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L'Aiglon

EDMOND ROSTAND

Louis Napoleon Parker translation

TRANSLATED BY

LOUIS N. PARKER

Illustration from L'Aiglon

Copyright 1900 By Robert Howard Russell

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

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

The Duke of Reichstadt, son of Napoleon I. and the Archduchess Maria Louisa of AustriaMaude Adams

Flambeau, a veteranJ. H. Gilmour

Prince Metternich, Chancellor of AustriaEdwin Arden

Count ProkeschPercy Lyndall

Baron Friedrich von GentzEugene Jepson

The Attaché of the French Embassy at the Austrian CourtOswald York

The Tailor, a conspiratorWilliam Lewers

Count Maurice DietrichsteinEdward Lester

Baron von ObenausR. Peyton Carter

The Emperor Francis of AustriaJos. Francœur

Marshal Marmont, Duke of RagusaJ. H. Benrimo

Count Sedlinzky, Prefect of the Austrian PoliceWilliam Crosby

The Marquis of Bombelles, betrothed to Maria LouisaClayton Legge

Tiburtius de LogetWilliam Irving

Lord Cowley, English Ambassador at the Austrian CourtRienzi de Cordova

Count SandorEdward Jacobs

Doctor MalfattiH. D. James

General HartmannHerbert Carr

Captain ForestiJohn S. Robertson

An Austrian SergeantLloyd Carleton

A Country DoctorFrederick Spencer

His SonByron Ongley

ThalbergB. B. Belcher

MontenegroMorton H. Weldon

The ChamberlainCharles Martin

An Officer of the Noble Guard, the Emperor of Austria's BodyguardHenry P. Davis

The Marquis of Otranto, son of FoucheCharles Henderson

Goubeaux Don C. Merrifield

Pionnet{Bonapartist}Henry Clarke

Morchain{conspirators}Thomas H. Elwood

Guibert George Klein

Borowski Frank Goodman

First Police OfficerRalph Yoerg

First Archduke, a childWalter Butterworth

Second Archduke, a childJohn Leeman

Maria Louisa, second wife of Napoleon I., widow of Count NeippergIda Waterman

The Archduchess Sophia of AustriaSarah Converse

Theresa de Loget, sister of Tiburtius de LogetEllie Collmer

The Countess Napoleone Camerata, daughter of Napoleon's sister, Elisa BaciocchiSarah Perry

Fanny ElsslerMargaret Gordon

Scarampi, Mistress of the RobesFrancis Comstock

Mina, a maid-of-honorEdith Scott

An Archduchess, a childBeatrice Morrison

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.

Illustration from L'Aiglon
THE DUKE OF REICHSTADT FROM THE PAINTING BY SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE
THE DUKE OF REICHSTADT FROM THE PAINTING BY SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE

THE DUKE OF REICHSTADT FROM THE PAINTING BY SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE

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