EBOOK THE STEPMOTHER ***
Produced by Dagny and John Bickers
THE STEPMOTHER
A DRAMA IN FIVE ACTS
BY
HONORE DE BALZAC
Presented for the First Time in Paris
At the Theatre-Historique
May 25, 1848
PERSONS OF THE PLAY
Comte de Grandchamp, a Napoleonic General
Eugene Ramel, a State's Attorney
Ferdinand Marcandal
Doctor Vernon
Godard
An Investigating Magistrate
Felix, servant to General de Grandchamp
Champagne, a foreman
Baudrillon, a druggist
Napoleon, son to General de Grandchamp by his second wife
Gertrude, second wife to General de Grandchamp
Pauline, daughter to General de Grandchamp by his first wife
Marguerite, maid to Pauline
Gendarmes, Sheriff's Officer, the Clergy
SCENE: Chateau of the General de Grandchamp, near Louviers, Normandy
TIME: 1829
THE STEPMOTHER
ACT I
SCENE FIRST
(A richly decorated drawing-room; on the walls are portraits of
Napoleon I. and his son. The entry is by a large double glass door,
which opens on a roofed veranda and leads by a short stairway to a
park. The door of Pauline's apartments are on the right; those of the
General and his wife are on the left.
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