ariosto
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This little tale of amour takes place in the last days of freedom that Napoleon would ever know.
The players are the Emperor and the Countess. If it seems more players are needed they may be added later. Ariosto will play the former Emperor of the French and The Countess by the lovely Honey-B.
In the short time left to him after the defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon for the sake of France abdicated from his imperial throne and offered his services as a simple General to the new government. They were in haste to treat with the advancing allied armies and ignored his gesture. Now knowing that there would be no place in the New France for him he determines on exile to America as a last refuge.
But there are plans to make and people to say farewell to. He decides to go to Malmaison ,back to the rose gardens of the beautiful little palace he had given Josephine.
Josephine. How long she was the passion of this most passionate man and to the end his trusted friend and confidant. Josephine, dead while he is banished to the isle of Elba.
Perhaps he comes here to her home and the place she died to finally say goodbye.
He knows her daughter Hortense will be waiting there and a pang of guilt lances his heart.. ..
Others he will summon; his brothers Lucien and Joseph, his sister Pauline, his mother Letezia. Davout and Caulaincourt will accompany him. But he needs something else, he needs someone else. He needs the warm touch of a woman's hands, he cannot live without this. His wife the Austrian princess he knows he will never see again.
There is someone living close by , just outside of Paris. One who waited for him through many long years. One whom he knows will come to him at Malmaison.
IC:
"Caulaincout, a pen please!...one more letter."
The suite is in an uproar as valets haul out chests of clothes, reams of documents, curio's and souvenirs from Egypt, Spain, Russia. The Emperor is moving. Moving for the last time. The decision made this morning, departure at noon, Malmaison by nightfall. They are used to haste in him. It is his way. These are the loyal ones that chose to stay until the end.
He has lost weight these last two weeks, his figure is almost lean again as he throws himself into the chair and bends over the writing desk...
"Maria,
By now you know that the worst has happned. I will not go into details. My decision has been made and I will leave France. I have been betrayed on every hand by those I trusted but in you I find a pure lamp of warmth and loyalty amidst the darkness. When I think of leaving here I realise that it is you I will miss more than anyone or anything. I must see you. I must see Alexandre before I am gone. Please hasten to me at
Malmaison. There is much I must tell you. I look at your face in the locket you gave me so long ago as I write these swift words. It is a face that melts my heart even at this moment of icey decision. Your beauty has carried me through many a lonely night, I think back often to the ball in Warsaw when we first met, I...."
Davout seeks to interupt, to tell him that all is ready, they must go.
Caulaincourt stops him.
"No, let him be. He writes to Walewska. He needs her now.
The players are the Emperor and the Countess. If it seems more players are needed they may be added later. Ariosto will play the former Emperor of the French and The Countess by the lovely Honey-B.
In the short time left to him after the defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon for the sake of France abdicated from his imperial throne and offered his services as a simple General to the new government. They were in haste to treat with the advancing allied armies and ignored his gesture. Now knowing that there would be no place in the New France for him he determines on exile to America as a last refuge.
But there are plans to make and people to say farewell to. He decides to go to Malmaison ,back to the rose gardens of the beautiful little palace he had given Josephine.
Josephine. How long she was the passion of this most passionate man and to the end his trusted friend and confidant. Josephine, dead while he is banished to the isle of Elba.
Perhaps he comes here to her home and the place she died to finally say goodbye.
He knows her daughter Hortense will be waiting there and a pang of guilt lances his heart.. ..
Others he will summon; his brothers Lucien and Joseph, his sister Pauline, his mother Letezia. Davout and Caulaincourt will accompany him. But he needs something else, he needs someone else. He needs the warm touch of a woman's hands, he cannot live without this. His wife the Austrian princess he knows he will never see again.
There is someone living close by , just outside of Paris. One who waited for him through many long years. One whom he knows will come to him at Malmaison.
IC:
"Caulaincout, a pen please!...one more letter."
The suite is in an uproar as valets haul out chests of clothes, reams of documents, curio's and souvenirs from Egypt, Spain, Russia. The Emperor is moving. Moving for the last time. The decision made this morning, departure at noon, Malmaison by nightfall. They are used to haste in him. It is his way. These are the loyal ones that chose to stay until the end.
He has lost weight these last two weeks, his figure is almost lean again as he throws himself into the chair and bends over the writing desk...
"Maria,
By now you know that the worst has happned. I will not go into details. My decision has been made and I will leave France. I have been betrayed on every hand by those I trusted but in you I find a pure lamp of warmth and loyalty amidst the darkness. When I think of leaving here I realise that it is you I will miss more than anyone or anything. I must see you. I must see Alexandre before I am gone. Please hasten to me at
Malmaison. There is much I must tell you. I look at your face in the locket you gave me so long ago as I write these swift words. It is a face that melts my heart even at this moment of icey decision. Your beauty has carried me through many a lonely night, I think back often to the ball in Warsaw when we first met, I...."
Davout seeks to interupt, to tell him that all is ready, they must go.
Caulaincourt stops him.
"No, let him be. He writes to Walewska. He needs her now.
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