2-981-763 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Pantomime at Covent-Garden: "Cinderella - the Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast", 1876. London stage production. '...Mr. Charles Rice...presents us with a gorgeous spectacle...Cinderella herself [is played by] Miss Amalia...Prince Plenteous [is] Miss Nelly Power...Our Illustration here gives the central situation of the piece, that in which Cinderella claims the glass slipper that so well fits her foot, and produces its fellow in corroboration of her identity with the wearer of both at the Prince's ball. The scene is a crowded one, and full of dramatic intention. We may note the envy of her sisters, Salprunella and Blowsabella, whose jealousy and doubt blend expression in their unamiable faces...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1876.