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MARKET WOMEN
A-chop, chop, chop,
The guillotine is working overtime.
Ka-thump, thump, thump,
The heads are rolling,
Pouring out their rosy wine.
Come, march,
We’ll slaughter the haughty witch
Join us,
We’ll butcher the bitch.
Antoinette, we want your head!
Antoinette, we want your head!
Antoinette, we want your head!…
—The Ghosts of Versailles (1992)
image source: my screencap
Some shots of the creepy courtier ghosts from The Ghosts of Versailles
Guess what arrived in the mail today? I can’t wait until this weekend when I’ll have time to watch it all the way through!
Cree Carrico in rehearsal for the Manhattan School of Music’s production of Ghosts of Versailles
“The Ghosts of Versailles,” with Cree Carrico, seated, as Marie Antoinette, at the Manhattan School of Music.
She must stay
And ride the cart
And see the crowds
And hear the drums
And count the stairs
And feel the blade—
Fear, terror, panic!
-aria from Ghosts of Versailles
I climb the stairs
Am I dreaming?
Someone wake me!
Three steps. Four.
I want to cry out,
“I am good!
I am innocent!”
Seven. Eight.
“Take care of my children!”
Nine. Ten.
“Don’t take me!
Dont take me!”
Lord, let me forget!
Grant me oblivion!
(excerpt from Marie Antoinette’s aria in Ghosts of Versailles)
image: Teresa Stratas in Ghosts of Versailles
Northwestern University and Leigh Bienen School of Music’s production of Ghosts of Versailles.
(Source: vivelareine)
