Scaramouche

Appeals to viewers who enjoy flamboyant costume adventure, theatrical disguises, spirited romance, and elaborately staged swordplay.

Tone

adventurous, romantic, epic

Payoff

adrenaline, swoon

Pacing

brisk

Intensity

moderate

Structure

linear

Themes

revenge, justice, class conflict, identity

Setting

late eighteenth-century, aristocratic estates, theaters, and revolutionary France