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A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 13

Chapter 105: FOOTNOTES:
By Robert Dodsley
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An edited anthology gathers a range of early English stage plays presented in chronological order and accompanied by commentator annotations and new notes by W. Carew Hazlitt. The volume reproduces dramatis personae, act and scene divisions, and full texts of comedies and civic dramas that explore marital matches, social hypocrisy, debt and urban life, often through satirical character types and comic situations. Editorial material and transcriber notes contextualize language, performance practice, and textual variants, making the plays accessible for modern readers while preserving original stage directions and comic dialogue.

DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

The Duke of Pisa.[298]
Leonardo, two courtiers.
Donato,
Veterano, the Antiquary.
Gasparo, a magnifico of Pisa.
Lorenzo, an old gentleman.
Mocinigo, an old gentleman that would appear young.
Lionel, nephew to the Antiquary.
Petrucio, a foolish gentleman, son to Gasparo.
Aurelio, a young gentleman.
Aurelio's Father, in the disguise of a bravo.
His Boy.
Petro, the Antiquary's boy.
Æmilia, wife to Lorenzo.
Lucretia, daughter to Lorenzo.
Angelia, sister to Lionel, in the disguise of a page.
Julia, two waiting-women.
Baccha,
A Cook.
Two Servants.

The Scene, Pisa.

FOOTNOTES:

[298] The scene, however, seems to be laid at Venice. The Rialto is mentioned in act i., and Venice is again spoken of in act iii. as where the transactions of the play are carried on.—Pegge.

[It may be added that there was never any Duke of Pisa, and that most of the names are Venetian.]

THE ANTIQUARY.[299]