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The Necklace
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The Necklace
The Necklace
From the short story
La Parure by Guy de Maupassant
Adapted by Nikki Harmon
2W / 1M
Approximate Playing Time: 30 Minutes
In 1880’s Paris, Mathilde's husband, Henri works as a civil servant with a modest salary, while Mathilde dreams of wealth. When they are unexpectedly invited to a grand ball she asks her friend, Madame Forestier, to borrow a diamond necklace so she won’t look like a poor civil servant’s wife, but ends up losing it. Instead of admitting the loss, Mathilde and Henri borrow money for an exact copy to give back. After years of hard work and dire poverty, the loans are finally repaid. Ten years later, her beauty faded and old beyond her years, Mathilde sees her friend and tells her she’d lost the necklace and how they’d labored so hard to pay for a copy. She goes on to tell her how pleased she was that her friend never knew she’d returned a different necklace. Mathilde’s vanity and folly comes full circle when Madame Forestier tells her, “Oh, my poor Mathilde! Mine was fake. It was worth no more than five hundred francs!”
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$30.00 Royalty per Performance
$10.00 Single-Use Copyright Fees