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
