La poupée

La poupée (The Doll) is an opéra comique in a prelude and three acts composed by Edmond Audran with a libretto by Maurice Ordonneau.

[2] It then played at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London, opening on 24 February 1897, with an English libretto in two acts by Arthur Sturgess.

It ran for 576 performances in London, starring Courtice Pounds and Willie Edouin; Edna May later played in the piece.

[2] On 11 September 1897, a single matinée performance of La Poupée at the Prince of Wales Theatre launched a British provincial tour with a new company.

The monks scheme to trick the uncle by using one of puppet master Hilarius's dolls, pretending that it is Lancelot's wife.