.--Violencello
Player, Mr. HARTEM.--Baker,
Mr. THOMPSON.--Landlord, Mr. WILKINS.--Fisherman,
Mr. RAE.--Doctor
Faustus, afterwards Harlequin, Mr.
SALTER.
Adelada, afterwards Columbine,
Miss WILMOT.
Attendant Dæmons, Sprites, Fairies, Ballad
Singers, Flower Girls, &c. &c.
_The Pantomime will finish with_
A SPLENDID PANORAMA,
_Painted by the First Artists._