L'Aiglon

Edmond Rostand

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Title: L'Aiglon

Author: Edmond Rostand

Translator: Louis N. Parker

Release Date: September 17, 2009 [EBook #30012]

Language: English

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L'AIGLON

A PLAY IN SIX ACTS

BY

EDMOND ROSTAND

TRANSLATED BY

LOUIS N. PARKER

Copyright 1900 By Robert Howard Russell

The First Act The Second Act The Third Act The Fourth Act The Fifth Act The Sixth Act

THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY The cast as presented by Maude Adams at the Knickerbocker Theatre, New York, October, 1900

T HE D UKEOF R EICHSTADT ,son of Napoleon I. and the Archduchess Maria Louisa of Austria F LAMBEAU ,a veteran P RINCE M ETTERNICH ,Chancellor of Austria C OUNT P ROKESCH B ARON F RIEDRICHVON G ENTZ T HE A TTACHÉOFTHE F RENCH E MBASSY at the Austrian Court T HE T AILOR ,a conspirator C OUNT M AURICE D IETRICHSTEIN B ARONVON O BENAUS T HE E MPEROR F RANCISOF A USTRIA M ARSHAL M ARMONT ,Duke of Ragusa

M AUDE A DAMS J. H. G ILMOUR E DWIN A RDEN P ERCY L YNDALL E UGENE J EPSON O SWALD Y ORK W ILLIAM L EWERS E DWARD L ESTER R. P EYTON C ARTER J OS . F RANCŒUR J. H. B ENRIMO

C OUNT S EDLINZKY ,Prefect of the Austrian Police T HE M ARQUISOF B OMBELLES ,betrothed to Maria Louisa T IBURTIUSDE L OGET L ORD C OWLEY ,English Ambassador at the Austrian Court C OUNT S ANDOR D OCTOR M ALFATTI G ENERAL H ARTMANN C APTAIN F ORESTI A N A USTRIAN S ERGEANT A C OUNTRY D OCTOR H IS S ON T HALBERG M ONTENEGRO T HE C HAMBERLAIN A N O FFICEROFTHE N OBLE G UARD ,the Emperor of Austria's Bodyguard T HE M ARQUISOF O TRANTO ,son of Fouche

G OUBEAUX P IONNET {Bonapartist} M ORCHAIN {conspirators} G UIBERT B OROWSKI F IRST P OLICE O FFICER F IRST A RCHDUKE ,a child S ECOND A RCHDUKE ,a child M ARIA L OUISA ,second wife of Napoleon I., widow of Count Neipperg T HE A RCHDUCHESS S OPHIAOF A USTRIA T HERESADE L OGET ,sister of Tiburtius de Loget T HE C OUNTESS N APOLEONE C AMERATA ,daughter of Napoleon's sister, Elisa Baciocchi F ANNY E LSSLER S CARAMPI ,Mistress of the Robes M INA ,a maid-of-honor A N A RCHDUCHESS ,a child

W ILLIAM C ROSBY C LAYTON L EGGE W ILLIAM I RVING R IENZIDE C ORDOVA E DWARD J ACOBS H. D. J AMES H ERBERT C ARR J OHN S. R OBERTSON L LOYD C ARLETON F REDERICK S PENCER B YRON O NGLEY B. B. B ELCHER M ORTON H. W ELDON C HARLES M ARTIN

H ENRY P. D AVIS C HARLES H ENDERSON D ON C. M ERRIFIELD H ENRY C LARKE T HOMAS H. E LWOOD G EORGE K LEIN F RANK G OODMAN

R ALPH Y OERG W ALTER B UTTERWORTH J OHN L EEMAN

I DA W ATERMAN S ARAH C ONVERSE E LLIE C OLLMER

S ARAH P ERRY M ARGARET G ORDON F RANCIS C OMSTOCK E DITH S COTT B EATRICE M ORRISON

Princes,Princesses,Archdukes,Archduchesses,Maids-of-Honor,Officers, Noble Guard,Masks (Male and Female),Crotian Peasants,Hungarian Peasant,Austrian Soldiers,Police Officers.

The period covered by the play is from 1830 to 1832.

THE DUKE OF REICHSTADT FROM THE PAINTING BY SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE

THE FIRST ACT

L'AIGLON

THE FIRST ACT

At Baden, near Vienna, in 1830.

The drawing-room of the villa occupied by M ARIA  L OUISA .The walls are

painted al fresco in bright colors. The frieze is decorated with a design of sphinxes.

At the back, between two other windows, a window reaching to the ground and forming the entrance from the garden. Beyond, the balustrade of the terrace leading into the garden; a glimpse of lindens and pine-trees. A magnificent day in the beginning of September. Empire furniture of lemonwood decorated with bronze. A large china stove in the centre of the wall on the left. In front of it a door. On the right, two doors. The first leads to the apartments ofM ARIA L OUISA .In front of the window on the left at the back an Erard piano of the period, and a harp. A big table on the right, and against the right wall a small table with shelves filled with books. On the left, facing the audience, a Récamier couch, and a large stand for candlesticks. A great many flowers in vases. Framed engravings on the walls representing the members of the Imperial Family of Austria. A portrait of the Emperor Francis.

At the rise of the curtain a group of elegant ladies is discovered at the further end of the room. Two of them are seated at the piano, with their backs to the audience, playing a duet. Another is at the harp. They are playing at sight, amid much laughter and many interruptions. A lackey ushers in a modestly dressed young girl who is accompanied by a n officer of the Austrian Cavalry. Seeing that no one notices their entrance, these two remain standing a moment in a corner. TheC OUNTDE  B OMBELLES comes in from the door on the right and goes toward the piano. He sees the young girl, and stops, with a smile.

T HE L ADIES .

[Surrounding the piano, laughing, and all talking at the same time.]

She misses all the flats!—It's scandalous!— I'll take the bass!—Loud pedal!—One! Two!—Harp!

[ToT HERESA .]

What! You!

B OMBELLES .

T HERESA .

Good-day, my Lord Bombelles!

[At the piano.]

A L ADY .

T HERESA .

Mi, sol.

I enter on my readership—

[At the piano.]

It's thanks to you.

A NOTHER L ADY .

T HERESA .

B OMBELLES .

The flats!

My dear Theresa! Nothing! You are my relative, and you are French.

T HERESA .

[Presenting the officer.]

Tiburtius—

B OMBELLES .

Ah, your brother!

[He gives him his hand and pushes forward a chair forT HERESA .]

I'm very nervous.

[With a smile.]

T HERESA .

B OMBELLES .

Take a seat.

Heavens! What about?

T HERESA .

To venture near the persons of the two The Emperor left!

B OMBELLES .

Oh, is that all, my child?

T IBURTIUS .

Our people hated Bonaparte of old—