Cast of Characters

LOUIS XVI, King of France, (Guillotined)

MARIE-ANTOINETTE, Queen of France and Louis XVI’s wife (Guillotined)

THE PRINCESS OF LAMBALLE, Marie-Louise Therese of Savoy-Carignan, Superintendent of the Queen’s Household, (Killed by an angry mob)

THE PRINCESS OF TARENTE, Marie-Antoinette’s aide, Lady-in-waiting (Survived)

LA PORTE [sic], Intendant of the Civil List

PÉTION, Jerome Petion de Villeneuve, Mayor of Paris, elected November 16, 1791 (Committed suicide)

A DEPUTATION FROM THE COMMISSAIRES OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

THE DAUPHIN, Prince Royal, son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette (Died in prison in the tower of the Temple)

THE QUEEN’S LADIES-IN-WAITING

PAGES

THE KNIGHTS OF THE DAGGER

NATIONAL GUARDS

SWISS [Guards.]

Missing from the cast of characters in the manuscript:

MADAME ELIZABETH, Louis XVI’s youngest sibling, also known as Elisabeth of France, (Guillotined)

BARNAVE, Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave, commissary of the Assembly, (Guillotined)

OLYMPE DE GOUGES, (Guillotined)

CLERMONT-TONNERRE, Stanislas Clermont-Tonnerre, (Forced through a window and fell to his death)

MADAME ROYALE, Princess Marie Therese, daughter of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette (Survived)

BACHMAN, Karl Joseph von Bachmann, Major of the Swiss Guard, (Guillotined)

CHARTON, Premiere Division Chief M. de Charton

The following biographies include an audio clip of the character’s name in French if warranted.