Intrigue
Dublin Core
Title
Intrigue
Subject
Historical Events or Characters
Politics and Ideology
Politics and Ideology
Description
Play Length: Three Acts: Five Scenes
Synopsis: Love affairs and political intrigue at the Court of Louis XIV. However, all ends happily with the two lovers free to wed as the King sees through the stratagems of the courtiers.
Setting:
Various places in the Court of Louis XIV.
I.i Garden of the Louvre.
I.ii Apartment of Madame de Soissons.
II.i Private apartment of Dowager Queen.
II.ii Apartment of Henriette, Duchesse d'Orleans.
III A room in the Queen's apartments.
Characters:
LOUIS XIV, King of France
ARMAND COMTE DE GUICHE
MARQUIS DES VARDES
CHEVALIER DE LORRAINE
MARECHAL DE GRAMMONT
DUC DE MAZARIN
MONSIEUR DE LA TAINE, cousin to Louis de la Valliere
HENRIETTE, DUCHESS D'ORLEANS, sister to Charles II of England
COMTESS DE SOISSONS
LOUISE DE LA VALLIERE, Maid-of-Honour to Henriette
JULIE DE MONTALIS, Maid-of-Honour to Queen of France
DOWAGER QUEEN OF FRANCE, Anne of Austria
QUEEN OF FRANCE, Marie-Theresa
DUCHESS DE NAVALILLES, Guardian of the Queen's Ladies
MDLLE DE FIEMMES, Maid-of-Honour to Henriette
SENORA MOLINA, Spanish Lady-in-Waiting to the Queen
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF COURT
Synopsis: Love affairs and political intrigue at the Court of Louis XIV. However, all ends happily with the two lovers free to wed as the King sees through the stratagems of the courtiers.
Setting:
Various places in the Court of Louis XIV.
I.i Garden of the Louvre.
I.ii Apartment of Madame de Soissons.
II.i Private apartment of Dowager Queen.
II.ii Apartment of Henriette, Duchesse d'Orleans.
III A room in the Queen's apartments.
Characters:
LOUIS XIV, King of France
ARMAND COMTE DE GUICHE
MARQUIS DES VARDES
CHEVALIER DE LORRAINE
MARECHAL DE GRAMMONT
DUC DE MAZARIN
MONSIEUR DE LA TAINE, cousin to Louis de la Valliere
HENRIETTE, DUCHESS D'ORLEANS, sister to Charles II of England
COMTESS DE SOISSONS
LOUISE DE LA VALLIERE, Maid-of-Honour to Henriette
JULIE DE MONTALIS, Maid-of-Honour to Queen of France
DOWAGER QUEEN OF FRANCE, Anne of Austria
QUEEN OF FRANCE, Marie-Theresa
DUCHESS DE NAVALILLES, Guardian of the Queen's Ladies
MDLLE DE FIEMMES, Maid-of-Honour to Henriette
SENORA MOLINA, Spanish Lady-in-Waiting to the Queen
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF COURT
Creator
Tighe, Harry
Source
NUNE: Campbell Howard Collection. QU: Hanger Collection. [QU Dates the script 1920] ANL holds a collection of Henry (Harry) Tighe papers, MS 3696.
Publisher
[not stated in UNE collection record]
Date
1920
Contributor
University of New England Library, New South Wales, Australia
Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Relation
NUNE: Campbell Howard Collection
Format
PDF 9.23MB
Language
en
Type
Text
Identifier
tigh-intrigue-a4.pdf
Coverage
Australia; 1920-1955
Collection
Citation
Tighe, Harry, “Intrigue,” Campbell Howard Project, accessed April 27, 2024, https://campbell-howard-collection.une.edu.au/items/show/10.