Show Synopsis:
Percy Blakeney, his fiance Marguerite, and her brother Armand flee to England during the French Revolution, since many aristocrats do not feel safe in France. On their wedding night, Percy discovers that Marguerite betrayed one of his friends to the revolution and caused his execution, and their marriage begins to wane. Percy begins spying and committing crimes for the sake of the revolution as The Scarlet Pimpernel, and enlists Armand into his league, while telling Marguerite nothing. The League saves many people, angering Robespierre, who asks Chauvelin to seek the Blakeneys? help in finding the Scarlet Pimpernel. Armand brings Marguerite?s best friend Marie into the League, but he is captured in France, and Chauvelin swears that Armand will only live if Marguerite helps him find the Pimpernel. Marguerite tells the Pimpernel (Percy in hiding) all of Chauvelin?s plans, and Percy believes their marriage might be saved after all. Marguerite tries to find out information about Armand in disguise but fails and is imprisoned. She and Armand are rescued and she learns that Percy is the Pimpernel. She accidentally lets it slip to Chauvelin, who duels Percy and wins. Percy and the League trick Chauvelin and plant evidence on him of being the Pimpernel so that Robespierre will be suspicious of him. Marguerite and Percy reconcile and head back to England.

Character:
Marguerite St. Just, a young woman who works as a star performer at La Comedie Francaise; does not have particularly strong convictions but wants to be loyal to those she loves.

Song Context:
Marguerite is quitting her life as a performer to marry Sir Percy Blakeney and performing her last show. 

Fun Facts:
1) This musical was based on the popular novel of the same name by Baroness Emma Orczy. 
2) In an interview with Playbill, Christine Andreas, who originated the role on Broadway, described Marguerite as ?misunderstood! She's very heroic, outspoken, spirited, a very conscious and compassionate character (she's supposed to be the most brilliant woman in Europe); she would have made a great diplomat.? 
3) Andreas also found Baroness Orczy?s original novel very helpful for her performance because it was written from the point of view of Marguerite.