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.
Scene 10 (p. 183)
The Optimist and the Grumbler. A file of grey-bearded recruits. Young men singing.
Scene 11 (p. 194)
(A suburban street.)
Two policemen. Women and men queuing. Grocer. A well-dressed woman.
Scene 12 (p. 195)
(Kärntnerstrasse.)
A big eater. A normal eater. A starving man.
Scene 13 (p. 196)
(Florianigasse.)
Hofrat Dlauhobetzky v. Dlauhobetz (rtd). Hofrat Tibetanzl (rtd).
Scene 14 (p. 198)
(A hunting party.)
v. Dreckwitz. The hunting party.
Scene 15 (p. 200)
(Office at a command post.)
Hirsch. Roda Roda.
Scene 16 (p. 203)
(Another office.)
A General Staff officer on the phone.
Scene 17 (p. 204)
(Restaurant Anton Grüsser.)
Anton Grüsser, restaurateur. Four waiters. Two young waiters. The headwaiter. A gentleman and a lady. A midget newspaper vendor. Two girls with picture postcards. Two women with picture postcards. Man selling flowers. Woman selling flowers. Woman hawking newspapers. Three customers. A regular. Bambula von Feldsturm. The Grumbler.
Scene 18 (p. 209)
(Vienna. Schottenring.)
Frau Pollatschek of the IAAH. Frau Rosenberg of the IAAH. Frau Bachstelz of the CACKV. Frau Funk-Feigl of the CACKV. A disabled veteran on crutches. Beggar woman. A boy. An infant. A pregnant woman. The Grumbler.
Scene 19 (p. 214)
(Belgrade.)
Alice Schalek. Serbian women laughing. An interpreter.