PERSONS OF THE PLAY
General de Verby
Dupre, a lawyer
Rousseau, a wealthy merchant
Jules Rousseau, his son
Joseph Binet
Giraud, a porter
Chief of Special Police
Antoine, servant to the Rousseaus
Pamela Giraud
Madame du Brocard, a widow; aunt of Jules Rousseau
Madame Rousseau
Madame Giraud
Justine, chambermaid to Madame Rousseau
Sheriff
Magistrate
Police Officers
Gendarmes
SCENE: Paris
TIME: During the Napoleonic plots under Louis XVIII. (1815-1824)