The Vagabond King (1925)
by Brian Hooker, Rudolf Friml, W.H. Post
Synopsis
Louis XI visits a tavern in Paris and is angered when Katherine de Vaucelles rejects his advances.
He seeks revenge.
To this tavern comes Francois Villon, fresh from jail.
Katherine seeks Villon’s aid – France has been betrayed by Thibault d’Aussigny, and she begs Villon to remove him.
D’Aussigny is stabbed and Villon arrested.
Villon’s earlier declaration of what he would do if he were King has set Louis thinking.
Villon is made Marshal of France, and chooses a kingdom for a day and then the gibbet, rather than his liberty.
One thing may save his life: the love of Katherine and her consent to marry him.
King and Court gather to see the hanging of the savior of France.
The people plead in vain for his life, but Katherine declares her intention of marrying Villon.
He will become her vassal and cannot be hanged.
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The Vagabond King (1925) is a play written by Brian Hooker and published by Concord Theatricals.
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