THE ROMANCE OF A PRINCESS A Comedy.
Reading edition
2This play is the outcome of many happy walks in the forests that border Charlemagne's ancient capital. The writer and her husband would often pause to view some beauty-spot; at times she would read aloud the rare legends collected by Joseph Muller.
She has now tried to catch some of the interest and joy of those gone by summers to pass on to relatives and friends. If she has failed it is not the fault of the theme.
Let none throw doubt on Emma's reality. Who lives in myth, lives for all time.
A.R.R.
Montreal
Christmas, 1922.
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CHARACTERS.
Emma A Daughter of Charles
Etta Her Waiting-woman
Charles (Charlemagne) King-Emperor
Eginhardt Secretary and Director of Public Works
Albert Count of the Palace
Hildebold Archbishop
Ernst A Charcoal-burner
Guta His Wife
David A Precocious Boy
Audulf }
Herbert } Courtiers
Courtiers, Wish-maidens, Elves.
Time: The beginning of the ninth century.
Place: Aquisgranum, the Capital of Frankland.
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