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 2 PARADISE FOUND

On the couch MR. SHAW lies in the enchanted sleep into which he was cast by the spell of a wicked Palmist in the pay of the Primrose League on St. George's Day, two hundred years before the Play opens. His head rests on a silken pillow, at the left ; the rest of the figure is hidden by a mantle of violet velvet trimmed with a fringe that appears to be of gold. The hair and beard have grown to an abnormal length, as in the case of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. With the aid of an opera glass the figure can be seen breathing.

A glass case stands against the wall between the dais and the street entrance, containing a partly burnt file of the DAILY MAIL.

As the curtain rises Comrades F.B.O. 109 and C.F.I. 2270 are seen dusting the figures on the dais. Both wear the same costume, a simple sanitary one resembling, as closely as the Censor will permit, that worn in the present day by inmates of the labour settlements at Dartmoor and Portland. ( If objected to by the Censorship, this costume can be modified in the direction of the Boy Scouts' uniform.) In addition the Comrades wear what look to the audience like iron collars soldered round their necks. ( These are supposed to be stamped with their regis- tered number and municipal district.) Round the right arm of F. B. 0. is a red band to signify that he is of the inferior sex, as is explained in due course. 1 The Comrades speak in the Cockney dialect of the day.

the sexes may be further indicated by means of the hair and beard.
 * If this distinction be not found sufficient, the difference between