When the curtain falls on the stage, I will take my stand as the Queen. Readymade Queen Act I: Salvation and deception A splendid world under the blazing sun, a quarrel over its true ownership. The play began in the shadows, where no-one bothered to look. “Your hair…it’s auburn. Even your eyes…the same color as the Emperor.” Violetta, the Princess who had been bound by the title of a fool, was mu*dered. The only person who had witnessed the end of her vain life, as her lady-in-waiting, was the fallen aristocrat Abigail. Abigail predicted a preventable end for herself as well. Until the Duke said; “You have to be the Princess.”