The Scarlet Pimpernel Takarazuka Revue Star Troupe

France at the end of the 18th centuryafter several years from the French Revolution in which the downtrodden common men and women rose up for freedom and sent many a noble to the guillotines of the Revolutionary Government English aristocrat Sir Percival Blakeney Percy Yuzuru Kurenai opposed to the reign of terror was hiding his true identity to assist falsely arrested nobles flee France calling himself the Scarlet Pimpernel after a starshaped red flower in England Chauvelin Makoto Rei the chief agent of the Committee of Public Safety of the Revolutionary Government was hunting for the Scarlet Pimpernel to reveal his identity Book and Lyrics by Nan Knighton Music by Frank Wildhorn Based on the Novel The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy Original Broadway Production Produced by Radio City Entertainment and Ted Forstmann With Pierre Cossette Bill Haber Hallmark Entertainment and Kathleen Raitt Adaptation and direction by Shuichiro Koike