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 TUESDAY, DECEMBER SEVENTH, 1847, 
 
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 THE LONDON COMMITTEE 
 
 Have to express, on beluill' of themselves, The Stratford Committee, 
 and The General Subscribers to the Fund, their cordial thanks to the 
 following Ladies and Gentlemen, for their valuable and gratuitous services 
 on this occasion : — 
 
 To Mr. Beale, the Lessee of the Eoyal Italian Opera House, Covent 
 Garden, for the free use of his Theatre, Wardi-obe, and Properties. 
 
 To the following Members of the Theatrical Profession, for their 
 sympathy and co-operation : — 
 
 Mr. Macready. 
 Mr. Leigh Murray 
 Mr. Ryder. 
 Mr. Bellingham. 
 Mr. S. Parry. 
 Mr. Edgar. 
 Mr. Aldham. 
 Mrs. Butler. 
 Mr. Jas. Vining 
 Mr. Martin. 
 
 In " The 
 
 Death of 
 
 Henry IV." 
 
 In " The Death 
 
 of Queen 
 
 Katharine.'' 
 
 Mr. Harley. 
 Mr. Buckstone. 
 
 In the Scene 
 
 , frotn " The Ttoo 
 
 Gentlemen of 
 
 Verona.'' 
 
 In " Falstaff's 
 Recruits." 
 
 Mr. W. Farren.n 
 
 Mr. Granby. 
 
 Mr. Oxberry. 
 
 Mr. Woolgar. ^ 
 
 Miss Helen Faucit.% 
 
 Mrs. Glover. \Li^Juliet^s 
 
 -..- -r^ r Marriage 
 
 Mr. Diddear. Daii." 
 
 Mr. a. Harris. -' 
 
 Mr. Webster. 
 Mr. Keeley. 
 Mr. J. Bland. 
 Mr. Howe. 
 Mr. H. Vandenhoff. 
 Mr. Caulfield. 
 Mr. Gough. 
 Mr. Payne. 
 Mrs. Nesbitt. 
 Mr. C. Mathews. 
 Mr. Meadows- 
 Mr. F. Matthews. 
 Mr. Egbert Eoxby 
 Mr. Parselle. 
 Madame Vestris. 
 Mrs. Stirling. 
 Miss Marshall. 
 Mr. Phelps. 
 Mr. H. Marston. 
 Mr. G. Bennett. 
 Miss P. Horton. 
 
 In 
 
 '■'■Katherine 
 
 and 
 Petruchio." 
 
 In 
 " The Buck- 
 Basket Scene 
 ^ and 
 Slender s 
 Courtshi})." 
 
 In " The 
 Story 
 \ of Pros- 
 per 0." 
 
 Miss Laura Addison, j
 
 Mr. Gbaiiam 
 Mr. J. H. Johnstone. 
 Mr. G. ViNiNa . 
 Mr. Howell. . 
 Mrs. Warner 
 Miss Angell . 
 Mrs. Tyrrell 
 
 In " The Statue Scene, 
 from Winter s Tale. 
 
 To Sir Henry Bishop, for the selection and arrangement of the 
 Music. 
 
 To Mr. T. Cooke, for the Leadmg the Band, which has been 
 selected from the Philharmonic Orchestra. 
 
 To Mr. Grieve, for his selection and superintendence of the Scenery. 
 
 To Mrs. Bailey, for her superintendence of the Costume and 
 Wardrobe. 
 
 To Mr. Charles Knight, for the Prologue. 
 
 To Mr. Phelps, for its Eecitation. 
 
 To The Chartered Gas Company, for the presentation of the Gas 
 consumed on the occasion, by which a large outlay has been saved to 
 the fund. 
 
 And to numerous other parties, who have incidentally promoted the 
 performance by assistance and advice, and more especially to the 
 Managers and Manageresses of the following Theatres, who, in addi- 
 tion to giving their own services, have also, by their arrangements, to 
 their own detriment, sanctioned the withdi-awal of various Actors and 
 Actresses from their Theatres, for the occasion : — • 
 
 Mr. Webster, of the Theatre Eoyal, Haymarket. 
 
 Madame Vestris, of the Theatre Eoyal, Lyceum. 
 
 Mr. Maddox, of the Theatre Eoyal, Princess'. 
 
 Mr. Phelps, of the Theatre Eoyal, Sadler's Wells. 
 
 Mrs. Warner, of the Theatre Eoyal, Marylebone.
 
 A PROLOGUE 
 
 WRITTEN FOR THE OCCASION BT 
 
 MR. CHARLES KNIGHT, 
 
 AND 
 
 SPOKEN BY MR. PHELPS 
 
 The Macedonian stood within the gates 
 
 Of the devoted Thebes. Eelentless hates 
 
 Ask'd to be loos'd in bloodshed and in fire : 
 
 Spare not — the conqueror cried : — Yet stay ! the lyre 
 
 Of glorious Pindarus in Thebes was strung — 
 
 Search for his House these fated pUes among ; 
 
 Perish the city, down with every tower, 
 
 But save, from ruin save the Muses' sacred bower. 
 
 The victor Time has stood on Avon's side 
 
 To doom the faU of many a home of pride ; 
 
 Kapine o'er Evesham's gUded fane has strode. 
 
 And gorgeous Kenilworth has paved the road : 
 
 But Time has gently laid his withering hands 
 
 On one frail House — the House of Shakespeare stands ; 
 
 Centuries are gone — fallen " the cloud-capp'd tow'rs ;" 
 
 But Shakespeare's home, his boyhood's home is ours. 
 
 Ye, who this night kind greetings bring to cheer 
 The histrionic groups assembled here, — 
 Cherish the task, ^vith reverent love to hold 
 One relic of our drama's age of gold — 
 For there, where Avon's long-immortal wave 
 Lingers in willowy banks by Shakespeare's grave, —
 
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 The Pilgrims come : Ohio and the Rhine 
 Send forth their worshippers to Stratford's shrine, — 
 And still they come, to hail, from every clime, 
 The Poet of all conntries and " all time." 
 
 Perchance, hi some dark hour, a venal stage 
 
 May leave to bookworms Shakespeare's living page ; 
 
 Fit on the buskins to some Newgate gang, 
 
 And give the comic mask to di-unken slang : 
 
 Then, when no tear shaU fall for Juliet's woe, 
 
 Falstaif be voted dull, and Hamlet " slow," — 
 
 Then, ere new Bettertons and Garricks rise 
 
 To win the crowd from scenes the good despise, — 
 
 The lowly roof, which you are here to claim 
 
 From cold neglect or desecration's shame. 
 
 May stand, the trophy of a nobler taste — 
 
 A beacon-light amidst the drama's waste. 
 
 Tes ! when a race unborn shaU gather round 
 
 His haUuwed roof, and consecrated ground. 
 
 And secret tears, and smiles of sudden glee. 
 
 Attest his sway — the mind's own jubilee ; 
 
 Eemembrance, perhaps, may tui-n to this "brief hour," 
 
 Which yields our feeble homage to his power : 
 
 For here th' assembled Nation stands to say, 
 
 Our Shakespeare's home is snatch'd from quick decay; — 
 
 Is the work finish'd — or but yet begun ? 
 
 Complete ! Maintain ! Do all that needs be done ! — 
 
 Yes ! England's heart now beats at Shakespeare's call— 
 
 The Muses' bower is saved — your's is the pledge for All.
 
 THE 
 
 F]EIEF®IRMM(DIS< 
 
 TUESDAY, DECEMBEK SEVENTH, 1847.
 
 JEaii^fe< 
 
 BEETHOVEN^S 
 
 OVERTURE TO "CORIOLANUS. " 
 
 THE DEATH OF HENRY IV. 
 
 Second Part of King Henry IV. Act IV. 
 
 A CHAMBER IN THE PALACE AT WESTMINSTER. 
 
 King Henry . 
 
 Henry, Prince of Wales 
 
 Prince Thomas of Clarence 
 
 Prince John of Lancaster . 
 
 Prince Humphrey of Gloster 
 
 Lord Chief Justice 
 
 Earl of JFestmoreland . 
 
 Pages to the King 
 
 Mr. Maceeady. 
 
 Mr. Leigh Murray. 
 
 Mr. Aldham. 
 
 Mr. S. Parry. 
 
 Mr. Bellingham. 
 
 Mr. Ryder. 
 
 Mr. Edgar. 
 
 Mr. Andrews. 
 Mr. Smith. 
 
 II. 
 THE DEATH OF QUEEN KATHARINE. 
 
 Henry the Eighth. Act IV. 
 
 A CHAMBER IN KIMBOLTON CASTLE. 
 
 Queen Katharine .... Mrs. Butler. 
 
 Patience "^ rMiss Andrews. 
 
 Agatha ^Her Attendants . . < Miss Bellamy. 
 
 Cicely J LMiss Johnson. 
 
 Cromwell 
 Guilford . 
 Capucius 
 
 Mr. James Vining. 
 Mr. Aldiiam. 
 Mr. Martin.
 
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 III. 
 
 T\^0 GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. 
 
 
 Part of Act the Third. 
 
 
 A STREET IN VERONA. 
 
 Launce . 
 
 Mr. Harley. 
 
 Speed 
 
 Mr. Buckstone 
 
 SIE HENRY BISHOPS 
 
 OVERTUEE, INTRODUCING POPULAR AIRS 
 FROM SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS. 
 
 IV. 
 
 FALSTAFFS RECRUITS BEFORE JUSTICE 
 SHALLOW. 
 
 Second Part of King Henry IV. Act III., Scene 2. 
 
 AN ORCHARD BEFORE JUSTICE SHALLOW's HOUSE. 
 
 Jtistice Shallow .... Mr. W. Farren. 
 Justice Silence . . . . . 
 
 Falstaff 
 Bardolph . 
 Mouldy, 
 Shadow, 
 TTart, 
 Feeble, 
 Bullcalf, 
 Davy . 
 
 Eecruits 
 
 Mr. Darcie. 
 Mr. Granby. 
 Mr. Woolgar. 
 ^Mr. Turnour. 
 Mr. Fortescue. 
 Mr."Mandale. 
 Mr. Oxberry. 
 Mr. C. E. Butlee. 
 Mr. Andrews. 
 
 MENDELSSOHN'S 
 
 OVERTURE TO "THE MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S 
 
 DREAM."
 
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 V. 
 
 JULIET'S MARRIAGE DAY. 
 
 Romeo and Juliet. The Fourth Act entii'e. 
 
 Scene 1. the cloisters. — Scene 2. a chamber in capulet's hocse.- 
 Scene 3. Juliet's bedroom. 
 
 Lady Capulet 
 Juliet 
 
 Nurse . 
 
 Miss O'Hara. 
 Miss Helen Faucit. 
 Mrs. Glover. 
 
 Capulet . 
 
 Paris . 
 
 Friar Lawrence 
 
 Mr. J. Eyan. 
 Mr. a. Harris. 
 Mr. Diddear. 
 
 VI. 
 
 KATHERINE AND PETRUCHIO. 
 
 Taming of the Skre^o. Portions of Act I. and Act TV. 
 
 A GOTHIC HALL. 
 
 PetrucJdo 
 Baptista . 
 Grumio 
 Gremio 
 Hortensio 
 Liicentio . 
 Curtis . 
 Vincentio . 
 Biondello 
 
 Eatherina 
 Widow . 
 Bianca 
 
 Mr. Webster. 
 Mr. Gough. 
 Mr. Keeley. 
 Mr. Bland. 
 Mr. Howe. 
 Mr. Vandenhoff. 
 Mr. Caulfield. 
 Mr. Payne. 
 Mr. Turnour. 
 
 Mrs. Nisbett. 
 Mrs. Gates. 
 Miss Everington.
 
 14 
 
 THE BUCK-BASKET AND SLENDERS 
 COURTSHIP. 
 
 The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act III., 3rd and 4th Scenes ; Act IV., 
 
 Scene 1. 
 
 CHAMBERS IN FORD's HOUSE. 
 
 JaUaff .... 
 
 Mr. Granby. 
 
 lord 
 
 Mr. Egbert Eoxby. 
 
 Faga 
 
 Mr. Parselle. 
 
 Bir Hugh Evans 
 
 Mr. Meadows. 
 
 Shalloio .... 
 
 Mr. F. Matthews. 
 
 Dr. Caiics .... 
 
 Mr. Jas. Bland. 
 
 Slender .... 
 
 Mr. Chas. Mathews 
 
 Robin ..... 
 
 Miss Ward. 
 
 Mrs. Tacje .... 
 
 Madame Vestris. 
 
 Mrs. Ford .... 
 
 Mrs. Stirling. 
 
 Anne Page .... 
 
 Miss Marshall. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 THE STORY OF PROSPERO. 
 
 Tempest. Act I., Scene 2. 
 
 THE ISLAND BEFORE THE CELL OF PROSPERO. 
 
 Prospero ..... Mr. Phelps. 
 
 Ferdinand Mr. H. Marston. 
 
 Caliban Mr. G. Bennett. 
 
 Ariel 
 Miranda 
 
 Miss P. Horton. 
 Miss Laura Addison.
 
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 Leontes 
 Polixenes 
 Florizel 
 Camillo 
 
 IX. 
 
 THE STATUE SCENE. 
 
 A Winte}-'s Tale. Act V., Scene last. 
 
 A ROOM IX PAILINa's HOUSE. 
 
 Mr. Gkaham. 
 
 Me. J. H. Johnston. 
 
 Mr. G. Yixing. 
 
 Mr. Howell. 
 
 Hermione . . . . . . Mrs. Warner. 
 
 Perdita . . . . . Miss Angell. 
 
 Pauline . . . . . . 'Mrs. Tyrrell. 
 
 Lords and Ladies, kc. 
 
 VIVANT REGINA ET PRINCEPS.
 
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