Author: Caroline Wasson Thomason

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-09

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 9781331015697

Excerpt from Beauty and the Beast 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. 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. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.