Cirrus@Austlit

'Somewhat unusually [The Three Wishes] featured Shakespeare's Titania and Puck as it's immortals, while the opening crisis did not revolve around thwarted young love but that other staple of the nineteenth-century theatre, the oppressive landlord' (Webby, p.180). The storyline concerns Robin Homespun (played by George Coppin) who is about to be sent to prison by his landlord, Sir Rupert Brushwood Breakcover). Puck then appears on his mission to restore his favour with Queen Titania and intercedes by transforming the mortals into the traditional characters of the harlequinade. One of the scenes in this section of the pantomime sees Clown and Pantaloon apply for a job at the very theatre the production was being staged in.

The scenes advertised for the Launceston production were:

Scene 1. Fairy Lake (interview between Titania and Puck - Titania's rage; Departure of Puck on his mission);

Scene 2. Exterior of Robin's Cottage;

Scene 3. Interior of Robin's Cottage - Grand Transformation;

Scene 4. Interior of a Barber's Shop;

Scene 5. View of the Theatre and St John-Street;

Scene 6. Well-known shop in Cahrles-Street;

Scene 7. Interior of the Necromancer's Cook-shop;

Scene . Front Street;

Scene 9. View of the River Tamar;

Scene 10. Front Wood;

Scene 11. Palace of the Blazing Sun - Grand Finale.