A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 15

Chapter 40: DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

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An edited anthology gathers seventeenth-century and earlier English plays, presented chronologically with introductions, dramatis personae, stage directions, and explanatory notes by various commentators with added annotations. The selection includes comedies of intrigue and Restoration-era dramas that explore mistaken identities, romantic entanglements, honour, and social satire; several pieces derive from or adapt Spanish originals and feature complex plots, servants' subplots, and courtroom or domestic scenes. Scholarly apparatus includes a prefatory history of the theatre, glossarial and errata indices, and editorial commentary that contextualizes authorship, editions, and performance history for readers seeking both dramatic texts and critical notes.

DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

PERSONS.	RELATIONS.	CHARACTERS.
Don Henrique,	In love with Camilla,but rejected.	Choleric, jealous, revengeful.
Don Carlos,	Near kinsman to DonHenrique.	A well-natured, moral gentleman.
Don Octavio,	In love with Porcia, but feigning to bein love with Camilla.	A valiant and accomplished cavalier.
Don Antonio,	Contracted to Porcia by proxy, before he saw her.	A soldier, haughty, and of exact honour.
Porcia,	Sister to Don Henrique.	Ingenious, constant, and severely virtuous.
Camilla,	Sister to Don Carlos.	Susceptible of love, but cautious of her honour.
Diego,	Servant to Octavio, bred a scholar.	A great coward, and a pleasant droll.
Flora,	Waiting-woman to Porcia.	Witty, contriving, and faithful to her mistress.
Ernesto,	Servants to Don Antonio.
Sancho,	Servants to Don Antonio.
Silvio,	Servants to Don Henrique.
Geraldo,
Pedro,
Bernardino,
Jago,
The Corregidor and Attendants.[39]

The Scene, Seville.

THE ADVENTURES OF FIVE HOURS.[40]