the company to hide. The Prince of Monte Carlo arrives with his daughter the Princess and a retinue of supernumeraries – out-of-work actors hired from the Theatre Monaco to play the part of nobles. He has reversed his fortunes by inventing a game called roulette, which has allowed him to pay his debts, hire the supernumeraries, and take his daughter to Pfennig-Halbpfennig just in time to marry the Grand Duke before the engagement expires. Ludwig and the court spring out at them, dancing a lively can-can. The Princess is shocked and upset when she discovers that Ludwig already has three Grand Duchesses. She points out, however, that her claim predates the others', and Ludwig is therefore obliged to marry her. Ludwig and the Princess are about to go off to yet another wedding party, when Ernest, Rudolph and Dr Tannhäuser burst in. The Notary reveals that the Act regulating statutory duels specifically states that the ace shall count as lowest, so Ludwig did not win, was never Grand Duke, and cannot have revived the act. Within seconds, the Act expires, returning Ludwig and Ernest to the living. Three couples marry: Rudolph and the Princess; Ernest and Julia; and Ludwig and Lisa. Musical numbers Overture (Includes parts of "The good Grand Duke", "My Lord Grand Duke, farewell!", "With fury indescribable I burn", "Well, you're a pretty kind of fellow", "Strange the views some people hold") Act I 1. "Won't it be a pretty wedding?" (Chorus) 1a. "Pretty Lisa, fair and tasty" (Lisa and Ludwig with Chorus) 2. "By the mystic regulation" (Ludwig with Chorus) 3. "Were I a king in very truth" (Ernest with Chorus) 4. "How would I play this part" (Julia and Ernest) 5. "My goodness me! What shall I do?", "Ten minutes since I met a chap" (Ludwig and Chorus) 6. "About a century since" (Notary) 7. "Strange the views some people hold" (Julia, Lisa, Ernest, Notary, and Ludwig) 8. "Now take a card and gaily sing" (Julia, Lisa, Ernest, Notary, and Ludwig) 9. "The good Grand Duke" (Chorus of Chamberlains) 9a. "A pattern to professors of monarchical autonomy" (Grand Duke) 10. "As o'er our penny roll we sing" (Baroness and Grand Duke) 11. "When you find you're a broken-down critter" (Grand Duke) 12. Finale, Act I "Come hither, all you people" (Ensemble) "Oh, a monarch who boasts intellectual graces" (Ludwig with Chorus) "Ah, pity me, my comrades