The Runaway Princess: A Comedy in Five Acts

To escape a political marriage, Princess Wilhelmina ("Willa") of the Kingdom of Castellane assumes the alias "Willa Wexford" and enrolls in a prestigious school as a commoner. There, she falls for Lord Theodore Camden-the campus heartthrob who is adored by everyone yet is incredibly shy and low-key in private. Their respective circles of close friends conspire to orchestrate a series of "accidents" that create opportunities for the two to be alone together, culminating in the revelation of her true identity at the graduation ball. DRAMATIS PERSONAE PRINCESS WILHELMINA "WILLA" OF CASTELLANE, heir to the throne, currently in hiding as "Willa Wexford" LORD THEODORE CAMDEN, Larkspur University's most admired student, privately shy to the point of paralysis CASSANDRA "CASS" BLYTHE, Willa's closest friend and co-conspirator RAFFERTY "RAFF" SINCLAIR, Theodore's closest friend and self-appointed romantic strategist PRINCE ANATOLE OF VARENGARD, Willa's intended political match, polished and quietly calculating PROVOST BERTRAM LOCKE, head of Larkspur University KING CORNELIUS OF CASTELLANE, Willa's father QUEEN ROSALIND OF CASTELLANE, Willa's mother > The action takes place at Larkspur University, a fictional institution of considerable prestige and considerably more gossip, in the present day.