The King's Friend
by Robert Sulivan
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About this eBook
- Author
- Sulivan, Robert, 1797-1875
- Title
- The king's friend : a play, in five acts
- Original Publication
- London: Saunders and Ottley, 1845.
- Credits
- Richard Illner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
- Subject
- Sully, Maximilien de Béthune, duc de, 1559-1641 -- Drama
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 79740
- Release Date
- October 7, 2026
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.Untitled
- 3.THE KING’S FRIEND — TABLE OF CONTENTS — To S. PHELPS, Esq.
- 4.DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
- 5.ACT I. — SCENE I.— The apartment of the Marquis de Rosny , in the town of Mante.—The Marquis pacing to and fro, apparently suffering from recent wounds. — Maignan at a table, with writing materials, waiting for the Marquis to dictate .
- 6.ACT II. — SCENE I.— An apartment in the house of Madam Chateaupers .— Madam at a work table .— Page attending . — SCENE II.— The Superintendent’s Garden.—A wall in the back ground.—Twilight.
- 7.ACT III. — SCENE I.— A State Apartment in the Palace of the Superintendent—a Banquet in the background — De Fresne is led forward partly drunk, by La Plume and Du Front , Vauteur following—a large motley company of the Bravo stamp remain at table . — SCENE II.— Night—the outskirts of Mante—an old winding wall in the background, the tops of the trees seen over it. — SCENE III.— The Superintendent’s Garden—Moonlight—Statues, Terraces, &c.
- 8.ACT IV. — SCENE I.— The King’s chamber at the Marquis’ .— The King dressing , Maignan assisting . — SCENE II.— At the superintendent’s.—Enter De Fresne , in altercation with Du Front and La Plume . — SCENE III.— At Madam Chateaupers’ .— The King and Madam discovered sitting in an inner room.—They rise and come forward.
- 9.ACT V. — SCENE I.— Ramparts. — Victor waiting . — SCENE II.— A large gallery in the palace of the Superintendent—doors in the back.—Enter the Marquis , in consternation, followed by Madam Chateaupers , Maignan and Page . — Transcriber’s Notes
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