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The Deutscher Verein will present "Zopf und Schwert," a comedy in five acts, by Karl Gutzkow, under the auspices of the Deutsche Gesellschaft of Boston, at Copley Hall, on the evenings of January 27 and 28. Lakaien, Offiziere, Soldaten, Hofdamen: R. W. Byerly '09, R. M. Ferry sC., H. R. Gilbert '09, R. Hancock sC., P. R. Lieder '10, H. W. Miller '12, R. K. Nash '11, H. Potter '11, R. W. Smyth '09, P. H. Vogel '10, H. E. Wetzel '11, Miss G. Holden, Miss M. Farnsworth. Summary of the Plot. The Prince of Baireuth persuades his sister to receive secretly a French master recommended to her by her brother. Meanwhile the prince has fallen in love with a picture of a princess, whom the Queen desires to see married to the Prince of Wales. When the latter is expected to come to Berlin and is preceded by an ambassador, the Prince of Baireuth discovers that the marriage depends on the acceptance of a commercial treaty. This he communicates to the princess, who is being held under surveillance for having received the French master. Intrigue follows intrigue and the prince is banished from Berlin, but his friend Hotham decides to disguise him as the Prince of Wales and thus gain access to the rooms of the queen and the princess. The king surprises this party and is ready to banish the queen when Hotham explains the hoax. The king then sees that the princess loves the prince and forgives all.
Lakaien, Offiziere, Soldaten, Hofdamen: R. W. Byerly '09, R. M. Ferry sC., H. R. Gilbert '09, R. Hancock sC., P. R. Lieder '10, H. W. Miller '12, R. K. Nash '11, H. Potter '11, R. W. Smyth '09, P. H. Vogel '10, H. E. Wetzel '11, Miss G. Holden, Miss M. Farnsworth.
Summary of the Plot.
The Prince of Baireuth persuades his sister to receive secretly a French master recommended to her by her brother. Meanwhile the prince has fallen in love with a picture of a princess, whom the Queen desires to see married to the Prince of Wales. When the latter is expected to come to Berlin and is preceded by an ambassador, the Prince of Baireuth discovers that the marriage depends on the acceptance of a commercial treaty. This he communicates to the princess, who is being held under surveillance for having received the French master. Intrigue follows intrigue and the prince is banished from Berlin, but his friend Hotham decides to disguise him as the Prince of Wales and thus gain access to the rooms of the queen and the princess. The king surprises this party and is ready to banish the queen when Hotham explains the hoax. The king then sees that the princess loves the prince and forgives all.
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