ACT V.--"'TWIXT LOVE AND HONOR." Scene--Same as Act IV.

The Tableau which concludes this performance, and rivals in power and beauty the famous dream scene of the first act, represents allegorically

"THE CONQUEST OF EVIL."

It is a poetic picture, full of deep thought and careful study. The central figure is that of the Angel of Conquest, with one foot upon the prostrate fiend Anarchy, holding high that irresistible weapon of progress, the Sword of Light. The fiend carries in his hands the Torch and Flag of Anarchy, and with these is about to sink into the Abyss of Darkness.

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PAUL KAUVAR;

OR,

ANARCHY

_A PLAY IN FIVE ACTS_

_By_ STEELE MACKAYE

1915, by Harold Steele Mackaye

1919, by Harold Steele Mackaye

[The Editor wishes to thank Mrs. Steele Mackaye and Mr. Percy Mackaye for their permission to include "Paul Kauvar" in the present Collection. All rights are fully secured, and proceedings will immediately be taken against anyone attempting to infringe them.]

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.

PAUL KAUVAR