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The Brass Bottle: A Farcical Fantastic Play in Four Acts
THE BRASS BOTTLE
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| Plays by | ARTHUR PINERO |
| GILBERT MURRAY | |
| W. E. HENLEY & R. L. STEVENSON | |
| GERHART HAUPTMANN | |
| EDMUND ROSTAND | |
| HENRIK IBSEN | |
| C. HADDON CHAMBERS | |
| ROBERT MARSHALL | |
| HERMAN HEIJERMANS | |
| FRANZ ADAM BEYERLEIN |
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN
21 Bedford Street, W.C.
THE BRASS BOTTLE
A FARCICAL FANTASTIC PLAY
In Four Acts
By F. ANSTEY
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN
MCMXI
Copyright, 1911, London, by William Heinemann
COPY OF THE "FIRST NIGHT" PROGRAMME AT THE VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, LONDON
THE BRASS BOTTLE A Farcical Play in Four Acts By F. ANSTEY PERFORMED FOR THE FIRST TIME on Thursday Evening, September 16, 1909
| Horace Ventimore | Mr. Laurence Grossmith |
| Professor Anthony Futvoye | Mr. Alfred Bishop |
| Fakrash-el-Aamash | Mr. E. Holman Clark |
| Spencer Pringle | Mr. Rudge Harding |
| Samuel Wackerbath | Mr. Luigi Lablache |
| Rapkin | Mr. J. H. Brewer |
| Chief of Caravan | Mr. A. Spencer |
| Head Efreet | Mr. John Carey |
| A Waiter | Mr. Walter Ringham |
| Mrs. Futvoye | Miss Lena Halliday |
| Sylvia Futvoye | Miss Viva Birkett |
| Mrs. Rapkin | Miss Mary Brough |
| Mrs. Wackerbath | Miss Armine Grace |
| Jessie | Miss Gladys Storey |
| Zobeida (Principal Dancing Girl) | Miss Mabel Duncan |
| Dancers. | Misses Phyllis Birkett, Florence A. Pigott, Susie Nainby, Dorothy Beaufey, Nina De Leon, Cynthia Farnham |
SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY
Acts I And II
HORACE VENTIMORE'S ROOMS
There will be an Interval of Two Minutes after Act I, and Eight Minutes after Act II
Act III
Scene I. VENTIMORE'S OFFICE
Scene II. DRAWING-ROOM AT THE FUTVOYES'
There will be One Minute Interval between Scenes I and II, during which the Audience are requested to keep their seats. After Act III, Eight Minutes.
Act IV
Scene I. VENTIMORE'S ROOMS
Scene II. "PINAFORE" ROOM, SAVOY HOTEL
There will be an Interval of One Minute between Scenes I and II, during which the Audience are requested to keep their seats.
The Scenery painted by Walter Hann and Son.
The Play has been Produced (for Mr. Gaston Mayer) by Mr. Frederick Kerr.
The Amateur fee for each and every
representation of this play is five
guineas, payable in advance to the
Author's Sole Agents, Messrs.
Samuel French, Ltd., 26 Southampton
Street, Strand, London,
W.C.
THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY
Horace Ventimore (a young Architect, aged 28)
Professor Anthony Futvoye (an Egyptologist, aged 60)
Fakrash-el-Aamash (a Jinnee of the Green Jinn, age uncertain)
Spencer Pringle (an Architect, aged 32)
Samuel Wackerbath (an Auctioneer and Estate Agent, aged 60)
Rapkin (Ventimore's Landlord, a retired butler, aged 55)
Chief of Caravan
Head Efreet
A Waiter (at the Savoy Hotel)
Mrs. Futvoye (aged 55)
Sylvia Futvoye (her Daughter, aged 21)
Mrs. Rapkin (Ventimore's Landlady)
Mrs. Wackerbath
Jessie (Parlour-maid at the Futvoyes')
Principal Dancing Girl
Caravan Slaves, Musicians, Efreets, Dancing Girls
ACTS I AND II
VENTIMORE'S ROOMS IN VINCENT SQUARE, WESTMINSTER
ACT III
Scene I. VENTIMORE'S OFFICE IN GREAT COLLEGE STREET, WESTMINSTER
Scene II. A DRAWING-ROOM AT THE FUTVOYES' HOUSE IN COTTESMORE GARDENS, KENSINGTON
ACT IV
Scene I. VENTIMORE'S ROOMS
Scene II. THE "PINAFORE" ROOM AT THE SAVOY HOTEL
THE BRASS BOTTLE
THE FIRST ACT
The scene represents Horace Ventimore's rooms in Vincent Square, Westminster.
The sitting-room is simply but artistically furnished and decorated. Walls with a lining-paper of a pleasant green, hung with