The Guardsman

AViennabasedactingcouplemakemagicwhentheyperformtogetheronstage.Unknowntothetheatergoingpublicanddespitebeingmarriedforonlysixmonths,thatmagicseemsnolongertotranslatetotheirpersonallife,wheretheyareconstantlyarguing,evenundertheirbreathsduringon-stagecurtaincalls.Theseargumentsstemfromtheactress'moodybehavior,whichtheactorbelievesmeansthatshenolongerloveshimandthatsheislookingforanothermantoreplacehiminherpersonallife.Hebelievessheevenscanstheaudienceforpotentialsuitors,probablybeingmostattractedtothesoldiertype.Theirfeudingisatapointwheretheytakepotshotsateachotherabouteverythingintheirlives,eventhequalityoftheother'sacting.TheactormayhaveavalidpointastheactresshasbeenreceivingbouquetsofrosesoflateandaRussianguardsmanhasbeenseenhangingaroundoutsidetheirhome.TheactorknowsthesethingsasheisthatRussianguardsman(whoisalsoaRussianprince)indisguise,hewhoisalsosendingtheflowersastheguardsman.Hewantstoseeifthisguardsmancanindeedwoohiswifeawayfromhim,andthusshowherforwhoshereallyis.Heconcoctsafurtherschemetopretendtobeoutoftownfora24hourperiodonanotheractingengagement,duringwhichtimehewilltryandseduceherastheguardsman.Buttheactressmaythrowsomewrenchesintohisplan.