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��With an effort。�� Depressing topics we'll not touch upon

                  Let us begin as we are going on��

      For this will be a jolly Court�察�for little and for big��



ALL。  Sing hey�察�the jolly jinks of Pfennig Halbpfennig��



LUD。  From morn to night our lives shall be as merry as a grig��



ALL。  Sing hey�察�the jolly jinks of Pfennig Halbpfennig��



LUD。  All state and ceremony we'll eternally abolish

      We don't mean to insist upon unnecessary polish

      And�察�on the whole�察�I rather think you'll find our rule

            tollolish��

ALL。  Sing hey�察�the jolly jinks of Pfennig Halbpfennig��



JULIA。      But stayyour new´made Court

                  Without a courtly coat is

                        We shall require

                        Some Court attire��

                  And at a moment's notice。

            In clothes of common sort

                  Your courtiers must not grovel

                        Your new noblesse

                        Must have a dress

                  Original and novel��



LUD。        Old Athens we'll exhume��

                  The necessary dresses��

                        Correct and true

                        And all brand´new��

                  The company possesses��

            Henceforth our Court costume

                  Shall live in song and story��

                        For we'll upraise

                        The dead old days

                  Of Athens in her glory��



ALL。                    Yes�察�let's upraise

                        The dead old days

                  Of Athens in her glory��



ALL。        Agreed�  �Agreed��

      For this will be a jolly Court for little and for big� �etc



��They carry LUDWIG round stage and deposit him on the ironwork of

      well。 JULIA stands by him�察�and the rest group round them。��



                            END OF ACT I。





                               ACT II。



��THE NEXT MORNING。��



SCENE。Entrance Hall of the Grand Ducal Palace。



Enter a procession of the members of the theatrical company ��now

      dressed in the costumes of Troilus and Cressida���察�carrying

      garlands�察�playing on pipes�察�citharae�察�and cymbals�察�and

      heralding the return of LUDWIG and JULIA from the marriage

      ceremony�察�which has just taken place。



CHORUS。



      As before you we defile��

                  Eloia�  �Eloia��

      Pray you�察�gentles�察�do not smile

      If we shout�察�in classic style��

                  Eloia��

      Ludwig and his Julia true

      Wedded are each other to

      So we sing�察�till all is blue��

                  Eloia�  �Eloia��

                  Opoponax�  �Eloia��



      Wreaths of bay and ivy twine��

                  Eloia�  �Eloia��

      Fill the bowl with Lesbian wine��

      And to revelry incline

                  Eloia��



      For as gaily we pass on

      Probably we shall�察�anon��

      Sing a Diergeticon

                  Eloia� �Eloia��

                  Opoponax� �Eloia��



RECIT。LUDWIG。



      Your loyalty our Ducal heartstrings touches��

      Allow me to present your new Grand Duchess。

      Should she offend�察�you'll graciously excuse her

      And kindly recollect I didn't choose her��



                       SONGLUDWIG。



At the outset I may mention it's my sovereign intention

      To revive the classic memories of Athens at its best��

For the company possesses all the necessary dresses

      And a course of quiet cramming will supply us with the

rest。

We've a choir hyporchematic ��that is�察�ballet´operatic��

      Who respond to the choreut of that cultivated age��

And our clever chorus´master�察�all but captious criticaster

      Would accept as the choregus of the early Attic stage。

This return to classic ages is considered in their wages��

      Which are always calculated by the day or by the week

And I'll pay 'em ��if they'll back me�� all in oboloi and drachm��

      Which they'll get ��if they prefer it�� at the Kalends that

            are Greek��



��Confidentially to audience。��

      At this juncture I may mention

            That this erudition sham

      Is but classical pretension��

            The result of steady ;cram。;��

      Periphrastic methods spurning��

      To this audience discerning

      I admit this show of learning

            Is the fruit of steady ;cram。;��



CHORUS。     Periphrastic methods�察�etc。



In the period Socratic every dining´room was Attic

      ��Which suggests an architecture of a topsy´turvy kind����

There they'd satisfy their thirst on a recherche cold ��Greek

word��

      Which is what they called their lunchand so may you if

            you're inclined。

As they gradually got on�察�they'd ��four Greek words��

      ��Which is Attic for a steady and a conscientious drink��。

But they mixed their wine with waterwhich I'm sure they didn't

            oughter

      And we modern Saxons know a trick worth two of that�察�I

            think��

Then came rather risky dances ��under certain circumstances��

      Which would shock that worthy gentleman�察�the Licenser of

            Plays��

Corybantian maniac kickDionysiac or Bacchic

      And the Dithyrambic revels of those undecorous days。



��Confidentially to audience。��

            And perhaps I'd better mention��

                  Lest alarming you I am��

            That it isn't our intention

                  To perform a Dithyramb

            It displays a lot of stocking��

            Which is always very shocking��

            And of course I'm only mocking

                  At the prevalence of ;cram;��



CHORUS。                 It displays a lot�察�etc。



Yes�察�on reconsideration�察�there are customs of that nation

      Which are not in strict accordance with the habits of our

            day��

And when I come to codify�察�their rules I mean to modify��

      Or Mrs。 Grundy�察�p'r'aps�察�may have a word or two to say。

For they hadn't macintoshes or umbrellas or goloshes

      And a shower with their dresses must have played the very

            deuce��

And it must have been unpleasing when they caught a fit of

            sneezing��

      For�察�it seems�察�of pocket´handkerchiefs they didn't know the

            use。

They wore little underclothingscarcely anythingor nothing

      And their dress of Coan silk was quite transparent in

            design

Well�察�in fact�察�in summer weather�察�something like the ;altogether;

      And it's there�察�I rather fancy�察�I shall have to draw the

            line��



��Confidentially to audience。��

            And again I wish to mention

                  That this erudition sham

            Is but classical pretension��

                  The result of steady ;cram。;

            Yet my classic lore aggressive

            ��If you'll pardon the possessive��

            Is exceedingly impressive

                  When you're passing an exam。



CHORUS。                 Yet his classic lore�察�etc。



      ��Exeunt Chorus。  Manent LUDWIG�察�JULIA�察�and LISA。



LUD。 ��recit。��。

            Yes�察�Ludwig and his Julia are mated��

      For when an obscure comedian�察�whom the law backs��

            To sovereign rank is promptly elevated��

      He takes it with its incidental drawbacks��

            So Julia and I are duly mated��



      ��LISA�察�through this�察�has expressed intense distress at

            having to surrender LUDWIG。��



                         SONGLISA。



      Take care of himhe's much too good to live��

            With him you must be very gentle��

      Poor fellow�察�he's so highly sensitive��

            And O�察�so sentimental��

      Be sure you never let him sit up late

            In chilly open air conversing

      Poor darling�察�he's extremely delicate��

            And wants a deal of nursing��



LUD。        I want a deal of nursing��



LISA。       And O�察�remember this

                  When he is cross with pain��

            A flower and a kiss

            A simple flowera tender kiss

                  Will bring him round again��



      His moods you must assiduously watch��

            When he succumbs to sorrow tragic��

      Some hardbake or a bit of butter´scotch

            Will work on him like magic。

      To contradict a character so rich

            In trusting love were simple blindness

      He's one of those exalted natures which

            Will only yield to kindness��



LUD。        I only yield to kindness��



LISA。       And O�察�the bygone bliss��

                  And O�察�the present pain��

            That flower and that kiss

            That simple flowerthat tender kiss

                  I ne'er shall give again��



                                                     ��Exit��

weeping。



      JULIA。  And now that everybody has gone�察�and we're happily

and comfortably married�察�I want to have a few words with my

new´born husband。

      LUD。 ��aside��。  Yes�察�I expect you'll often have a few words

with your new´born husband�  。�Aloud。��  Well�察�what is it��

      JULIA。  Why�察�I've been thinking that as you and I have to

play our parts for life�察�it is most essential that we should come

to a definite understanding as to how they shall be rendered。 

Now�察�I've been considering how I can make the most of the Grand

Duchess。

      LUD。  Have you�拭 �Well�察�if you'll take my advice�察�you'll

make

a very fine part of it。

      JULIA。  Why�察�that's quite my idea。

      LUD。  I shouldn't make it one of your hoity´toity vixenish

viragoes。

      JULIA。  You think not��

      LUD。  Oh�察�I'm quite clear about that。  I should make her a

tender�察�gentle�察�submissive�察�affectionate ��but not too

affectionate�� child´wifetimidly anxious to coil herself into

her husband's heart�察�but kept in check by an awestruck reverence

for his exalted intellectual qualities and his majestic personal

appe

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