PINEL À LA SALPETRIÈRE [Transcriber's note: original reads
'SALPTERIÈRE']
Characters:
Pinel
Patients
Aides and Attendants
A courtyard scene in Salpetrière in 1792. Hopelessness and chained
despair are pictured. Pinel enters, is saddened and indignant at
the sight of so much unnecessary suffering, and instantly orders
the chains to be struck off. The historic episode closes in a
graphic tableau depicting the gratitude of the released.
Music: Orchestra
"Kammenoi Ostrow"