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Harry Pleon
A lively figure from Britain’s music-hall world, this playwright and songwriter mixed farce, comedy, and popular entertainment in work made for the stage. Best known today for A Vision of Venus; Or, A Midsummer-Night's Nightmare, he wrote with a flair for absurd situations and theatrical fun.
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A Vision of Venus; Or, A Midsummer-Night's Nightmare
by Harry Pleon
About the author
Remembered as a British music-hall writer and songwriter, Harry Pleon was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. One reliable source ties him to the 1880s London music-hall scene and gives his dates as 1856–1911, noting that performer E. W. Rogers appeared in sketches written by him.
Pleon wrote comic stage pieces designed to entertain broad audiences. His best-known surviving work is A Vision of Venus; Or, A Midsummer-Night's Nightmare, a farcical play produced at the Britannia Theatre, Hoxton, on March 20, 1893. Library and archival records also connect him with other humorous dramatic works such as On the Brain and Drolleries and Dramas Up to Date.
He also appears in theater and screen reference databases because of later productions and adaptations linked to his writing. Although detailed biographical information is limited, the record that survives suggests a writer closely connected to popular performance, quick comedy, and the bustling entertainment culture of his time.