Cream silk programme printed in black ink with the programme for 4 February 1859 at Hengler's Grand Cirque Variete within a decorative border. The evening is described in ornate lettering as a GREAT FASHIONABLE NIGHT! and lists the programme under the patronage of the Mayor William Preston starting with a military band, followed by horsemanship by Mademoiselle Schmidt with Mr Frowde as Clown; M. Russelli and Pupil in a Risley Act; Mr. Clarke as Punch, Pierrot, Harlequin, Bacchus and Fame; Mr. Wilde on his horse Bluebell; Messrs Hogeni and Bibb performing a balancing act called 'The Globe Perche'; Master Alfred performing on his horse with Mr. Jackson; a comic scene <i>Decapitation</i> by M. Bibb; Mr. and Mrs. C. Hengler as England, Mrs. Beacham and Mr. Powell as Spain, Mlle. Schmidt and M. Russelli as Poland and Miss Sprake and Mr. Clarke as Italy in <i>The Quadrille of All Nations</i>; Mr. J. Cooke as 5 characters from <i>The Pickwick Papers</i> by Charles Dickens (Old Weller, Fat Boy, Pickwick, Sam Weller, Adonis); M. Boutillier on the trapeze; Mr. Clarke as The Japanese Juggler with Mr. Frowde as Clown, <i>La Voltige, or, the Spirit of Emulation</i> by the whole company, followed by an interval, and in the second half <i>Turpin's Rise to York, or, the Death of Black Bess!</i> performed by Mr. C. Hengler, Mr. Rivolti, Mr. Powell, Mr. Frowde, Messrs Clarke and Wild, Mr. Russelli, Mrs. Hengler, Mr. Jackson, Mrs. Beacham, Miss Smith and Mr. Alfred, with Mr. Hengler's horse Victoria as Black Bess. Also advertising the forthcoming appearance of the equestriennes Miss Emily Jane Wells, to make her first appearance before a Liverpool audience on the 14th February, and La Petite Zephora.