A tale of thwarted love and mistaken and assumed identities, this comedy revolves around an ordinary man becoming ‘King for a Day’. Cavaliere di Belfiore has, to distract attention from the genuine monarch, assumed the identity of King Stanislas of Poland, and arrived with much pomp at the castle of Baron Kelbar near Brest. There he finds himself in the middle of preparations for two weddings: the baron's daughter Giulietta is, most unwillingly, to marry the elderly La Rocca, while a local military official is hoping for the hand of the Marchesa del Poggio. Can ‘King Stanislas’ use his regal power in time to disentangle these unhappy betrothals before his true identity is revealed?

Cast

Christine Rice

La Marchesa del Poggio

Henry Waddington

Il Barone di Kelbar

Grant Doyle

La Rocca

James Micklethwaite

Delmonte

Joshua Hopkins

Il Cavaliere di Belfiore

Oliver Sewell

Edoardo di Sanval

Madison Leonard

Giulietta di Kelbar

Daniel Vening

Servant

Robert Murray

Il Conte Ivrea