A VISION OF VENUS; OR, A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S NIGHTMARE. A FARCICAL PIECE OF SINGULARITY, IN TWO ACTS, AND EIGHT TABLEAUX. PARTLY SUGGESTED BY ANSTEY'S "TINTED VENUS." BY HARRY PLEON. _Produced at the Britannia Theatre, Hoxton, March 20, 1893._ [Illustration] Dramatis Personæ, { (A Hairdresser and } { Perfumer, who by some } ALPHONZO LATHEREM { mystic power is beloved } Mr. Harry Pleon. { and followed by } { Aphrodite) } INSPECTOR HANDSAW { (Of the Criminal } Mr. Edward Leigh. { Investigation Department) } AUGUSTUS GILLFEATHER { (A jolly fellow, don't } Mr. Bruce Lindley. { you know) } FIRST ROBBER . . . . . . . . . Mr. F. Beaumont. SECOND ROBBER . . . . . . . . . Mr. Barrett. OLD MAN . . . . . . . . . Mr. W. Abbott. JANE FRILLINGS (A Dressmaker) Miss Ada Morgan. VENUS (The Living Statue) Miss Amy Lyster. TIME OF REPRESENTATION.--One Hour and a Quarter. 1,025. Dicks' Standard Plays. COSTUME. ALPHONZO.--Fashionable light suit; white hat. AUGUSTUS.--Black frock suit; tall silk hat; very high collar. HANDSAW.--Inspector's clothes. TWO ROBBERS.--Rough clothes. OLD MAN.--Black coat; light trousers; white hat; stock; stick &c. JANE.--Very neat walking dress. VENUS.--Something after the mythological style. SYNOPSIS. ACT I.--Hendon Gardens. ACT II.--The Hairdresser's. TABLEAU I.--On the Drunk--Awake.----TABLEAU II.--On the Ground--Asleep.----TABLEAU III.--The Dream; the Living Statue.----TABLEAU IV.--Attempted Robbery of the Antique Venus.----TABLEAU V.--Venus Claims the Hairdresser.----TABLEAU VI.--Venus at the Barber's.----TABLEAU VII.--It Vanishes.----TABLEAU VIII.--Wide Awake. STAGE DIRECTIONS. EXITS AND ENTRANCES.--R. means _Right;_ L. _Left;_ D. F. _Door in Flat;_ R. D. _Right Door; _L. D. _Left Door;_ S. E. _Second Entrance;_ U. E. _Upper Entrance;_ M. D. _Middle Door;_ L. U. E. _Left Upper Entrance;_ R. U. E. _Right Upper Entrance;_ L. S. E. _Left Second Entrance;_ P. S. _Prompt Side;_ O. P. _Opposite Prompt._ RELATIVE POSITIONS.--R. means _Right;_ L. _Left;_ C. _Centre;_ R. C. _Right of Centre;_ L. C. _Left of Centre._ R. RC. C. LC. L. *** _The Reader is supposed to be on the Stage, facing the Audience._ A VISION OF VENUS. ACT I.