Beauty and the Beast

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Beauty. Scene II, dress of coarse, gray material, held at the waist with bright red cord, wreath of crimson wild flowers in her hair. Scene III, first long dark cloak, and close-fitting hood; same dress as Scene II, when she removes her cloak, the Beast's rose in her hair. Scene IV, same as last of Scene III. Scene V, gorgeous evening gown, jewels, hair beautifully dressed. Scene VI, black velvet dress, green silk half-coat, thrown open, pearls, white stockings and black velvet slippers.<br><br>The Beast. Scenes I, III, IV, V, and part of VI, grotesque make-up representing huge animal -head large, eyes small, ears long, snout long; the body may be either the skin of some animal, or may be made of some heavy material like burlap with great black and red spots painted on it. The tail long and bushy at the end. A great spiked collar about his neck. Last of Scene VI, he slips off the beast robes, and appears as the king in green tights and jacket, green stockings, black pumps, black sash, crown.