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The Art of Pleasing Princes (Princeton University Players Cast Recording)

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ROWAN
See, darling, you could sit there bored as hell
With those two-faced nobles treading on your toes
Or you could take a chance on a night of dark romance
Where you'll learn the only thing a courtier knows:
It’s the art of pleasing princes
That's all life has to be
I'm an expert at the practice
Since the prince who’s pleased is me!
I live for praise in a golden haze
Of sex and borrowed time
Before my father ends my days
Each night should be sublime!
[LIBERTINES HUMMING]
(LOUIS
Before your father... what?
ROWAN
Y'know! (makes the sound of a knife being drawn across his throat)
LOUIS
And you're so certain he'll do this why?
ROWAN
Why the hell else would he bring me back here?)
ROWAN
When you live your life on the edge of a knife
A pawn in your father's grand plan
You drown your spite in hedonistic delight
And take the edge off any way you can
ROWAN & LIBERTINES
It's the art of pleasing princes
LIBERTINES
He's so dangerous and brooding!
ROWAN & LIBERTINES
All the courtiers fall for
LIBERTINES
The sly charm that he's exuding!
ROWAN
Seditious lords adore me
And do anything I say
The church and king abhor me
And I wouldn’t have it any other way!
ROWAN & LIBERTINES
He’s for:
LIBERTINE 1
Composers who hate writing nothing but hymns
ROWAN
Artists who want to paint long, naked limbs
LIBERTINE 2
Socialites stuck in the muck of bureaucracy
LIBERTINE 3
Scholars whose studies might shake the theocracy
LIBERTINE 1
Though he would never get up before noon
LIBERTINE 1 & LIBERTINE 2
And he drinks his liquor from a golden spoon
LIBERTINES
Though he might be too flighty to be a good king
He's apt to get distracted by his newest fling
Still, despite all his flaws he’s the best chance we've got
So the art of pleasing princes is our sycophantic lot
ROWAN & LIBERTINES
It's the art of pleasing princes
When it's difficult to tell
If tomorrow you’ll be mince it's
Nice to know you'll go to hell!
LOUIS & LIBERTINES
In a court of schemes and spies
Why not toady to the best
LOUIS
‘Cause bad princes make good allies
ROWAN
And love is all that I request!
LIBERTINES/ROWAN
Yes, love is all that we/I request!
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The Art of Pleasing Princes Princeton University Players Cast

The Art of Pleasing Princes Princeton University Players Cast

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