The New Moon

About the show

French aristocrat Robert Misson flees to New Orleans under an assumed name and becomes a bond-servant in the household of planter Monsieur Beaunoir. He falls in love with Beaunoir’s daughter Marianne but keeps his identity secret. Detective Vicomte Ribaud finds Robert and has him sent aboard the ship New Moon to be returned to France. Marianne joins the ship, pretending to love its captain. After a mutiny, Robert and the bond-servants take control and establish a republic on the Isle of Pines. When French ships arrive, Robert renounces his title, and he and Marianne remain together.