Arlequin wants to marry Colombine, but cannot properly do so when her father has so recently died.
by Claude-Ignace Brugière de Barante
Translated by ChatGPT
Characters
MASTER ANDRÉ, innkeeper
MEZZETIN, a drummer
MARINETTE, wife of Master André
COLOMBINE, daughter of Master André
PIERROT, servant of Master André
ARLEQUIN, lover of Colombine
SCARAMOUCHE, soldier
TWO SINGING INNKEEPER'S BOYS
ATTENDANTS of the funeral procession
The scene is set in Master André's inn.