"The Affair of the Necklace" dramatizes a late 18th century palace scandal well-known to school-children in France but completely obscure to most Americans. What makes the incident compelling is the role it played in events that lead up to the French Revolution and the overthrow of the ancient regime. [...] telling this tale re-quires far too many scenes of people in opulent rooms talking their heads off.

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