(The fourth movement of Mozart's "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" begins to play. The PRINCE OF WALES is shown going into various homes and establishments. He first attends a classy dinner party at the home of MRS. CREWE.)
PRINCE OF WALES
To buff and blue, and Mrs. Crewe!
MRS. CREWE
To buff and blue, and all of you!
(A little tipsy, he is helped into his carriage and goes to the next party, this one rowdier than the last. He engages in drinking and dancing with his non-Whig friends, and then leaves drunker than when he came in. The parties get rowdier as the night goes on. He eventually goes back to his carriage with a less drunk lady who supports him. It drives off into the night. Cut to SCENE V.)
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The Drunken Feathers
Historical FictionIn this biographical series that begins in 1784, twenty-one-year-old George, Prince of Wales-- the eldest son of King George III and heir to the British throne-- spends his youth idly by keeping countless mistresses, drinking profusely, and making f...
