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      ORIGINAL CAST
    • Louis XV., King of France C. A. Stevenson
    • COMTE JEAN DU BARRY, eventually bother-in-law of "La du Barry" Campbell Gollan
    • COMTE GUILLAUME, his brother Beresford Webb
    • DUC DE BRISSAC, Captain of the King's Guard Henry Weaver, Sr.
    • COSSÉ-BRISSAC, his son ( of the King's Guard ), known as "Cossé" Hamilton Revelle
    • THE PAPAL NUNCIO H. R. Roberts
    • DUC DE RICHELIEU, Marshal of France Frederick Perry
    • MAUPEOU, Lord Chancellor under Louis XV . C. P. Flockton
    • TERRAY, Minister of Finance under Louis XV . H. G. Carlton
    • DUC D'AIGUILLON Leonard Cooper
    • DENYS, porter at the milliner shop Claude Gillingwater
    • LEBEL, confidential valet to His Majesty Herbert Millward
    • LABILLE, proprietor of the milliner shop Gilmore Scott
    • VAUBERNIER, father of Jeanette Walter Belasco
    • SCALO, one of "La du Barry's" Nubian servants J. D. Jones
    • ZAMORE, a plaything Master Sams
    • FLUTE PLAYER A. Joly
    • VALROY of the King's Guard Douglas J. Wood
    • D'ALTAIRE of the King's Guard Louis Myll
    • DE COURCEL of the King's Guard Harold Howard
    • LA GARDE, tavern roysterers W. T. Bune
    • FONTENELLE, tavern roysterers Warren Bevin
    • RENARD, one of the "Hundred Swiss" Arthur Pearson
    • CITIZEN GRIEVE, of the Committee of Public Safety Gaston Mervale
    • MARAC, one of the Sans-Culottes Walter Belasco
    • DENISOT, Judge of the Revolutionary Court H. G. Carlton
    • TAVERNIER, clerk of the Court John Ingram
    • GOMARD Charles Hayne
    • HORTENSE, Manageress for Labille, the milliner Eleanor Carey
    • LOLOTTE, Girl at the Milliner's Shop Nina Lyn
    • MANON, Girl at the Milliner's Shop Florence St. Leonard
    • JULIE, Girl at the Milliner's Shop Corah Adams
    • LEONIE, Girl at the Milliner's Shop Blanche Sherwood
    • NICHETTE, Girl at the Milliner's Shop Ann Archer
    • JULIETTE, Girl at the Milliner's Shop May Lyn
    • MARQUISE DE QUESNOY, known as "La Gourdan", keeper of a gambling house Blanche Rice
    • SOPHIE ARNAULD, queen of the Opera Helen Robertson
    • THE GIPSY HAG, a fortune-teller C. P. Flockton
    • MLLE. LE GRAND, Dancer from the Grande Opera Ruth Dennis
    • MLLE. GUIMARD, Dancer from the Grande Opera Eleanor Stuart
    • MME. LA DAUPHINE, Marie Antoinette at sixteen Helen Hale
    • MARQUISE DE CRENAY, Lady of Louis' Court Dora Goldthwaite
    • DUCHESSE D'AIGUILLON, Lady of Louis' Court Miss Lyn
    • PRINCESSE ALIXE, Lady of Louis' Court Miss Leonard
    • DUCHESSE DE CHOISY, Lady of Louis' Court Louise Morewin
    • MARQUISE DE LANGERS, Lady of Louis' Court Mary Montford
    • COMTESSE DE MARSEN, Lady of Louis' Court Grace Van Benthuysen
    • SOPHIE, a maid Irma Perry
    • ROSALIE, of the Conciergerie Helen Robertson
    • CERISETTE Julie Lindsey
    • JEANETTE VAUBERNIER, afterwards "La du Barry" Mrs. Leslie Carter

Guests of the Fête, dancers from the Opera, King's guardsmen, monks, clowns, pages, milliners, sentries, lackeys, footmen, King's Secret Police, Sans-Culottes, a mock king, a mock herald, a drunken patriot, a cocoa vendor, Federals, National Guards, Tricoteuses .

SYNOPSIS OF SCENES ACT I

The Milliner's shop in the rue St. Honoré. Paris.

Jeanette trims hats.

ACT II

(One month later.) Jeanette's Apartments, adjoining the Gambling Rooms of the Marquise de Quesnoy ("La Gourdan").

"The game called destiny."

ACT III

(A year later.) Du Barry holds a Petit-Levée in the Palace of Versailles — at noon.

"The doll of the world."

ACT IV

SCENE 1. In the Royal Gardens. Before the dawn of the following morning.

"Folly, Queen of France."

SCENE 2. Within the tent.

"The heart of the woman."

ACT V

(A lapse of years.) During the Revolution.

SCENE 1. The Retreat in the woods of Louveciennes.

"Fate creeps in at the door."

SCENE 2. (Five days later.) In Paris again.

"A reed shaken in the wind."

SCENE 3. In front of the Milliner's Shop on the same day.

"Once more we pass this way again,

Once more! 'Tis where at first we met."

TIME. Period of Louis XV., and after the reign of his successor.

PLACE. Paris, Versailles and Louveciennes.

The entire production under the personal supervision of Mr. Belasco.

Scenery by Ernest Gros.

Stage decorations and accessories after designs by Wilfred Buckland.

ACT I

SCENE: A Milliner's shop in Rue Saint Honoré .

Mademoiselle Jeanette trims hats .

The famous shop, owned by Madame Labille, but conducted in the name of her husband, stood on the rue Saint Honoré, at the corner of the rue Neuf-des-Petits-Champs ( since made world famous by Thackeray's "Ballad of Bouillabaise" ).

The shop windows opening on the street ( but at the back of the scene ) are decorated with plumes, hats and flowers. In the main room, a counter stands at one side, over which are sold ribbons, silks, buckles, high-heeled slippers, sword-knots and corsets. A counter on the opposite side, with tall seats behind it, ends in a business-like desk. Cupboards for hats and flowers are within easy reach of this counter .

Glass doors lead to the work-room in which, from time to time, we see young girls sewing, snipping and shaping flowers .

An armchair, standing beside an inviting sofa, is set at the back for the customers .

Other doors lead to the porters cupboard and the mirror room .

And here, in Labille's shop, trimming bouquets and snipping out leaves, is one Jeanette Vaubernier — to be known later as La du Barry, the mistress of a king; but at present not dreaming of the destiny awaiting her .

As the curtain rises, a hurdy-gurdy is played outside in the street to put us in the mood of the days when Louis XV was ruler of France .

Madame Hortense is seated looking over a sheet of figures. She is about 45 years old, stout, palpably laced and my much made up. Juliette and Nichette are decorating the shop windows; Juliette is handing hats to Nichette, who places them on view to tempt the passer-by. Leonie, behind the counter, is making a poppy. Two other girls, seated at a little table near the work-room steps, are sliding ribbons through buckles. Denys, the porter who remains Jeanette's friend to the very end of her life, a tall, impassive man of about 35, is in the street polishing the shop windows .

The girls in the work-room are chattering, and one of them is singing as the curtain goes up .

HORTENSE.

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JULIETTE.

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HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars.

MANON.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 15 words in 4 sentences using 81 chars.

( Manon, pouting, obeys .)
SOPHIE ARNAULD
( Heard off .)

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 58 chars.

( Sophie Arnauld enters angrily. She is dark, voluptuous and very dramatic in manner. Labille, a large fat man, follows her, carrying an enormous hat laden with plumes. Lolotte, Julie and three other girls, all carrying hats, follow Sophie .)
SOPHIE ARNAULD.

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 56 chars.

LABILLE.

Note: Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 93 chars.

( He takes a showy hat from a case .)
HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars.

LABILLE.

Note: Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 58 chars.

THE MILLINERS.

Note: Contains 3 words in 3 sentences using 19 chars.

SOPHIE ARNAULD.

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 88 chars.

( Mademoiselle Le Grand and Mademoiselle Guimard enter. They are famous dancers .)
LE GRAND.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 11 chars.

LABILLE.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

LE GRAND.

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MLLE. GUIMARD.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars.

LABILLE.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 79 chars.

SOPHIE ARNAULD.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 132 chars.

SOPHIE ARNAULD.

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 46 chars.

LABILLE.

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 91 chars.

MARQUISE.

Note: Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 61 chars.

MANON
( Aside to the girls .)

Note: Contains 25 words in 4 sentences using 132 chars.

LABILLE
( Exhibiting a head-dress .)

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 27 chars.

MARQUISE.

Note: Contains 25 words in 4 sentences using 120 chars.

LABILLE.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars.

MARQUISE.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars.

( She goes to the mirror room .)
LE GRAND.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars.

( They hasten away .)
LABILLE
( To Hortense, who has re-entered .)

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 53 chars.

LABILLE.

Note: Contains 28 words in 3 sentences using 144 chars.

( Labille takes his hat and saunters off .)
SOPHIE ARNAULD
( Heard off .)

Note: Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 68 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 51 chars.

( Hastens off .)
DENYS
( Sweeping up bits of silk .)

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 63 chars.

( In the distance martial music is heard, coming nearer and nearer .)
NICHETTE.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars.

JULIETTE.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

( A bugle calls a halt — followed by a call of dismissal .)
MANON.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars.

JULIE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars.

MANON.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars.

( Duc de Brissac, the Captain of the regiment, passes the window, followed by several guardsmen who throw kisses to the girls behind the Captain's back .)
THE MILLINER
( Re-entering .)

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars.

MANON.

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars.

( The girls fly behind the counters and bow demurely to seven guardsmen who enter laughing .)
VALROY
( The milliner's box under his arm .)

Note: Contains 24 words in 2 sentences using 120 chars.

DE COURCEL.

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 52 chars.

MANON.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars.

VALROY.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars.

JULIE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars.

ALL THE GIRLS.

Note: Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 37 chars.

VALROY.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars.

( Cossé-Brissac, known as Cossé, son of the Duc de Brissac, enters and, seeing the rest of the guardsmen, starts to withdraw .)
D'ALTAIRE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

VALROY.

Note: Contains 15 words in 4 sentences using 69 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

VALROY.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

LABILLE
( Re-entering .)

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 10 chars.

( The guardsmen turn, abashed. To make matters worse, the Captain of the regiment comes in .)
CAPTAIN.

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VALROY.

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CAPTAIN.

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COSSÉ.

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CAPTAIN.

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( He goes out .)
HORTENSE.

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( Labille goes into the work-room without noticing Cossé, who now rises awkwardly .)
MANON
( Aside .)

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 19 words in 1 sentence using 89 chars.

MANON.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars.

MANON.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars.

SOPHIE.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 59 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 48 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 94 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 24 words in 3 sentences using 129 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars.

COSSÉ
( Who has paid for the sword-knot .)

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars.

( He hastens off .)
HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars.

( Jean du Barry, a tall, shabbily dressed, rakish looking man of about 36, has entered and is leaning against the door, studying the faces of the girls .)
SOPHIE ARNAULD.

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 79 chars.

JEAN
( To himself .)

Note: Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 98 chars.

SOPHIE ARNAULD.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 69 chars.

SOPHIE ARNAULD.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars.

SOPHIE ARNAULD.

Note: Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 44 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 39 words in 4 sentences using 193 chars.

SOPHIE ARNAULD.

Note: Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 57 chars.

( She takes her departure, passing Cossé at the door .)
JEAN.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 64 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 45 chars.

( Cossé writes his name on a card .)
JEAN
( To himself .)

Note: Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 73 chars.

COSSÉ
( Giving his card to Hortense .)

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 63 chars.

( Jean, seeing that Cossé has crossed the threshold, snatches the care from Sophie .)
SOPHIE.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

JEAN
( Reading the name .)

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars.

COSSÉ
( Taking the card from Jean's hand, hands it to Manon .)

Note: Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 98 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars.

( He leaves the shop .)
JEAN.

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 55 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 21 words in 1 sentence using 106 chars.

MARQUISE
( Re-appearing .)

Note: Contains 41 words in 7 sentences using 207 chars.

JEANETTE
( Inside the mirror room .)

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars.

MARQUISE.

Note: Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 83 chars.

( She is carried down the street in her chair .)
JEANETTE
( Enters, wearing a calèche and carrying three large, showy hats .)

Note: Contains 101 words in 10 sentences using 497 chars.

( Hortense enters and stands looking at Jeanette disapprovingly .)
MANON.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars.

GIRLS.

Note: Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 31 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 51 chars.

HORTENSE
( Melting ).

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 35 words in 8 sentences using 175 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 67 chars.

JEAN
( At the door .)

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars.

( He goes up the street .)
JEANETTE
( Seated .)

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars.

SOPHIE
( Trying to pose a long thin blackbird on a hat .)

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 75 words in 10 sentences using 344 chars.

JULIETTE.

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 56 chars.

SOPHIE.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 123 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 33 words in 2 sentences using 140 chars.

HORTENSE
( Shocked .)

Note: Contains 20 words in 4 sentences using 97 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 8 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

MANON
( To the other girls .)

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 53 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 49 words in 6 sentences using 239 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 53 words in 2 sentences using 274 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars.

MANON.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars.

( She is lost in thought .)
MANON.

Note: Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 72 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars.

( The girls fall to .)
JEANETTE
( Shrugging her shoulders .)

Note: Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 108 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 29 words in 5 sentences using 154 chars.

NICHETTE.

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars.

MANON.

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 66 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars.

MANON.

Note: Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 71 chars.

NICHETTE.

Note: Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 72 chars.

MANON.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 57 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 20 words in 3 sentences using 84 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 27 chars.

SOPHIE.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars.

GIRLS.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 32 words in 1 sentence using 150 chars.

( A bell rings .)
SOPHIE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars.

( The girls hasten off .)
VAUBERNIER
( A street vendor — outside .)

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars.

VAUBERNIER
( Appearing .)

Note: Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 92 chars.

( He is a weak-faced, disreputable looking ex-monk. His clothing is half clerical He shows the effects of hard drinking .)
JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

VAUBERNIER.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 55 chars.

VAUBERNIER.

Note: Contains 18 words in 1 sentence using 107 chars.

( He abstracts a buckle from the counter .)
JEANETTE
( Seizing his hand .)

Note: Contains 16 words in 4 sentences using 78 chars.

VAUBERNIER.

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 59 chars.

VAUBERNIER.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars.

( He grabs the franc and runs out .)
HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 80 chars.

( Jeanette shrugs her shoulders and goes off for a bite of luncheon .)

( Cries of "Help!" "Thief!" are heard outside; and the clatter of footsteps running round the corner. Jeanette's father has found a fresh victim .)

HORTENSE
( Hurrying towards the door .)

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars.

( The girls rush on as the Papal Nuncio, a man of distinguished appearance, whose hair is tinged with gray, enters, leaning on the arm of his attendant .)
NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 63 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 22 words in 4 sentences using 125 chars.

( The girls respectfully retire .)
NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 31 words in 6 sentences using 177 chars.

JEANETTE
( Re-entering ).

Note: Contains 26 words in 2 sentences using 122 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

( Jeanette goes towards the porter's room, smiling back at the Nuncio, shrugging her shoulders .)
HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 47 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 80 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 86 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 85 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars.

JEANETTE
( Re-enters, eating cake and singing to a tune played in the street. The Nuncio pauses at the door to look at her as though fascinated, then passes the window and disappears ).

Note: Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 101 chars.

COSSÉ
( Suddenly re-appearing ).

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 48 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 74 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 60 chars.

COSSÉ
( Quickly ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 35 words in 5 sentences using 197 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars.

DENYS
( Entering ).

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 8 words in 3 sentences using 48 chars.

( Denys, scenting a romance, picks up the box and goes .)
COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 90 chars.

LABILLE
( Entering, wiping his mouth and smacking his lips ).

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 23 chars.

( He sees Cossé — glares at him .)
JEANETTE
( Quickly seizing a form with a large corset on it ).

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 45 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 23 words in 4 sentences using 125 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 42 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 31 words in 4 sentences using 167 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 71 chars.

LABILLE
( Heard off in the work-room ).

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 56 chars.

( (Jeanette quickly brings down a box of different colored ribbons .)
COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 48 words in 5 sentences using 239 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 60 words in 5 sentences using 290 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 27 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars.

COSSÉ
( Sits at counter ).

Note: Contains 32 words in 5 sentences using 175 chars.

JEANETTE
( Aimlessly measuring ribbon until it forms a heap on the floor ).

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars.

( (Takes her hand as the Marquise de Crenay, a tall, aristocratic woman, enters, followed by two lackeys who stand in the doorway .)
MARQUISE DE CRENAY.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 75 chars.

MARQUISE.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars.

( The Marquise coughs haughtily .)
JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 79 chars.

MARQUISE.

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars.

MARQUISE.

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 52 chars.

JEANETTE
( Vaguely ).

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars.

MARQUISE.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars.

( She leans back to Cossé .)
COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 26 words in 5 sentences using 109 chars.

MARQUISE.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars.

COSSÉ
( Pleased by her frankness ).

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars.

( He takes both her hands .)
MARQUISE.

Note: Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 63 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 41 chars.

MARQUISE.

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 45 chars.

( She hurries back to Cossé .)
COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 36 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 38 chars.

MARQUISE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars.

MARQUISE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars.

JEANETTE
( To Cossé ).

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 50 chars.

( He has her in his arms and is about to kiss her .)
MARQUISE.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars.

MARQUISE.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 22 words in 6 sentences using 126 chars.

MARQUISE.

Note: Contains 18 words in 4 sentences using 83 chars.

JEANETTE
( Mechanically ).

Note: Contains 19 words in 4 sentences using 110 chars.

MARQUISE
( Beaming ).

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars.

( The Marquise is bowed out and followed off by her two lackeys .)
COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 82 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 91 chars.

COSSÉ
( Putting his arms round her ).

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 44 words in 6 sentences using 229 chars.

JEANETTE
( In Cossé's arms ).

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars.

COSSÉ
( About to kiss her ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 54 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars.

( Tries to embrace her .)
JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

TOGETHER
( As though the parting were eternal ).

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

( She follows Cossé to the street door and, after a few more "good-bye's", Cossé manages to tear himself away. He is no sooner out of sight than trumpets and bugles are heard in the distance .)
JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

( She picks up a calèche, borrowed as usual from the stock, and begins to tuck in her curls .)

( The girls come running in, putting on their hats .)

MANON.

Note: Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 116 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars.

LABILLE
( Wearing his hat and carrying a big banner ).

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars.

VOICES
( Outside ).

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars.

JEANETTE
( Calling after the girls ).

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars.

LABILLE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

( He goes into the street which is now black with people .)
JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 37 words in 5 sentences using 162 chars.

JEAN
( Appearing suddenly ).

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars.

JEANETTE
( Turns, struck at the sight of him — instinctively draws back, half afraid ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 12 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 51 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 66 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 69 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars.

( The Marquise appears at the door .)
MARQUISE.

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

MARQUISE
( To Jean ).

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars.

( They go outside to wait .)
JEANETTE
( Seeing Hortense re-enter ).

Note: Contains 23 words in 4 sentences using 116 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 102 words in 16 sentences using 473 chars.

( Goes off, fanning herself .)

( Hortense, exhausted from running about, sits in a chair, her hat awry, panting. Denys stands looking at the pile of boxes .)

CURTAIN

ACT II

Jeanette's apartments, adjoining Marquise de Quesnoy's gambling rooms .
"The Game Called Destiny."

SCENE: As Mademoiselle Jeanette never went back to Labille's after she ran out to see the King pass by, her attic room has given way to a luxurious salon with silken walls and draperies. A gilded clock, supported by chubby Cupids, stands over the fireplace and ticks away the feverish hours in La Gourdan's gambling house .

A table with a chair is near the fireplace so that a gallant may have a glass of wine with his dreams or to console himself for his losses .

A gaily painted piano adorns the scene; and below it is a seat on which a pair of lovers can sit — and no doubt do — to whisper sweet nothings .

A little desk ( handy when one wishes to answer a love letter ) is placed against the wall and near it is a sofa with soft cushions. Violets are scattered about the room which is lighted by candles .

Doors lead to Jeanette's bedroom, to the hall and of course to the card-tables .

A panel ( in reality a door ) is set in the wall at back. It has a device by which one outside may peep in and one already in the room may peep out .

The rich rugs, the gilded carvings, — in fact, the entire surroundings, — show that the little milliner of the rue St. Honoré has taken a step up ( or down ) in the world. But while she is given every luxury, the sole purpose of her stay is to entertain rich men, gentlemen of rank, dandies of the day, who come in for a game of cards; in fact, the Duc de Richelieu himself ( Marshal of France and son of the distinguished Cardinal ) is about to drop in soon after the curtain rises: we might say that even now he is in the wings, awaiting his cue .

As the curtain goes up, Jean du Barry enters to find the old Marquise already in the room .

JEAN.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars.

MARQUISE.

Note: Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 86 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

MARQUISE.

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 48 words in 4 sentences using 230 chars.

MARQUISE.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 86 words in 8 sentences using 460 chars.

MARQUISE.

Note: Contains 29 words in 3 sentences using 139 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 93 chars.

MARQUISE.

Note: Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 90 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 83 chars.

MARQUISE.

Note: Contains 34 words in 3 sentences using 153 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 121 chars.

( But the Marquise has hastened off to keep her eye on the tables .)
DENYS
( Appearing ).

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 53 chars.

JEAN
( Amazed ).

Note: Contains 4 words in 4 sentences using 34 chars.

RICHELIEU
( Entering ).

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 10 chars.

RICHELIEU
( To Denys ).

Note: Contains 35 words in 4 sentences using 166 chars.

( He turns to Jeanette's dressing-case and uses her lip rouge .)
JEAN
( After returning Richelieu's bow, asks himself this question, point-blank ).

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

( Monsieur de Maupeou, the Lord Chancellor of France, a sallow man, about fifty-six years old, with piercing black eyes and a strong face, appears on the threshold. He is followed by Lebel, the King's valet, a pompous, middle-aged person with enormous influence .)
MAUPEOU.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars.

JEAN
( Who has caught a glimpse of Maupeou before he lifted the mask which he holds up, asks himself another question ).

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 51 chars.

RICHELIEU
( Apart ).

Note: Contains 62 words in 5 sentences using 335 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars.

( Motions to the gentlemen to seat themselves. Denys brings the madeira to them .)
RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars.

JEAN
( To Denys ).

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars.

( Denys goes out .)
RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 26 words in 3 sentences using 137 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

MAUPEOU.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 27 words in 1 sentence using 133 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 24 words in 3 sentences using 146 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 63 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 46 words in 3 sentences using 249 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 35 words in 3 sentences using 184 chars.

( He throws himself on the couch. His worries are over .)
MAUPEOU.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars.

MAUPEOU.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 92 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars.

MAUPEOU
( Apart ).

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars.

RICHELIEU
( One be-ribboned leg over the arm-chair — sips his wine ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 6 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 92 chars.

MAUPEOU.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 94 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 64 chars.

MAUPEOU.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 33 words in 3 sentences using 181 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 28 words in 2 sentences using 138 chars.

( Maupeou hastily puts down his glass. Jean has hit the nail on the head .)
MAUPEOU.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 35 words in 2 sentences using 184 chars.

MAUPEOU
( Rising ).

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 67 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 40 words in 5 sentences using 220 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 26 chars.

( Guillaume du Barry enters from the gambling room, quite drunk .)
JEAN.

Note: Contains 30 words in 2 sentences using 160 chars.

GUILLAUME.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 25 words in 2 sentences using 125 chars.

( Guillaume goes out .)
RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 56 chars.

MAUPEOU.

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 47 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 119 chars.

( All use snuff at the same time .)
RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 116 chars.

( Richelieu and Maupeou leave, bowing ceremoniously .)
JEAN
( Taking a pack of cards from his pocket — cuts ).

Note: Contains 18 words in 4 sentences using 101 chars.

JEANETTE
( Enters, followed by Denys ).

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 67 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 14 words in 4 sentences using 71 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars.

( Handing her a glass of wine .)
JEANETTE
( Hands the wine to Denys behind Jean's back. Denys drinks the wine ).

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 47 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 31 words in 2 sentences using 147 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 111 words in 12 sentences using 563 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 67 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 91 words in 7 sentences using 449 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 24 words in 2 sentences using 125 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 59 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 126 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 8 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 24 words in 4 sentences using 121 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 39 words in 2 sentences using 154 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 31 words in 2 sentences using 151 chars.

( He goes into the gambling rooms .)
JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 77 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 29 words in 3 sentences using 143 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 29 words in 3 sentences using 134 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 28 words in 2 sentences using 125 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 22 words in 4 sentences using 96 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 83 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 41 words in 5 sentences using 200 chars.

MENDICANT.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars.

MENDICANT.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 8 chars.

( Denys starts to push her back .)
JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars.

MENDICANT.

Note: Contains 27 words in 5 sentences using 124 chars.

( Denys hands the caraffe to the hag who pours water into the bowl and adds a few drops from her phial .)
MENDICANT.

Note: Contains 19 words in 4 sentences using 108 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars.

MENDICANT.

Note: Contains 63 words in 9 sentences using 305 chars.

( She pauses, frightened. The room has grown darker and Denys holds up a lighted candle .)
JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars.

MENDICANT.

Note: Contains 19 words in 8 sentences using 109 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars.

MENDICANT.

Note: Contains 21 words in 8 sentences using 118 chars.

( A knock sounds on the door .)
JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 25 words in 7 sentences using 139 chars.

( She stands trembling .)
DENYS
( Who has gone to the door ).

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars.

( Cossé enters in undress uniform, his face stern and pale. Denys leaves the room .)
JEANETTE
( Under her breath ).

Note: Contains 11 words in 4 sentences using 57 chars.

COSSÉ
( Coldly ).

Note: Contains 34 words in 2 sentences using 168 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 17 words in 4 sentences using 83 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 69 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 91 words in 11 sentences using 484 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 136 chars.

( She sits .)
COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 30 words in 2 sentences using 146 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars.

JEANETTE
( Crying ).

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 58 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 34 words in 5 sentences using 167 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 47 words in 9 sentences using 197 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars.

JEANETTE
( Giving him a candle to carry ).

Note: Contains 39 words in 6 sentences using 163 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 24 words in 2 sentences using 107 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 46 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 27 words in 2 sentences using 144 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 36 words in 5 sentences using 167 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 23 words in 4 sentences using 116 chars.

( Quite overcome, she sits down .)
COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 44 words in 5 sentences using 220 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 132 words in 14 sentences using 669 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 226 words in 16 sentences using 1087 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 96 words in 14 sentences using 463 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 25 words in 1 sentence using 110 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 58 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 53 words in 11 sentences using 263 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 73 chars.

COSSÉ
( Holding her in his arms ).

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 65 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 19 words in 4 sentences using 95 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 12 chars.

( She goes off to get her cloak. He is about to follow her .)
JEAN
( Suddenly appearing ).

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 55 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 33 words in 4 sentences using 172 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 62 chars.

RICHELIEU
( Entering excitedly. To Jean ).

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 97 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

RICHELIEU
( Seeing Lebel enter ).

Note: Contains 37 words in 11 sentences using 211 chars.

LEBEL
( Warning Richelieu ).

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 50 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 126 chars.

RICHELIEU
( Comes down — aside to the King ).

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars.

( Jean comes down; Richelieu catches him deftly under the arms as he would kneel .)
KING.

Note: Contains 28 words in 3 sentences using 180 chars.

JEANETTE
( Calling, as she enters ).

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

( She wears a large field hat, a long cloak, and carries a walking-stick and a gilt bird-cage. A flower-pot with a blooming plant is tucked under her arm. Sophie, laden with boxes, bags and baskets, follows Jeanette .)
RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 27 chars.

JEAN
( Respectfully ).

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 45 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 77 chars.

RICHELIEU
( Stepping in front of her ).

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 60 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars.

( Richelieu gestures towards the King .)
RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 8 words in 3 sentences using 45 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 20 words in 1 sentence using 115 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 99 chars.

( Sophie places her bundles on the floor and goes to the window to peep out .)
RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 61 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 41 words in 6 sentences using 205 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 89 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 117 chars.

JEAN
( Aside ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

LEBEL.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 93 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 7 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

JEANETTE
( Trying the knob of the locked door ).

Note: Contains 27 words in 6 sentences using 122 chars.

RICHELIEU
( To Jean ).

Note: Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 40 chars.

( Louis holds his sides with suppressed laughter and lowers his mask. Richelieu, seeing that he is pleased, follows his example and laughs. The King motions to them to draw apart .)
JEANETTE
( Who has swept down to the King — in tears ).

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars.

KING
( His mask half concealing his face ).

Note: Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 81 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 60 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 43 words in 4 sentences using 195 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 55 chars.

( Puts his arm around her .)
JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 64 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 109 chars.

JEANETTE
( Looking at him — shaking her head ).

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 75 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 67 chars.

KING
( Kissing her hand ).

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 47 chars.

( Jean du Barry, unseen by them, opens the door of the room in which Cossé is waiting, and goes off. All are off save the King and Jeanette .)
JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 92 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 62 words in 11 sentences using 337 chars.

JEANETTE
( Astonished — awed ).

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 34 words in 8 sentences using 168 chars.

( Jean bows. All go off .)
COSSÉ
( Entering — after a slight pause ).

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 111 words in 12 sentences using 544 chars.

JEANETTE
( Hurt ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 86 chars.

( He leaves in anger .)
JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 16 words in 5 sentences using 85 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars.

( Denys rushes off. A pause. Denys re-enters .)
DENYS.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 98 words in 18 sentences using 467 chars.

( Jean re-enters. Seeing her and struck by her manner, he touches her on the shoulder .)
JEAN.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 43 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 17 words in 4 sentences using 84 chars.

( Savagely she smashes a Cupid which is sitting innocently on the spinnet .)
JEAN.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 48 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars.

JEANETTE.

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 75 chars.

JEANETTE
( Seizing a string of roses and winding them about her throat ).

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars.

CURTAIN

ACT III

Madame la Comtesse du Barry holds a petit levée in the Palace of Versailles at noon .

SCENE: At a glance, one recognizes the room as a beautiful bedchamber occupied by a great lady of a frivolous turn of mind. The richness of the peignoir thrown carelessly over a chair, the splendid buckles on the high-heeled slippers lying on the floor, the drawn curtains at this late hour of the morning — all proclaim the fact that a lady of fashion has not roused herself to the dull cares of the day .

An entrance at the back lets in or keeps out those who would pay court to the acknowledged favorite of His Most Christian Majesty, Louis XV. And here, in bed, we find Jeanette, the milliner, — now Madame la Comtesse du Barry, wife of the drunken and exiled brother of Jean, the gambler, sitting up in the midst of furs, lace flounces, silken sheets, pillows boasting embroidered crowns — in fact, all the kickshaws of the period .

Madame la Comtesse du Barry wears jewels and a wonderful night-robe, and resembles nothing so much as a doll sitting up in state at a child's party. Above her head, Cupids smile down, and above the Cupids is a high gilded cornice holding soft draperies cunningly caught back at the sides to allow an unobstructed view of the lady in the bed .

A candelabrum is placed on a table at the foot of the couch and a little night-table, held up by fat-legged Cupids, stands beside the bed .

Luxurious chairs and beautiful rugs grace the scene .

Here, during the morning reception in bed, comes His Reverence, the Papal Nuncio himself, His Reverence, the Abbé Terray ( Minister of Finance, who loosens his hold on the state purse-strings when Madame du Barry smiles upon him ), His Eminence, the Duke de Richelieu, the Lord Chancellor de Maupeou, and Jean du Barry ( now engaged in the profitable pastime of blackmail ). Here, tradesmen with their novelties and jewels mingle with gallant statesmen and great ladies. It is even said that Her Royal Highness, the little Princess Marie Antoinette, graced the scene in her sixteenth year .

At any rate, she treated Madame du Barry so coldly at Court that the King complained to the Austrian Ambassador who, in turn, complained to the Austrian Queen, Marie Theresa, who ( smelling powder ) complained to her daughter, Marie Antoinette, who promptly received Madame du Barry with gracious smiles — and Austria breathed freely once more .

Louis, the well-beloved, thrust his somewhat rusty sword back in its scabbard and "it was all mighty well."

Her Grace, the Duchesse de Grammont, a great lady of her day, stepped upon the train of Jeanette's gown — and laughed. Her laughter ceased abruptly, however, when she received the King's letter of exile — two years — no less .

Jeanette du Barry, without politics or malice, without love, without reproaches, with very little desire to please the King, appeared upon the scene in the very nick of time. But for two tragic figures in the background, Madame du Barry could never have existed .

The Queen ( now dead ) had been for years a sad and sombre figure. Madame de Pompadour ( Du Barry's predecessor — also gone from the world ) was a politician in petticoats, a slave to the King, the head and heart of a group of brilliant people, and the most tragic figure of her day: for, after having worked tooth and nail for Louis, the well-beloved, she lived to see the little door walled up — the little door connecting the King's apartment with her own. Accepting the situation gracefully, she managed to hold the King until the end by the sheer force of her mentality; but, no doubt, time passed heavily for Louis .

As the curtain is about to rise, we find Du Barry at the height of her power — on the top spit of glory — quite unchanged — the same jovial, good-natured scamp of a milliner .

She is lying on the gilded bed ready for the gossip of the day, always trying to forget Cossé ( and never succeeding ), utterly unconscious that she will be the last love of Louis' life and that one fatal April day will dawn when — but we are ahead of our plot .

We hear some one knocking. Sophie opens the door and admits Lebel, the King's valet .

SOPHIE.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars.

LEBEL.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars.

SOPHIE
( Pointing to bed ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars.

LEBEL.

Note: Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 65 chars.

( Lebel goes out and a lackey brings in a gold breakfast-tray with food .)
SOPHIE.

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 97 chars.

SOPHIE.

Note: Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 77 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 20 words in 1 sentence using 108 chars.

DU BARRY
( Suddenly kicking up the bedclothes ).

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

( Zamore, a little negro, runs on .)
ZAMORE.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars.

( He sits by her bed .)
DU BARRY
( To Sophie who brings an armful of flowers ).

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 43 chars.

( She pins a bunch of violets on her nightgown .)
DENYS.

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 61 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 47 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 68 words in 5 sentences using 347 chars.

ZAMORE.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 7 chars.

( Outside the roll of a drum is heard. Zamore dashes off as a bugle call sounds in the court-yard below .)
DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 71 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 123 words in 13 sentences using 568 chars.

( Opening the spring of a casket on the night table, she takes out a small portrait framed in gold .)
DENYS.

Note: Contains 24 words in 2 sentences using 133 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 44 words in 6 sentences using 221 chars.

( Denys has opened the door and quickly shuts it as a voice is heard announcing in the corridor .)
DENYS.

Note: Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars.

( She thrusts her bare feet into her slippers .)
DENYS.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 41 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 21 words in 1 sentence using 110 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 70 chars.

BRISSAC
( Entering ).

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 76 chars.

BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 56 chars.

DU BARRY
( Motions him to be seated ).

Note: Contains 68 words in 9 sentences using 333 chars.

BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars.

BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars.

DU BARRY
( Quickly ).

Note: Contains 15 words in 3 sentences using 83 chars.

BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 45 words in 5 sentences using 239 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars.

( She looks at the portrait of Cossé .)
DENYS.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

( She hides the portrait .)
BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 28 words in 4 sentences using 140 chars.

BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars.

BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 23 words in 1 sentence using 118 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars.

BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 65 words in 4 sentences using 385 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 70 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars.

BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 26 words in 1 sentence using 127 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars.

BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars.

BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars.

BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 45 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars.

BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 51 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 14 words in 4 sentences using 79 chars.

BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 64 chars.

DU BARRY
( Jumps to her feet — holding the silken counterpane ).

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

DU BARRY
( To Zamore ).

Note: Contains 61 words in 12 sentences using 291 chars.

BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars.

DENYS
( Under his breath ).

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 54 words in 8 sentences using 266 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 31 words in 11 sentences using 153 chars.

BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 76 words in 13 sentences using 395 chars.

BRISSAC
( Rising ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

DENYS
( Aside to Brissac ).

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 66 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars.

DU BARRY
( Dropping on her knees beside the bed ).

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 19 chars.

BRISSAC
( Almost inaudible — struck ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 6 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 204 words in 22 sentences using 1022 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 10 chars.

DU BARRY
( Murmuring to herself in despair ).

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 100 words in 13 sentences using 525 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars.

BRISSAC
( Restraining her ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

( As she collapses, a murmur of voices and laughter is heard outside in the hall. Brissac catches her in his arms and lays her on the bed .)
DENYS.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars.

BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars.

( Du Barry laughs hysterically .)
DENYS
( To Sophie who rushes in ).

Note: Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 47 chars.

DU BARRY
( Trying to choke back the sobbing laughter ).

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 9 chars.

DENYS
( To Sophie ).

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars.

( Sophie pulls down the curtains and opens the door for the lackeys who enter bearing candles. The voices grow louder outside .)
SOPHIE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars.

( She hands Du Barry a mirror and a powder-puff .)
DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 10 words in 4 sentences using 43 chars.

DENYS
( To Du Barry ).

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars.

DU BARRY
( Choking back an hysterical outburst ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars.

SOPHIE
( Assisting at the toilet ).

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 62 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 16 words in 4 sentences using 67 chars.

SOPHIE.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 64 chars.

( Sophie and Denys bring in fresh pillows and arrange the bed, as Du Barry still crying tries to hold up the mirror and use the powder-puff .)
BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

( With one knee on the step to the bed, he holds up the minor and powder-box. Du Barry powders her face — still holding back the sobs .)
DENYS
( Giving Du Barry a bunch of violets ).

Note: Contains 8 words in 4 sentences using 52 chars.

( The Duchesse d'Aiguillon, very stately, in an enormous hoop, enters and bows to Du Barry .)
DU BARRY
( Choking back a sob ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars.

DUCHESSE D'AIGUILLON.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

DU BARRY
( Mechanically returning the salutation ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars.

( Each time Du Barry says "Huh", the Duchesse starts back in surprise — she kisses Du Barry's hand .)
DENYS.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars.

( The Marquise enters, bows very low .)
DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars.

MARQUISE
( Lisping ).

Note: Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 95 chars.

( Kisses Du Barry on both cheeks .)
DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 8 words in 6 sentences using 44 chars.

( Brissac retreats-bows to the ladies and goes off .)
DUCHESSE D'AIGUILLON
( Lisping ).

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars.

DU BARRY
( Drawing a convulsive breath ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars.

MARQUISE DE CRENAY.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars.

( They all sit down. Lackeys pass cups of chocolate .)
DU BARRY
( Bowing mechanically — with an unmeaning smile ).

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 9 chars.

MARQUISE
( Sipping chocolate — to Duchesse. The women no longer lisp ).

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars.

DU BARRY
( Sipping chocolate ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars.

MARQUISE.

Note: Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 50 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars.

DUCHESSE D'AIGUILLON.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 9 chars.

MARQUISE
( To Du Barry ).

Note: Contains 12 words in 5 sentences using 62 chars.

DU BARRY
( To Denys ).

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars.

( Notices that Zamore is sitting by her bed and seizes his turban to throw at them .)
DENYS
( Aside to Du Barry ).

Note: Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 35 chars.

( Hands Du Barry a cup of chocolate .)
DU BARRY
( Resolving to see if she really has set a fashion ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars.

MARQUISE.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars.

DUCHESSE D'AIGUILLON.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars.

ALL.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars.

( Enter Marie Antoinette, aged sixteen .)
DU BARRY
( To Denys ).

Note: Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 77 chars.

MARQUISE.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars.

( All rise and bow to the Princess as she enters with her escort — she is very haughty in manner .)
DAUPHINE
( Her hand on her heart — coldly ).

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

DU BARRY
( Coldly ).

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

MARQUISE
( Aside to the Duchesse d'Aiguillon ).

Note: Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 66 chars.

( Lackeys place a chair for Marie Antoinette and hand her flowers and a cup of chocolate .)
DENYS.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars.

RICHELIEU
( Appearing ).

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 95 chars.

( Bows to others as he comes forward and kneels abjectly at Du Barry's feet. She gives him the top of her fan to kiss. He kisses it, somewhat annoyed .)
VOICE
( Outside — announcing ).

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars.

( All rise .)
DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

( Hands him the red cover which he stretches out in front of the bed. Denys back of the bed holds the bed-cover up as she rises. She points to her slippers with her foot — they are under the night table .)
MARQUISE
( To others ).

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 57 chars.

( Marie Antoinette rises. Richelieu drops on his knees, reaching under the night table for the slippers. The Nuncio enters. All bow. He bows to Marie Antoinette who passes out .)
DU BARRY
( Wiggling her toes ).

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 54 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 6 words in 4 sentences using 52 chars.

( Richelieu scrambles to his feet, the slippers behind his back, and bows; then sets down the slippers and retreats .)
RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 12 chars.

NUNCIO
( Offering the grapes to Du Barry ).

Note: Contains 31 words in 3 sentences using 165 chars.

( Nuncio and Du Barry eat the grapes as she wiggles her toes to find her slippers .)
DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 60 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 39 words in 6 sentences using 222 chars.

( Richelieu and the Statesmen are concocting a plot in a corner .)
DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 24 words in 2 sentences using 120 chars.

( Both laugh .)
NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 46 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 53 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 113 chars.

( She kneels — he raises his hand over her .)
NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 43 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 12 chars.

( The Papal Nuncio passes out, all bowing .)

( Du Barry rises, leaning on Zamore, and gets into bed. During this, a voice in the distance is heard announcing .)

VOICE.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars.

MARQUISE
( To Du Barry ).

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars.

( She and the Duchesse go up, standing in line by the door as the courtiers pass .)
VOICE
( Nearer — announcing ).

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars.

VOICE OUTSIDE
( As Maupeou makes his first bow ).

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars.

MAUPEOU
( Entering and kneeling by the bed ).

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

( He kisses her hand .)
VOICE
( Outside — nearer ).

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars.

TERRAY
( Entering and kneeling by the bed ).

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

RICHELIEU
( Kneeling ).

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars.

MARQUISE
( Aside to the lady sitting next her ).

Note: Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 89 chars.

( The Marquise and the Duchesse bow and hasten off .)
DENYS.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 71 chars.

( Lackeys put out the candles. Daylight comes in again. Du Barry is now sitting cross-legged like a Turk, throwing bonbons to Zamore, who catches them in his mouth .)
RICHELIEU
( Aside ).

Note: Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 117 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 63 chars.

TERRAY
( Setting a money coffer on the table ).

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 91 chars.

MAUPEOU.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 84 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 104 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

DU BARRY
( To Terray, who stands with his hand on the money- box ).

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 51 chars.

TERRAY.

Note: Contains 5 words in 3 sentences using 32 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars.

TERRAY.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars.

MAUPEOU
( Aside to Richelieu ).

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars.

RICHELIEU
( Taking a paper from Maupeou ).

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars.

( He kneels. Du Barry seizes the paper which he has opened and crushes it in her hand; she rises to her knees in bed .)
DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 46 chars.

ALL.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars.

ALL.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

DU BARRY
( Jumps up in bed ).

Note: Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 110 chars.

ALL
( Murmuring softly ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 110 words in 12 sentences using 567 chars.

( Jean du Barry has entered during this, drunk as usual .)
JEAN.

Note: Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 99 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 54 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 63 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 35 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

( Jean leaves the room .)
TERRAY.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 6 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 4 chars.

TERRAY.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 6 chars.

MAUPEOU.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars.

( The King suddenly appears, having entered through a secret door .)
ALL.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

KING
( Looking at Du Barry who, in her excitement, has thrown off her formal negligée ).

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars.

DU BARRY
( Picking up her night-dress, dancing as she hums "Amaryllis" ).

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars.

KING
( Throwing a kiss — laughing ).

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars.

( All laugh and retire .)
ALL.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 22 chars.

RICHELIEU
( Apart ).

Note: Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 42 chars.

( He disappears, following the others .)
KING
( Dropping on his knees on the hearth — blowing the fire with the bellows ).

Note: Contains 27 words in 6 sentences using 155 chars.

DU BARRY
( Hops over his legs and takes the bellows ).

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

( Sits on the low ottoman and blows the fire .)
KING.

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 62 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 137 chars.

KING
( Rises — sits in the arm-chair ).

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 51 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars.

KING

Note: Contains 36 words in 7 sentences using 196 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 36 chars.

KING
( Tries to kiss her again ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 91 chars.

( He strikes the table with his clenched fist .)
DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 122 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars.

( Showing empty hands .)
KING.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars.

DU BARRY
( Imitating him ).

Note: Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 55 chars.

KING
( Stirring the fire savagely ).

Note: Contains 27 words in 4 sentences using 137 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 78 chars.

DU BARRY
( Pouring out wine ).

Note: Contains 24 words in 3 sentences using 140 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 70 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars.

KING
( Setting down the glass in anger ).

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 88 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 43 words in 4 sentences using 216 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 38 words in 5 sentences using 175 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 22 words in 6 sentences using 107 chars.

( Gets her hat out of a hat-box, picks up a parasol and starts for the door .)
KING.

Note: Contains 6 words in 4 sentences using 44 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 69 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 10 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 16 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars.

KING
( Reluctantly ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 104 chars.

DENYS
( Entering ).

Note: Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 86 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars.

( Brissac enters .)
KING.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars.

BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 80 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars.

BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars.

( Du Barry drops the hat-box which she has been holding .)
KING.

Note: Contains 19 words in 4 sentences using 94 chars.

BRISSAC
( Rising ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 8 chars.

( He leaves the room .)
KING.

Note: Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 90 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 49 words in 4 sentences using 234 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 25 words in 2 sentences using 108 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 61 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 93 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 60 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 86 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 25 words in 2 sentences using 122 chars.

KING
( Savagely ).

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars.

DU BARRY
( Beating him with her fan ).

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars.

KING
( Rising — starting for door ).

Note: Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 63 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars.

( He goes .)
DU BARRY
( Running to the door — calling after the King ).

Note: Contains 35 words in 7 sentences using 179 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 26 words in 7 sentences using 134 chars.

DU BARRY
( Seeing his blood-stained handkerchief ).

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 23 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 27 words in 3 sentences using 138 chars.

( He drops into a chair, his face livid .)
DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 46 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 61 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 67 chars.

DU BARRY
( Calling in a low voice ).

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars.

( Getting no answer, she turns to Cossé .)
COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 27 words in 2 sentences using 130 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 22 words in 4 sentences using 111 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 151 words in 27 sentences using 751 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 63 words in 11 sentences using 313 chars.

COSSÉ
( For a second forgetting himself, takes her in his arms ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 11 chars.

( There is another knock on the Kings door .)
DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 26 chars.

KING'S VOICE.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 10 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars.

( Throwing her aside, he rises, drawing his sword .)
DU BARRY
( Quickly barring his way. She strikes him violently with both hands. Already wounded and weak, he falls backwards on the bed, unconscious. She puts her hand over his mouth. The King knocks again ).

Note: Contains 15 words in 5 sentences using 67 chars.

KING'S VOICE.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 50 chars.

KING
( Knocking louder ).

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 41 words in 7 sentences using 191 chars.

KING
( Furiously ).

Note: Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 22 words in 4 sentences using 101 chars.

KING
( A little softer ).

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 23 words in 5 sentences using 105 chars.

( Jean du Barry enters, one of the King's attendants with him .)
KING
( To Jean du Barry ).

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars.

( An attendant goes to the balcony .)
DU BARRY
( Rising in bed ).

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 26 words in 3 sentences using 139 chars.

DU BARRY
( The light comes in from the window, falling in a long, single ray on the bed. She draws her hand over her eyes ).

Note: Contains 14 words in 4 sentences using 80 chars.

( Jean pulls down the blinds and the attendant re-enters .)
KING.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars.

( The room is presently overrun by the King's spies .)
DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 88 chars.

KING
( Frowning, hesitates; then makes a slight gesture and all leave the room ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 30 words in 4 sentences using 131 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars.

KING
( In a rage ).

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 42 words in 5 sentences using 222 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 88 words in 9 sentences using 425 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 43 words in 3 sentences using 194 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 66 words in 8 sentences using 284 chars.

KING
( At the door — enraged ).

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 26 words in 9 sentences using 138 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars.

DU BARRY
( Pushing the box on the table towards Jean ).

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars.

CURTAIN

ACT IV

[THE FIRST SCENE]

In the Royal Gardens, before the dawn of the following morning .

"Folly, Queen of France."

The King, Du Barry, and the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, are eating and drinking ( unseen ) in a pavilion. The curtains enclosing the pavilion are drawn; but a stream of light shines out into the shadowy gardens. An awning of tapestry is fastened to the trees .

Mingling with laughter in the pavilion, cries of "Pacte de famine" are heard outside the gates to remind His Most Christian Majesty that while he feasts others starve .

In the background, lights twinkle in the Palace .

The curtain rises to a wild dash of bacchanalian music .

Monsieur de Renard, a sentinel, is on duty. Scalo, a big Nubian, is scattering scarlet flowers here and there .

Drums are heard and the King's Guard enters .

LEBEL
( Entering from the pavilion ).

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

RENARD.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars.

LEBEL.

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 102 chars.

RENARD.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars.

VOICES
( Outside, as popping of corks and laughter sound from the pavilion ).

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars.

( The monastery clock strikes four as the Nuncio enters in a long dark cloak, his red robe showing under it, leaning on an attendant who carries a lantern .)
LEBEL

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 12 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 72 chars.

LEBEL.

Note: Contains 23 words in 5 sentences using 141 chars.

NUNCIO
( Checks Lebel who retires. Denys appears ).

Note: Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 54 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 134 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 18 words in 1 sentence using 93 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 55 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 62 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 68 chars.

( As the Duc de Brissac enters, he is saluted by the sentries on duty .)
BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 74 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 73 chars.

BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 61 words in 9 sentences using 321 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 92 chars.

( He passes off with an attendant, followed by Denys .)
GENDARME
( Entering ).

Note: Contains 20 words in 3 sentences using 106 chars.

( A sullen roar has been heard at the gates as four gendarmes run on with a prisoner — Valroy, wearing a peasant's clothing, but showing the King's Guard uniform underneath .)
BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars.

A GUARDSMAN.

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 46 chars.

BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 42 chars.

VALROY.

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 50 chars.

BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 8 chars.

VALROY.

Note: Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 116 chars.

( Maupeou and Richelieu come from the pavilion to find out what is causing the excitement .)
KING'S VOICE
( From the pavilion ).

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars.

KING
( Appearing on a balcony near the pavilion ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 8 chars.

BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars.

( Valroy is put against the wall — in the shadow. They silence him by covering his mouth .)
KING.

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 54 chars.

MAUPEOU.

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 45 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 61 chars.

BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 70 chars.

KING
( Pleased ).

Note: Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 59 chars.

BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 100 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars.

( He goes back to the pleasures of the table .)
BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars.

( Valroy is taken off, Brissac following .)
RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars.

MAUPEOU.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 26 words in 3 sentences using 123 chars.

VOICE
( Off ).

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars.

ANOTHER VOICE.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars.

( Soldiers escort on some dancers, cloaked and hooded .)
RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 59 chars.

LE GRAND
( Kicking ).

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 52 chars.

( As the dancers enter the pavilion, they are greeted with applause and shouts .)
VOICES
( Off — louder ).

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

MAUPEOU.

Note: Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 114 chars.

( Jean du Barry is heard singing drunkenly as he approaches .)
RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 45 chars.

( Jean enters, arm-in-arm with two seedy-looking roysterers .)
RENARD.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars.

CHEVALIER.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars.

MARQUIS.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

( Renard retires .)
JEAN
( Bringing the men down ).

Note: Contains 29 words in 4 sentences using 156 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 41 words in 5 sentences using 195 chars.

BRISSAC
( Re-entering ).

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 57 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 23 words in 4 sentences using 112 chars.

BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars.

( He goes to the gates .)
JEAN.

Note: Contains 28 words in 2 sentences using 130 chars.

( Staggers and nearly falls .)
RICHELIEU
( Assisting him ).

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

MAUPEOU.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 95 chars.

MAUPEOU.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 54 chars.

MAUPEOU.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 61 chars.

WOMEN'S VOICES
( Inside the pavilion ).

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars.

MAUPEOU.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars.

JEAN
( Who has taken a pack of cards from his pocket and now cuts ).

Note: Contains 20 words in 3 sentences using 107 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars.

( He and Maupeou go back to the pavilion .)
JEAN.

Note: Contains 35 words in 7 sentences using 161 chars.

( Pirouettes, takes the arms of the roysterers and goes of singing drunkenly .)

( The dance music is faster, louder, and comes to an end amid cries of "Bravo! Bravo!" )

( Brissac has entered and stands immovable. The Kings Guard is stationed out of sight. Lackeys have carried on banquet tables and candles. Four Nubians dash down with lighted torches with sharp ends which they stick into the ground. Pages draw the curtains open and thhe King appears, escorting Du Barry .)

DU BARRY
( As the moonlight falls across their path ).

Note: Contains 20 words in 4 sentences using 111 chars.

( She strikes the gong. A fountain opens and sends up a spray of water. Two Cupids appear, throwing flowers. The King looks on as though bored to extinction .)
A CLOWN
( Heard off ).

Note: Contains 3 words in 3 sentences using 17 chars.

( He runs on, kneels at Du Barry's feet, offering a fool's stick .)
DU BARRY
( Shaking the stick to make the bells ring ).

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 60 chars.

( He pirouettes, nearly falling, but is saved by two women .)
DU BARRY
( To Scalo in a low voice ).

Note: Contains 32 words in 6 sentences using 167 chars.

( Two Cupids seize the King's hands and lead him to the throne where they presently sit at his feet .)
KING
( Holding out his hand to Du Barry ).

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 56 chars.

MARQUISE DE CRENAY.

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars.

RICHELIEU
( To Maupeou ).

Note: Contains 15 words in 3 sentences using 87 chars.

A WOMAN'S VOICE
( Sings to the harp ).

Note: Contains 20 words in 3 sentences using 115 chars.

PRINCESSE ALIXE.

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars.

RICHELIEU
( To Maupeou ).

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 80 chars.

( The ladies pass Du Barry and form groups. Du Barry manages to escape and meets de Brissac .)
DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 46 chars.

BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 54 chars.

DU BARRY
( In despair ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars.

THE WOMAN'S VOICE.

Note: Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 108 chars.

MARQUISE DE CRENAY
( Aside to the Duchesse d'Aiguillon ).

Note: Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 110 chars.

MAUPEOU.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 66 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 33 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 16 words in 4 sentences using 88 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 47 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 63 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars.

( He bows and turns away .)
KING
( To Du Barry ).

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 48 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 23 words in 5 sentences using 122 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

( She turns, and in the light of the blue flames the Papal Nuncio stands, unseen by the others, waiting to speak to her .)
DU BARRY
( Half whispering ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 15 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 42 words in 7 sentences using 216 chars.

( The Nuncio disappears .)
DU BARRY
( Taking a glass and dipping it into the bowl ).

Note: Contains 20 words in 3 sentences using 97 chars.

( Denys hastens of to the Palace .)
KING.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars.

ALL.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

( A dim moonlight floods the gardens. The guests an just discernible, bewildering and fantastic shadows in their quaint costumes .)
DU BARRY
( Seizing the fool's stick ).

Note: Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 78 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 16 words in 4 sentences using 101 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 31 words in 8 sentences using 154 chars.

KING
( Smiling — suddenly amused ).

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars.

MARQUISE DE CRENAY.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars.

( The Cupids pull the clowns down, aiming arrows at them. The clowns strike grotesque poses of fear and crawl away. The King laughs .)

( The music of the minuet begins. The guests dance .)

KING
( Under the spell of the music and moonlight ).

Note: Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 87 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars.

( In the distance the faint beating of a muffled drum is heard .)
DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars.

( All stop dancing, the music continuing, giving the effect of a minuet with death lurking in the background .)
BRISSAC.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 19 words in 1 sentence using 86 chars.

( Brissac bows and retires. The dancers continue the minuet .)
DU BARRY
( Half to herself ).

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 15 words in 3 sentences using 80 chars.

DENYS
( Kneeling beside her chair ).

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 48 chars.

DU BARRY
( Under her breath ).

Note: Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 33 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 14 words in 4 sentences using 63 chars.

( At this moment, a lady who has taken note of the King's mood, makes an eloquent gesture to the other dancers and, continuing the minuet, they leave the scene until at last all are gone. The dawn is breaking. A single torch burns brightly. A few candles are still flickering .)
DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 84 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 27 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 33 chars.

( She edges nearer to Denys .)
KING.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars.

DENYS
( As she bends to fasten her slipper ).

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 92 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars.

KING
( Drawing her to him )

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 63 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars.

( Duc de Brissac enters as the lovers are about to kiss each other .)
DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 39 words in 5 sentences using 204 chars.

( The Nuncio enters .)
BRISSAC
( Appealingly ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 64 chars.

( De Brissac kneeling, overcome, kisses her hand .)
NUNCIO
( Appealingly ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars.

( While the King is hesitating, Jean du Barry appears .)
DENYS
( Warningly ).

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 93 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 72 chars.

DU BARRY
( Laughing ).

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 27 words in 4 sentences using 138 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 51 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 11 words in 4 sentences using 56 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 10 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 53 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 33 words in 8 sentences using 178 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 97 chars.

( She starts to go, but pauses, watching Jean du Barry; Richelieu, Maupeou, the Marquise de Crenay and a few others enter, having finished the dance .)
KING.

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 62 chars.

JEAN
( Aside to Du Barry ).

Note: Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 57 chars.

RICHELIEU
( Offering his arm to the Marquise de Crenay as he goes ).

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 51 chars.

MARQUISE.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars.

RICHELIEU.

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 63 chars.

( He passes of with his friend .)
KING
( Seeing the Nuncio about to leave ).

Note: Contains 24 words in 3 sentences using 133 chars.

( At a gesture from the King, velvet hangings, put up to protect His Majesty in case of night winds, are dropped, forming a sort of tent, shutting out the gardens at the back. Denys kisses Madame du Barry's hand and retires .)
END OF THE FIRST SCENE

THE SECOND SCENE

Within the Tent .

The King, seated, motions the Nuncio to sit. Jean du Barry stands waiting. By this time he is sober .

KING.

Note: Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 95 chars.

JEAN
( Kneeling ).

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 73 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 20 words in 1 sentence using 100 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 37 words in 3 sentences using 202 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 71 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 63 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 12 words in 5 sentences using 62 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 12 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 13 words in 5 sentences using 75 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 35 words in 6 sentences using 186 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 37 words in 3 sentences using 170 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 22 words in 1 sentence using 116 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 66 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 17 words in 4 sentences using 92 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 93 words in 10 sentences using 469 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 55 words in 4 sentences using 271 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 72 words in 5 sentences using 365 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 78 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 12 words in 6 sentences using 74 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 68 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 309 words in 31 sentences using 1532 chars.

( She sinks at the Nuncio's feet, sobbing .)
KING.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 53 words in 3 sentences using 246 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 2 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 59 chars.

( The Nuncio tries to calm her .)
KING.

Note: Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 103 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 34 words in 2 sentences using 165 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 30 words in 5 sentences using 146 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 61 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 68 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars.

DU BARRY
( Hesitates ).

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 24 words in 2 sentences using 105 chars.

NUNCIO
( Crossing himself ).

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 81 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 43 words in 6 sentences using 181 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 19 words in 5 sentences using 80 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars.

KING
( Calling ).

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 45 chars.

JEAN
( Who has hastened in ).

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

DU BARRY
( With a cry of rage and despair, picks up the first thing she sees — a candelabrum still left on a table — to strike down the man who means to send Cossé to his death ).

Note: Contains 16 words in 5 sentences using 74 chars.

NUNCIO
( Holding her back ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

DU BARRY
( Trembling, dropping the candelabrum ).

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars.

( At a signal from the King, attendants retreat with Jean .)

( The King, his mistress and the Nuncio are silent, overcome by the scene .)

KING
( After a long pause ).

Note: Contains 44 words in 3 sentences using 231 chars.

DU BARRY
( Still stunned — hysterically ).

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 87 chars.

DU BARRY
( Laughing nervously ).

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 77 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

KING
( Calling ).

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 90 chars.

DU BARRY
( Still laughing ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 78 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 24 words in 2 sentences using 110 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 75 words in 6 sentences using 365 chars.

( The Nuncio re-enters .)
DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 36 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 68 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 5 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 52 chars.

KING
( Impatiently ).

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars.

DU BARRY
( Lifting the Nuncio's rosary ).

Note: Contains 26 words in 4 sentences using 133 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars.

DU BARRY
( Pointing to the Palace ).

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 27 chars.

KING
( To an attendant ).

Note: Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 132 chars.

( Holding out his hand to Du Barry — a broad smile on his face .)
DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 58 words in 5 sentences using 291 chars.

KING
( Low to her, quickly ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 37 words in 7 sentences using 172 chars.

( She bursts into a peal of laughter .)
KING.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

DU BARRY
( Facing the King ).

Note: Contains 59 words in 5 sentences using 301 chars.

( By this time the whole Court is in consternation .)
KING
( Beside himself with rage ).

Note: Contains 5 words in 4 sentences using 27 chars.

CURTAIN

ACT V

[THE FIRST SCENE]

After a lapse of years, we find Du Barry living in Louveciennes. Exiled to a convent on the death of the King, forsaken by Jean du Barry, who has run off to Germany ( but continues to black-mail his sister-in-law from a safe distance ), she has as last been permitted to live "ten leagues away from Paris." She settles in Louveciennes where she has remained in peace, quiet, and ease for fifteen years .

As the curtain goes up on the last act, we find that the French Revolution is in full swing. Marie Antoinette and her husband have been beheaded; many of the aristocrats have followed her to the guillotine .

Madame du Barry, owing to her desire to efface herself from the public memory, has now become a sort of tradition, an echo of a King who is no more, a survivor of a time now past. Had she not been cursed by the possession of so many jewels, it is doubtful that she would have met her tragic fate; for, after all, she was a milliner to the end — one of the people .

The last Act, with its three scenes, takes place after a lapse of years, during the Revolution .

"Fate creeps in at the door."

SCENE: A corner of Du Barry's estates at Louveciennes .

We see a corner of the house with a balcony under which violets are growing. In the distance is a wood with a path running through it. A table, with a chair and a footstool near it, is placed on a rug under a silken canopy. The place is shut in and one must enter by an iron gate .

The curtain rises to vesper bells .

Sophie, grown older, her hair streaked with gray, is picking a rose. A young woman enters, a poorly dressed peasant; a barefoot child holds on to her skirt, eating a carrot. Other peasants pass the iron railing and gates on their way to vespers .

Hortense opens the gate and hastens in. She has grown older, — her hair is now white .

SOPHIE.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 58 words in 4 sentences using 299 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 68 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 70 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 16 words in 7 sentences using 98 chars.

( The Papal Nuncio, greatly aged, comes on, dressed as a village priest .)
NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 26 words in 2 sentences using 132 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 103 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 105 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 123 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 43 words in 3 sentences using 225 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 64 chars.

DENYS
( Gladly ).

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 79 words in 9 sentences using 441 chars.

( Puts his finger warningly to his lips and goes hurriedly into the house .)
DENYS
( Looking off ).

Note: Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 97 chars.

JEAN
( Showing the tri-color ).

Note: Contains 31 words in 2 sentences using 167 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 45 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 40 words in 5 sentences using 193 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 42 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 27 words in 3 sentences using 127 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 37 words in 12 sentences using 206 chars.

( Du Barry, Nuncio, and Hortense appear on the balcony .)
DENYS
( Taking up a bunch of violets from the table, trying to conceal his agitation ).

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars.

HORTENSE
( Who, with the Nuncio, is coming down the steps ).

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars.

( Denys picks up the scythe and goes off slowly .)
DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 72 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 57 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 30 words in 3 sentences using 127 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 63 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 20 words in 3 sentences using 95 chars.

( She steps into a room from the balcony as Denys comes back .)
DENYS
( To the Nuncio, pointing off ).

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 71 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

DENYS.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 65 chars.

( Cossé enters. He is very pale. He is followed by four men wearing the tricolor .)
COSSÉ
( To the men ).

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars.

( The men pass off .)
NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 25 words in 4 sentences using 139 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 46 words in 4 sentences using 222 chars.

DENYS
( Crying out — seeing her in the doorway, her cape on her arm ).

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

DU BARRY
( Sees Cossé ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars.

DU BARRY
( In his arms ).

Note: Contains 14 words in 4 sentences using 75 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars.

HORTENSE
( Re-entering through the gate ).

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars.

( Denys warns her to be silent and hastens off .)
COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 82 words in 3 sentences using 410 chars.

( Chokes as he speaks. She rests both eyes closed against his lips. He kisses them. He pauses — overcome .)
DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 82 chars.

DENYS
( Returning, agitated ).

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

( The two men exchange glances. Murmuring voices are heard in the distance .)
DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 39 words in 7 sentences using 210 chars.

A VOICE.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars.

CROWD.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 11 chars.

COSSÉ.
( To Denys ).

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 86 chars.

( The Nuncio goes off. Cossé stands between Du Barry and Grieve, who presently enters from the window on the balcony, accompanied by Jean du Barry. Grieve is a tall, gaunt, cruel-looking man, with a hawk-like nose, wearing a long cloak, showing the uniform of the National Committee — a tri-colored badge is on his coat. Sans-Culottes fill the room off the balcony and begin to come out. Others are seen peering through the railings .)
JEAN.

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 56 chars.

COSSÉ
( To himself ).

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars.

GRIEVE
( To Sophie and Hortense ).

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 45 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars.

SANS-CULOTTES.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars.

CROWD.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars.

GRIEVE.

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 95 chars.

( The crowd now comes pouring in. A red flag is seen. Du Barry shrinks against Cossé, who holds her .)
DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 27 chars.

COSSÉ
( To the crowd ).

Note: Contains 49 words in 5 sentences using 263 chars.

( Jean laughs and Cossé, turning, strikes him .)
GRIEVE.

Note: Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 66 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 15 words in 3 sentences using 73 chars.

COSSÉ
( Aside, as he assists her to put on a cape and gives her her hat ).

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars.

JEAN.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars.

SANS-CULOTTES
( Beginning to march off ).

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars.

( This cry is taken up outside, and the Marseillaise grows louder. Du Barry fans herself in agitation .)

THE SECOND SCENE

Two days and five months later .

SCENE: A room in the Conciergerie .

Now at last we are coming to the end, and find Du Barry in prison, stripped of her luxury. Her possessions consist of a brass-bound trunk, the dress, mantle and hat in which she left Louveciennes, a bottle of ink, a quill pen. Nothing else remains save a ring which will shortly be taken from her .

The furnishings of the room include a cot, a wash-stand with an iron bucket of water, an iron screen, an old candlestick, a stone seat, and a stool .

Outside, through a little door, we see a dreary wall and a strip of dull grey sky .

When this scene comes into view of the audience, the far-away sound of the Marseillaise is heard .

Du Barry, her face very pale, stands clutching the barred window. Marac, an officer of the Gendarmerie, is seated upon a stool behind the screen. After a second's pause, he looks out to watch the prisoner .

The door is suddenly unbolted, a key is turned in the lock, and Citizeness Rosalie, an assistant at the Conciergerie, enters. She is a kindly-faced, strapping woman of about forty, neatly dressed. She has her keys fastened to a small chain about her waist. She places a small bowl of steaming soup on the table .

ROSALIE.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars.

MARAC
( In a low voice ).

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 83 chars.

ROSALIE.

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 79 chars.

MARAC.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars.

( He goes out. Rosalie touches Du Barry on the shoulder .)
DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 58 chars.

ROSALIE.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 91 chars.

ROSALIE
( Soothingly ).

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars.

( Leads Du Barry to the stool .)
DU BARRY
( Sits. Mechanically takes a sip, then another, then pauses, her spoon in the air ).

Note: Contains 55 words in 8 sentences using 274 chars.

ROSALIE.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 48 words in 8 sentences using 227 chars.

ROSALIE
( As a cracked old bell rings ).

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

DU BARRY
( Shaking ).

Note: Contains 28 words in 8 sentences using 138 chars.

( Rosalie goes to the door .)

( Du Barry gets her bag, takes a brush and mirror and after brushing back her hair and powdering her face, she sits breathlessly on the stool, waiting .)

( Rosalie opens the door and admits Denisot, Judge of the Criminal Revolutionary Court, followed by Tavernier and Royer. All the men's faces are impassive. Du Barry looks at each one as they come in, trying to detect a ray of hope .)

TAVERNIER.

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars.

( Du Barry gets up, dazed .)
DENISOT.

Note: Contains 27 words in 2 sentences using 149 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 46 chars.

DENISOT.

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 51 chars.

DU BARRY
( Disappointed ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 6 chars.

DENISOT.

Note: Contains 18 words in 1 sentence using 96 chars.

ROSALIE.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars.

DENISOT
( To Royer, who is whispering to him ).

Note: Contains 5 words in 3 sentences using 30 chars.

DU BARRY
( Noticing it ).

Note: Contains 26 words in 3 sentences using 122 chars.

DENISOT.

Note: Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 88 chars.

( They bow .)
DU BARRY
( Leaning against the screen, her face behind her hands ).

Note: Contains 16 words in 4 sentences using 78 chars.

ROSALIE
( Looking at the men ).

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars.

DU BARRY
( Bowing to each one as the men pass out ).

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars.

ROSALIE.

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars.

DU BARRY
( Picking up the bowl with both hands ).

Note: Contains 24 words in 3 sentences using 120 chars.

ROSALIE.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 46 words in 3 sentences using 200 chars.

ROSALIE.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 34 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 102 words in 12 sentences using 487 chars.

( She takes down her hat and cape and lays them on the bed. Rosalie stands looking at her. Du Barry kneels and opens the trunk, humming "Amaryllis." The gong sounds in the corridor .)
ROSALIE
( Going up to the wicket ).

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 50 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 22 words in 1 sentence using 102 chars.

( She has taken them from the stand and puts them into the trunk; closes lid, turns the key and takes it out. During this Marac has appeared at the wicket and Rosalie has let him in .)
ROSALIE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 19 chars.

MARAC
( Aside to Rosalie ).

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars.

ROSALIE.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 32 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 8 chars.

ROSALIE
( Her voice choking ).

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars.

DU BARRY
( Who is putting on her hat ).

Note: Contains 37 words in 6 sentences using 181 chars.

( She fans herself .)

( Marac sits back of the screen. Rosalie now lets in the Papal Nuncio .)

NUNCIO
( Handing a permit ).

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 52 chars.

( Cossé is not seen .)
MARAC
( To Du Barry ).

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 101 chars.

ROSALIE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 56 words in 16 sentences using 244 chars.

ROSALIE.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 37 words in 9 sentences using 169 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars.

DU BARRY
( Springing up ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 6 chars.

( He takes her in his arms. Rosalie goes behind the screen. The Nuncio watches them pityingly, standing between them and the door .)
COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 85 chars.

DU BARRY
( Looking at him — swallowing ).

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 34 chars.

COSSÉ
( Not lifting his head ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars.

COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 42 words in 4 sentences using 191 chars.

MARAC
( Entering ).

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars.

( Nuncio makes a warning gesture to Cossé .)

( As they start to go out, Nuncio blesses her but she looks at Cossé .)

CURTAIN

THE THIRD AND LAST SCENE

The same day .

"Once more we pass this way again,

Once more! 'Tis where at first we met."

SCENE: The rue St. Honoré, in front of Labille's shop .

All the other shops in the street are closed .

It is the 8th of December, a dull, gloomy day, at five minutes past four in the afternoon .

Labille and Hortense, both grown older, are in the street outside the shop, waiting to see the tumbril bear Du Barry from the prison to the guillotine. They are in despair, hoping against hope that something may save her. Through the half-closed shutters of the shop, milliners and shop-girls peep out — all looking in one direction .

LABILLE.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

HORTENSE.

Note: Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 62 chars.

LABILLE.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 51 chars.

( Overcome, he follows Hortense into the shop. Milliners come out on the balcony. Federals appear in the street, four pass off, beating their drums — four break ranks and patrol the various streets, passing and re-passing at intervals .)
GRIEVE
( Enters, dressed as a Federal officer. Jean du Barry is with him in citizen's dress. The booming of a cannon is heard in the distance ).

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars.

JEAN
( Looking at Labille's shop ).

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 85 chars.

( They are presently lost in the crowd. Denys comes down the street, sinking on a curb, his head in his hands. Shouts are heard, crowds gather gradually. The way is kept open by the Federals. Men, women, and children line the pavement. A continual buzz of voices and laughter is heard. A cocoa vendor is selling cocoa, calling: "All fresh — who'll buy a drink?" An orange girl is crying, "Portugals — all ripe — who'll buy my Portugals!" Above this, the cries of those near the death-cart are heard, always growing louder. Street urchins sell boxes, calling: "Seats — seats — two sous!" A man enters, his dress a caricature of a Herald's, carrying an old-fashioned trumpet and calling: "Make way for Louis Capet! Room for Louis the Fifteenth — come back to life to see his Favorite pass!" A grotesque figure enters, with a large, golden-spiked crown, wearing a calico robe on which a mock ermine, made of paper, is pinned .)
A MAN IN THE CROWD.

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 57 chars.

MAN WITH THE TRUMPET.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars.

CROWD.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 13 chars.

MAN IN THE CROWD.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars.

( The crowd kicks of the Mock-King, tearing his clothes. By this time, every balcony and window is crowded. The "Carmagnole" is heard off. Federal officers come running on .)
FEDERAL OFFICERS.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars.

( By this time the pavements at back are over-crowded and the people are forced into the roadway — armed Sans-Culottes force them back, stretching a chain across the street. Labille appears on his balcony .)
A CHILD ON TOP OF A STATUE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars.

MAN IN THE CROWD.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars.

A GAMIN
( Who has climbed the street lamp ).

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

( Urchins climb up on the statue of a horse .)
DENYS
( Rising, weak and agitated ).

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 22 chars.

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 103 chars.

The Sans-Culottes give way to the "Cart Swallows", who come on dancing straight ahead, occasionally turning round to sing at the occupant of the cart. The crack of a whip is heard, then the rumbling of the cart and every fist is raised as the cart, drawn by two horses, comes on. Du Barry is seen seated. The Nuncio, in a simple black gown, stands beside her. Her hands are fastened behind her back. She is dressed in white, her hair cut short, looking from side to side like a hunted animal. The executioner sits on the seat with the driver, his back to her .)
GRIEVE.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 45 chars.

( All leer, jostling each other to get closer to the cart. Du Barry looks from face to face for one glance of pity .)
A WOMAN.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars.

ANOTHER WOMAN.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars.

ANOTHER WOMAN.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars.

ANOTHER WOMAN.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars.

NUNCIO.

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars.

( The Crowd is silent for a moment .)
DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars.

A WOMAN OF THE SANS-CULOTTES
( Stepping up to the cartwheel ).

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars.

WOMAN.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

ANOTHER WOMAN.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars.

DU BARRY
( Choking ).

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

WOMAN.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

( The crowd laughs .)
DU BARRY
( Seeing Labille in front of balcony ).

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars.

LABILLE.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars.

( Angry shouts from the crowd .)
HORTENSE
( Coming out on the balcony ).

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 57 chars.

( Throws her a bunch of violets .)

( Angry shouts from the crowd .)

JEAN DU BARRY
( Standing on the base of a statue, a red flag in his hand ).

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars.

( He bows .)

( A tricoteuse dances up to the cart. She and three or four others sing "Ça ira", dancing extravagantly .)

DRIVER
( Snapping his whip ).

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 50 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 24 words in 8 sentences using 142 chars.

VOICES IN THE CROWD
( Each line spoken by a different person ).

Note: Contains 24 words in 7 sentences using 128 chars.

( Crowd laughs and shouts .)
NUNCIO
( To the crowd ).

Note: Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 68 chars.

( The crowd hesitates .)
COSSÉ.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 45 chars.

DU BARRY.

Note: Contains 70 words in 9 sentences using 360 chars.

THE EXECUTIONER
( To the driver ).

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars.

( The cart is jolted along the street. Denys falls to his knees. Du Barry looks at Cossé until the cart is off. A hush falls on the crowd .)
CURTAIN
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Mathias Göbel
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TextGrid Repository (2024). American Drama. Du Barry. Du Barry. American Drama Corpus. Mathias Göbel. https://hdl.handle.net/21.11113/0000-0014-A481-E