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.
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