Act IV--First Tableau.
The Place of Execution at the Base of the Ramparts, Pekin.
Second Tableau The Grand Throne Room in the Palace at Pekin.
DRAMATIS PERSONĂ
THE EMPEROR OF PEKING, a Tartar of the Tsing (Pure) Dynasty (aged 30) FOUNT-IN-THE-FOREST, Councillor to the Tartar Emperor ARROW-BEARER } FAITHFUL PRINCE } Chinese dignitaries of the Court of Nanking WINGED PRINCE } THE SON OF SPRINGTIME, the little Chinese Emperor at Nanking (aged seven or eight) VEILED-LIGHT, the Empress's Councillor CHIEF ASTROLOGER A TARTAR GENERAL POPLAR, A HIGH MANDARIN ROCK } FIR-SAPLING } Gardeners at the Nanking Palace HUMPBACK } STRONG-ARM } TWO TARTAR SPIES TWO TARTAR EXECUTIONERS AN EUNUCH THE DAUGHTER OF HEAVEN, Chinese Empress of the Ming (Bright) Dynasty (aged twenty-four or twenty-five) GOLDEN LOTUS } CINNAMON } Ladies-in-waiting to the TRANQUIL BEAUTY } Empress PEARL } GOVERNESS OF THE PALACE AT NANKING GOVERNESS OF THE PALACE AT PEKING STREET VENDORS OF SWEETMEATS AND FLOWERS AT PEKING HIGH MANDARINS, COMMON PEOPLE, CHINESE AND TARTAR SOLDIERS
Time: China at the Present Day