Scene 2 (p. 59)
(South Tyrol. The approach to a bridge.)
Member of the Tyrolean territorial reserve. The Grumbler.
Scene 3 (p. 60)
(The other side of the bridge.)
Soldier. The Grumbler. Captain.
Scene 4 (p. 60)
The Optimist and the Grumbler.
Scene 5 (p. 62)
(The Foreign Office.)
Count Leopold Franz Rudolf Ernest Vinzenz Innocenz Maria. Baron Eduard Alois Josef Ottokar Ignazius Eusebius Maria. The voice of Berchtold.
Scene 6 (p. 65)
(In front of a hairdressing salon in the Habsburgergasse.)
The crowd. Violin shop owner. Hairdresser. Friedjung, a historian. Brockhausen, a historian.
Scene 7 (p. 67)
(Kohlmarkt. Outside the revolving door at the entrance to Café Pucher.)
Old Biach. Honorary Counsellor. Businessman. Intellectual. The Grumbler. Haberdasher.
Scene 8 (p. 69)
(Suburban street.)
Four young men. The proprietor of Café Westminster.
Scene 9 (p. 72)
(A primary school.)
Teacher Zehetbauer.
The boys: Anderle, Braunshör, Czeczowiczka, Fleischanderl, Gasselseder, Habetswallner, Kotzlik, Merores, Praxmarer, Sukfüll, Süssmandl, Wottawa, Karl Wunderer, Rudolf Wunderer, Zitterer.
Scene 10 (p. 76)
(Café Pucher.)
Eduard, headwaiter. Old Biach. Honorary Counsellor. Intellectual. Businessman. Haberdasher. Prime minister.
Scene 11 (p. 81)
Two who have “wangled it.” The Subscriber. The Patriot. Newspaper vendor.
Scene 12 (p. 94)
A giant in civilian dress and a dwarf in uniform. Newspaper vendor.
Scene 13 (p. 95)
(The electrified railway Baden — Vienna.)
A drunk. A couple. The conductor. Galician refugee couple. Consumption tax inspector. A Viennese.
Scene 14 (p. 96)
(The apartment of the actress Elfriede Ritter.)
Elfriede Ritter. Füchsl, a reporter. Feigl, a reporter. Halberstam, a reporter.
Scene 15 (p. 100)
The Optimist and the Grumbler.
Scene 16 (p. 101)
(Army headquarters.)
Army commanders: Auffenberg. Brudermann. Dankl. Pflanzer-Baltin.
Aide-de-camp.
Scene 17 (p. 103)
(Vienna. Premises of the Association of Café Proprietors.)
Riedl. Three café proprietors. Waiter.
Scene 18 (p. 106)
(Vienna’s Deutschmeister barracks.)
Gentleman. Sergeant Weiguny. Cadet Wögerer.
Scene 19 (p. 107)
(War Welfare Office.)
Hugo v. Hofmannsthal. A cynic. Poldi.
Scene 20 (p. 109)
(A military unit on the Bukovinian front.)
Lieutenant Fallota. Lieutenant Beinsteller.
Scene 21 (p. 114)
(A battlefield.)
Two war correspondents. Alice Schalek. The painter Hollitzer.
Scene 22 (p. 119)
(In front of the War Ministry.)
The Optimist and the Grumbler. Newspaper vendor. Two refugees. Nepalleck. Eisner v. Eisenhof.
Scene 23 (p. 124)
(Beside the pond in Janov, Galicia.)
Ganghofer. Aide-de-camp of Wilhelm II. Wilhelm II. Orderly.
Scene 24 (p. 129)
(Chief of the General Staff’s room.)
Conrad v. Hötzendorf. A major. Skolik, a photographer.
Scene 25 (p. 132)
(Vienna, on the Ring.)
Profiteer. Landlord. Sergeant Wagenknecht. Sergeant Sedlatschek. Hans Müller.
Voice of a cabby. Voice of a prostitute. Mendel Singer (passing by). Sieghart (passing by). A man picking up a cigar end. Female newspaper vendor.
Scene 26 (p. 139)
(South-west Front. Military post at a height of over 2,500 metres)
A lookout. Alice Schalek. Soldier. Officer. Orderly.
Scene 27 (p. 141)
(The Vatican.)
The voice of Benedict praying.
Scene 28 (p. 142)
(Newspaper office.)
The voice of Benedikt dictating.
Scene 29 (p. 142)
The Optimist and the Grumbler.
Scene 30 (p. 167)
(On the Graben at night.)
Two commercial middlemen with their lady companions. Newspaper vendor.
Act I Extras:
Promenaders, passersby, beggars, black-marketeers, prostitutes, officers, soldiers, demonstrators, customers, coffeehouse staff, ministers, passengers, German nationalist students, Galician refugees, entourage of Wilhelm II.
Act II
Scene 1 (p. 168)
(Vienna. At the corner where the Kärntnerstrasse meets the Ring and people take their evening stroll.)
Newspaper vendor. Jewish Refugee. Viennese loan shark. Sales rep. A badly wounded casualty on crutches. Bermann. A well-dressed lady. Weiss. Four officers. A soldier on crutches. An intellectual. Poldi Fesch. His companion. Enlisted soldiers singing. Three black-marketeers. Three German grenadiers. Three Viennese municipal officials. Two reporters. Berlin black-marketeer. Porter. Cries from the crowd.
Scene 2 (p. 174)
The Optimist and the Grumbler.
Scene 3 (p. 175)
The Subscriber and the Patriot.
Scene 4 (p. 177)
(Military Headquarters. A street.)
A journalist and an old general. Another journalist and another old general.
Scene 5 (p. 178)
(South-west Front.)
Two voices from the background. An old general and a Sicilian soldier. Member of the War Press Bureau.
Scene 6 (p. 179)
(An infantry regiment 300 paces from the enemy.)
Infantry officer. Padre Anton Allmer.
Scene 7 (p. 179)
(Beside the battery.)
Artillery officer. Padre Anton Allmer. Alice Schalek.
Scene 8 (p. 180)
(The Prater amusement park.)
Impresario responsible for the trench in the Prater. Representative of the Wilhelm press agency. His colleague. The voice of Archduke Karl Franz Josef. Hofrätin Schwarz-Gelber. Lieutenant who wants to remain incognito. Professor Kunze. The Patriot. The Subscriber.
Scene 9 (p. 182)
(Semmering. Terrace of the Southern Railway Hotel.)
Youngsters and oldies. Fatties and shorties. Lady who has just recited Heine. Dangl. Babble of voices. Semmering regular. Chairman of the board.
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