Synopsis Madame Sans-Gêne (play)

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réjane cathérine (centre right) , madeleine verneuil , camille-gabrielle drunzer, left, napoleon s sisters


the rest of play set @ château de compiègne in september 1811, during reign of napoleon i. lefebvre, has married cathérine, has distinguished himself in army , has been appointed marshal of empire , duke of danzig. , wife visited neipperg, has been @ french court (where empress, marie louise, austrian) obliged leave, suspected of affair wife of high-ranking frenchman.


at soirée cathérine – sans-gêne ever – offends emperor s sisters , ladies of court plain speaking. napoleon tells lefebvre duty divorce cathérine , marry more suitable, reminding him himself renounced beloved joséphine remarry duty. lefebvre refuses. napoleon sends cathérine, reminds him of past contributions revolutionary cause in general , napoleon in particular: nonplusses him producing old laundry bill of had permitted go unpaid when penniless young soldier. wins him round anger flirtatious humour, , agrees drop suggestion of divorce.


neipperg apprehended in suspicious circumstances make seem empress s lover. napoleon orders execution. lefebvres , friend joseph fouché compromised association neipperg. fouché s enemy savary hopes encompass disgrace, proof of neipperg s innocence comes light @ last moment. napoleon congratulates fouché on cleverness, has agree when fouché tells him in cathérine has found still cleverer. idea of divorce firmly ruled out, fouché , lefebvres restored favour, , savary dismissed.








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