The Court
Classical, the marriage of state
- Drama
- Scene for 5
- 3 min
- Female role
- Young adult
- Advanced
Casting
9 lines- LE ROI Male role, Senior
- ISABELLE Female role, Young adult your role
- DON CARLOS Male role, Young adult
- LA DUCHESSE Female role, Adult
- LE CONSEILLER Male role, Senior
Excerpt
(The court. They await the king’s verdict.)
LE ROI
The throne has reasons the heart knows nothing of. I join two kingdoms, not two lovers.
ISABELLE
Sire, it is my name you wed; my soul resists. Can one give one’s hand and keep all the rest?
DON CARLOS
Let her keep her soul, and yield me her rank. I do not marry a heart: I marry a continent.
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