Front matter
Reading edition
Contents
ACT I ACT II ACT III ACT IV
CHARACTERS (In order of appearance)
Gerald Isman: a poet. Mimi: a Nibelung. Alberich: King of the Nibelungs. Prince Hagen: his grandson. Mrs. Isman. Hicks: a butler. Mrs. Bagley-Willis: mistress of Society. John Isman: a railroad magnate. Estelle Isman: his daughter. Plimpton: the coal baron. Rutherford: lord of steel. De Wiggleston Riggs: cotillon leader. Lord Alderdyce: seeing America. Calkins: Prince Hagen's secretary. Nibelungs: members of Society.
ACT I SCENE I. Gerald Isman's tent in Quebec. SCENE 2. The Hall of State in Nibelheim.
ACT II Library in the Isman home on Fifth Avenue: two years later.
ACT III Conservatory of Prince Hagen's palace on Fifth Avenue. The wind-up of the opening ball: four months later.
ACT IV Living room in the Isman camp in Quebec: three months later.