Four English-language plays about Marie Antoinette with scripts available to the public.
Marie Antoinette by David Adjmi
A contemporary pop drama-comedy take on Marie Antoinette’s life and death. Script available via Concord Theatricals.
Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh by Joel Gross
A traditional historical drama focusing on a fictionalized version of the relationship between Marie Antoinette, Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, and a fictional comte whom they both love. Script available via Dramatists Play Service.
The Revolutionists by Lauren Gunderson
A modern historical social comedy that places Olympe de Goues, Charlotte Corday, Marie Antoinette and Marianne Angelle in a room during the ‘Reign of Terror.’ Script available via Dramatists Play Service.
Marie Antoinette: A Drama in a Prologue, Five Acts and Epilogue by Paolo Giacometti
A 19th century historical drama production which famously starred Adelaide Ristori. Script available freely on Google Books.
Fun fact about Giacometti’s play: During the play’s Italian premiere, a small but loud section of the audience began jeering and drowning out the actors. Ristori pulled aside a prop chair, stood on it, and said with to the agitators that, while she would not ask them to cheer for something they don’t like, to at least let others watch the performance undisturbed so that the performance would be judged on merit alone. It worked, and the play was well received enough in Italy become Ristori’s most recognizable role.
