CHARACTERS
| Lulu. | |
| Alva Schön, writer. | |
| Schigolch. | |
| Rodrigo Quast, acrobat. | |
| Alfred Hugenberg, escaped from a reform-school. | |
| Countess Geschwitz. |
| Bianetta. | } |
| Ludmilla Steinherz. | } |
| Magelone. | } |
| Kadidia, her daughter. | } |
| Count Casti Piani. | } In Act II. |
| Puntschu, a banker. | } |
| Heilmann, a journalist. | } |
| Bob, a groom. | } |
| A Detective. | } |
| Mr. Hunidei. | } |
| Kungu Poti, imperial prince of Uahubee. | } In Act III. |
| Dr. Hilti, tutor. | } |
| Jack. | } |
ACT I
The hall of EARTH-SPIRIT, Act IV, feebly lighted by an oil lamp on the centre table. Even this is dimmed by a heavy shade. Lulu's picture is gone from the easel, which still stands by the foot of the stairs. The fire-screen and the chair by the ottoman are gone too. Down left is a small tea-table, with a coffee-pot and a cup of black coffee on it, and an arm-chair next it.
In this chair, deep in cushions, with a plaid shawl over her knees, sits Countess Geschwitz in a tight black dress. Rodrigo, clad as a servant, sits on the ottoman. At the rear, Alva Schön is walking up and down before the entrance door.
RODRIGO. He lets people wait for him as if he were a concert conductor!
GESCHWITZ. I beg of you, don't speak!
RODRIGO. Hold my tongue, with a head as full of thoughts as mine is!—I absolutely can't believe she's changed so awfully much to her advantage there!