Dramatis Personæ
Men.
PAUL KAUVAR, Age 30.—President of the Revolutionary Section of Fraternity. Afterwards Captain on GENERAL KLEBER’S staff.
HENRI DE LA ROCHEJACQUELEIN, Age 22. Commander of the Royalist forces in la Vendée.
GENERAL KLEBER, In command of the Republican forces in la Vendée.
HONORÉ ALBERT MAXIME, DUC DE BEAUMONT, Age 65. Cousin of LA ROCHEJACQUELEIN.
GOUROC, alias MARQUIS DE VAUX, Of the Jacobin Club, and one of the Public Accusers of the Revolutionary Tribunal.
COLONEL LA HOGUE, On the staff of LA ROCHEJACQUELEIN.
MARDOCHE, alias the ABBÉ DE ST. SIMON.
JEAN LITAIS, A peasant of Brittany—formerly a servant of the DUC DE BEAUMONT. Then for a time turnkey in the prison of the Republic.
ARISTIDES, alias DODOLPHE POTIN, An usher of the Revolutionary Tribunal, afterward Sergeant in the Battalion of the Bonnet Rouge.
CARRAC, Republican Representative in Vendée.
GOUJON, Private in the Battalion of the Bonnet Rouge.
BOURDOTTE, Sans Culotte.
TABOOZE, An officer of the gens d’armes.
ORDERLIES, On the Staff of LA ROCHEJACQUELEIN.
WOMEN.
DIANE DE BEAUMONT, Daughter of the Duke.
NANETTE POTIN, Wife of ARISTIDES.
DENISE DUBOIS, Foster-sister of LA ROCHEJACQUELEIN and fiancée of JEAN LITAIS.
Soldiers, Peasants, “Sans Culottes”, Turnkeys, &c.
Scene. France
Time. 1794
Under the title of “ANARCHY,” the play was first performed at Buffalo, New York, May 30, 1887, at the Academy of Music. The following was the cast:
PAUL KAUVAR Steele MacKaye.
GENERAL LA ROCHEJACQUELEIN Eben Plympton.
DUC DE BEAUMONT Frederick de Belleville.
MARQUIS DE VAUX, alias GOUROC Henry Lee.
ABBÉ DE ST. SIMON John A. Lane.
COLONEL LA HOGUE H.B. Bradley.
CARRAC M.B. Snyder.
ARISTIDES POTIN Sidney Drew.
JEAN LITAIS B.T. Ringgold.
GENERAL KLEBER Jerome Stevens.
BOURDOTTE Julian Mitchell.
GOUJON Edward M. Hurd.
DIANE DE BEAUMONT Genevieve Lytton.
NANETTE POTIN May Irwin.
DENISE Marie Hartley.
SCARLOTTE Maud Hosford.
ALINE Alice Hamilton.
Cast of the first New York performance, December 24, 1887, the Standard Theatre. The name was changed to “Paul Kauvar”.
PAUL KAUVAR Mr. Joseph Haworth.
HONORÉ ALBERT MAXIME Mr. Edwin Varrey.
MARQUIS DE VAUX, alias GOUROC Mr. Wilton Lackaye.
GENERAL DELAROCHE Mr. Nestor Lennon.
THE ABBÉ DE ST. SIMON Mr. B.F. Horning.
GENERAL KLETERRE Mr. Jerome Stevens.
COLONEL LA HOGUE Mr. Leslie Allen.
DODOLPHE POTIN, alias ARISTIDES Mr. Sidney Drew.
CARRAC Mr. George D. Fawcett.
BOURDOTTE Mr. Edward Coleman.
GOUJON Mr. Edward M. Hurd.
TABOOZE Mr. Charles Mitchell.
FIRST ORDERLY Mr. E.R. Spencer.
SECOND ORDERLY Mr. A.E. Lohman.
FIRST SANS CULOTTE Mr. Fred Clifton.
SECOND SANS CULOTTE Mr. C.H. Wentworth.
DIANE DE BEAUMONT Miss Annie Robe.
NANETTE POTIN Miss Louise Rial.
SCARLOTTE Miss Lillie Eldridge.