
The Duke of Chartres is in love with Princess Henriette, but she seemingly wants nothing to do with him. Eventually he grows tired of her insults and flees to England when Louis XV insists that the two marry. He goes undercover as Monsieur Beaucaire, the barber of the French Ambassador, and finds that he enjoys the freedom of a commoner’s life. After catching the Duke of Winterset cheating at cards, he forces him to introduce him as a nobleman to Lady Mary, with whom he has become infatuated. When Lady Mary is led to believe that the Duke of Chartres is merely a barber she loses interest in him. She eventually learns that he is a nobleman after all and tries to win him back, but the Duke of Chartres opts to return to France and Princess Henriette who now returns his affection.

as Duke de Chartres / Beaucaire

as Princess Henriette

as Queen Marie of France

as Lady Mary

as King Louis XV of France

as Madame Pompadour

as Richelieu

as Miropoix

as Duchesse de Montmorency

as François

as Duke of Winterset

as Badger

as Molyneux

as Beau Nash

as Lord Chesterfield

as Duchesse de Flauhault

as Colombine

as Voltaire

as unknown