Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Paul Kauvar; or, Anarchy | Page 5

in the First Act represents
"THE TYRANNY OF TERROR."
SCENE--FRANCE. TIME. 1794.
ACT I.--THE TERROR. Scene--The interior of the study of Paul Kauvar.
ACT II.--THE INHUMANITY OF MAN. Scene--Prison of the Conciergerie adjoining the Revolutionary Tribunal in Paris.
ACT III.--THE CONFESSION. Scene--The Grand Hall of the Chateau of Delaroche in La Vend��e.
ACT IV.--ON PAROLE. Scene--Same as Act III.
Three minutes will elapse between Acts IV. and V.
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 PERSON?
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 Vend��e_.
GENERAL KLEBER, _In command of the Republican forces in la Vend��e_.
HONOR�� 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 ABB�� 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 Vend��e_.
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 fianc��e 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. ABB�� 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. HONOR�� ALBERT MAXIME Mr. Edwin Varrey. MARQUIS DE VAUX, alias GOUROC Mr. Wilton Lackaye. GENERAL DELAROCHE Mr. Nestor Lennon. THE ABB�� 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

ACT I.
TIME. The Terror. 1794.
SCENE. _Paris. Study of_ PAUL KAUVAR'S apartment.
_The decorating is in the classic style of the painter David. Old-fashioned escritoire with chair. Folding doors across corner up stage. Window, with table beneath it. Fireplace, with picture of_ PAUL KAUVAR _over it, and fire on andirons. Doors at the right and left of stage.
At the Rise of Curtain_, NANETTE crosses to fireplace and shovels ashes into a pail. POTIN _is heard outside, singing, in loud and discordant tones, "La Marseillaise."_
NANETTE.
[Starting up angrily.]
There's that lazy man of mine, singing, while I work.
[_Crosses to folding doors, flings them open and shouts roughly_.]
Dodolphe!--Dodolphe Potin!
POTIN.
[_Meekly, outside_.]
Aye, aye!
NANETTE.
I want you!
POTIN.
[Outside.]
Aye, aye!
NANETTE.
Hurry up!--Do you hear?
POTIN.
[Appearing.]
I could hear your sweet voice if I were deaf as Justice.
NANETTE.
Fool! Justice is blind, not deaf.
POTIN.
True! That's why you always get the better of me, dear. Justice listens too much and looks too little.
NANETTE.
Bah!
[Pointing to pail.]
Take that rubbish to the cellar.
POTIN.
[_Crosses, lifts pail, and looks into it_.]
Ashes!--Heigho! Every fire has its ashes.
NANETTE.
Aye--and the fire that warms a man's home may burn his house down!--Mark you that, Citizen.
POTIN.
Oh, I see! You mean a wife, who should