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Takarazuka Flower Troupe 2014 Chunichi Theater production. In 1770, Princess Marie-Antoinette of the House of Hapsburg, youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, marries at the age of fourteen, Prince Louis (future Louis XVI) of the House of Bourbon, eldest grandson of King Louis XV of France. In anxiety over some childishness still lingering in Marie-Antoinette, Empress Maria Theresa sends over to France her confidant, Count of Mercy-Argenteau, on the mission to tutor Marie-Antoinette to grow up to be a beloved queen of the French people.

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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Rio AsumiRio AsumiHans Axel von Fersen
  • Photo of Ranno HanaRanno HanaMarie-Antoinette
  • Photo of Toa SerikaToa SerikaOscar François de Jarjayes
  • Photo of Fuuto NozomiFuuto NozomiAndre Grandier
  • Photo of Ema NaokiEma NaokiCount de Mercy-Argenteau
  • Photo of Takashou MizukiTakashou MizukiLouis XVI
  • Photo of Ayase SennaAyase SennaMadame Morou / Sylvia

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