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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