Hindenburg and Ludendorff. Paul Goldmann.
Scene 26 (p. 353)
(Semmering. Ridgeway walk.)
The Honorary Counsellor. Old Biach.
Scene 27 (p. 369)
(Berlin, Tiergarten.)
Padde and Kladde.
Scene 28 (p. 372)
The cinema manager. A female voice.
Scene 29 (p. 373)
The Optimist and the Grumbler.
Scene 30 (p. 386)
(Court-martial.)
Captain-Advocate Stanislaus v. Zagorski. The eleven offenders. Officers.
Scene 31 (p. 390)
(Schönbrunn. The Emperor’s study.)
Franz Joseph. The valet on the right. The valet on the left.
Scene 32 (p. 398)
(Kragujevac. Court-martial.)
Lieutenant-Advocate. Clerk.
Scene 33 (p. 398)
(Promenade in Bad Ischl.)
Julius Korngold. Four visitors to the spa. Fräulein Löwenstamm. Fräulein Körmendy. Bob Schlesinger. Baby Fanto. Regular subscriber to the Neue Freie Presse. The oldest subscriber.
Scene 34 (p. 400)
(Police station.)
Inspector. Policeman. Seventeen-year-old girl.
Scene 35 (p. 400)
(Berlin all-night bar.)
A raucous voice. Frieda Gutzke. Katzenellenbogen. Krotoschiner II.
Scene 36 (p. 401)
The Optimist and the Grumbler.
Scene 37 (p. 404)
(German headquarters.)
Wilhelm II. Generals. Adjutant v. Seckendorff. Three officers. v. Hahnke. v. Duncker. v. Krickwitz. v. Flottwitz. v. Martius.
Scene 38 (p. 406)
(Winter in the Carpathians.)
Company commander Hiller. Fusilier Helmhake. Two soldiers.
Scene 39 (p. 407)
(Same location. Hiller’s dugout.)
Junior doctor Müller. Company commander Hiller.
Scene 40 (p. 408)
The Optimist and the Grumbler.
Scene 41 (p. 408)
(A military hospital.)
General staff physician. Lieutenant-colonel Demmer v. Drahtverhau. Medical officer. Sergeant. Padre.
Scene 42 (p. 411)
The Optimist and the Grumbler.
Scene 43 (p. 414)
(War press quarters.)
Captain. A journalist.
Scene 44 (p. 416)
(Army training unit. Vladimir-Volinski, Ukraine.)
Captain. A clerk.
Scene 45 (p. 416)
(Count Dohna-Schlodien, at home.)
Count Dohna-Schlodien. Twelve reporters.
Act IV Extras:
Masked figures and lemurs, promenaders, wounded veterans, cripples, the blind, beggars, doctors, officers, troops, hospital patients, sentries, cinema audience, visitors to a spa, nightspot customers, demimondaines, convalescents, the wounded, the dying, members of the War Press Bureau.
Act V
Scene 1 (p. 418)
(Evening. At the corner where the Kärntnerstrasse meets the Ring.)
Newspaper vendors. Four officers. Singing conscripts. Poldi Fesch. His companion. Turi and Ludi. Fallota. Woman selling flowers. Two leg stumps in a ragged uniform. A whispering voice. An enormous roar.
Scene 2 (p. 420)
The Optimist and the Grumbler.
Scene 3 (p. 422)
(In front of the Parliament building.)
A woman who has collapsed from hunger. Pattai the patriot.
Scene 4 (p. 422)
(Foreign Ministry.)
Count Leopold Franz Rudolf Ernest Vinzenz Innocenz Maria. Baron Eduard Alois Josef Ottokar Ignazius Eusebius Maria.
Scene 5 (p. 424)
(Near Udine.)
Two generals. An infantryman.
Scene 6 (p. 425)
(The base at Fourmies.)
Territorial reservist Lüdecke.
Scene 7 (p. 426)
(Circus Busch.)
Pastor Brüstlein. Editor in chief Maschke. A dissenting voice. Professor Puppe.
Scene 8 (p. 427)
The Optimist and the Grumbler.
Scene 9 (p. 428)
(The esplanade at Bad Ischl.)
The Subscriber to the Neue Freie Presse. The Patriot. Old Biach. Visitors.
Scene 10 (p. 435)
(Berlin. A wine restaurant in Kaiserpassage.)
Zulauf, a liberal politician. Ablauf, a liberal politician.
Scene 11 (p. 437)
(General meeting of the Social Democratic wartime election campaign for the mega-constituency of Teltow-Beskow-Storkow-Charlottenburg.)
Comrade Schliefke (Teltow). A heckler.
Scene 12 (p. 437)
(Bad Gastein.)
Subscriber to the Neue Freie Presse. The Patriot.
Scene 13 (p. 438)
(Office in a command post.)
General Staff officer on the telephone.
Scene 14 (p. 439)
(Battlefield near Saarburg.)
Captain Niedermacher. Major Metzler. Wounded French soldier. German soldier.
Scene 15 (p. 439)
(Near Verdun.)
General Gloirefaisant. Captain Massacré. Colonel Meurtrier.
Scene 16 (p. 440)
(War Press Bureau in Rodaun.)
Alice Schalek. Fellow reporter.
Scene 17 (p. 446)
The Subscriber to the Neue Freie Presse and the Patriot.
Scene 18 (p. 447)
The Optimist and the Grumbler.
Scene 19 (p. 448)
(Vienna. Michaelerplatz.)
Chorus of riffraff.
Scene 20 (p. 448)
(Military command post.)
Captain. Clerk.
Scene 21 (p. 449)
(War Ministry.)
Captain. Clerk. Officer cadet.
Scene 22 (p. 453)
(Provincial government in Brno.)
The governor. A clerk.
Scene 23 (p. 454)
(In a primary school.)
Teacher Zehetbauer.
The boys: Anderle, Gasselseder, Kotzlik, Merores, Sukfüll, Zitterer.
Scene 24 (p. 456)
(National Tourist Association.)
Reporter. Official.
Scene 25 (p. 457)
(Café on the Ring.)
Mammut. A waiter. Zieselmaus. Walross. Hamster. Nashorn. Tapir. Schakal. Leguan. Kaiman. Pavian. Kondor. Löw. Hirsch. Wolf. Posamentier. Spitzbauch. Schlechtigkeit. People rushing in. Gollerstepper. Tugendhat. Mastodon. Raubitschek. Vortrefflich. Gutwillig. Aufrichtig. Beständig. Brauchbar. Toilet attendant. Pollatschek. Lustig. Disabled war veteran. Bernhard Moldauer. Two of his friends. His wife. His daughter. The uncle. Young profiteer. Restaurant manager.