1 synopsis
1.1 act 1
1.2 act 2
1.3 act 3
synopsis
the action takes place in paris in 1514. in 1303, king philippe iv of france had permitted students of paris form guild called la basoche . guild continued 5 hundred years. head of la basoche , elected annually, assumed title of king , wore royal crown , mantle. in opera, student clement marot elected king of basoche , mistaken louis xii, king of france.
act 1
programme first london production, 1891
a square near châtelet, on right tavern du plat d’etain. day of election of king of basoche.
the poet clément marot puts himself forward against pedant roland (in poem oui, de rimes je fais moisson ). king of basochians required bachelor, hides existence of wife, colette, whom has left behind in chevreuse. when arrives in paris pretends not know – tells secretly rejoin soon. gets herself taken on @ tavern, next day widowed louis xii receive new young wife, mary of england, sister of henry viii. same mary arrives incognito, disguised norman, accompanied duc de longueville. when procession of king of basoche comes along, colette takes marot real king, while mary thinks man husband.
act 2
evening – large room in plat d’etain tavern.
while clerks party, , roland hopes unmask marot , wife, colette, @ work, dreams of future life queen. in duet, both marie , colette declare love king . duke returns royal palace has announced arrival of mary, sends him off request king attend dinner, , goes off ready receive him. marot reaffirms love colette, mary returns , sees 1 thinks husband; colette begins serve them dinner.
roland’s party burst in reveal marot’s existing marriage, mary says wife of king , duke in turn says mary’s wife. after else has left, king’s entourage arrive – colette receive them, , taken hôtel des tournelles.
act 3
the hôtel de tournelles
louis xii greets colette, cannot believe old man husband. believing has been deceived, king decides send longueville , colette england; alone, duke thinks young woman loves him. cortege of basoche passes palace, , 2 women realise king was. colette consoles herself thought have clément back, marie disappointed, finding false king more charming real one.
the duke realizes has happened, , wants marot arrested, roland, basoche king, taken. convinced hang, marot makes farewell, pardoned louis, , leaves paris colette, while louis marries marie.
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