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A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 15

Chapter 6: DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
By Robert Dodsley
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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.

  • Don Julio Rocca.
  • Don Pedro de Mendoça.
  • Don Fernando Solis, in love with Donna Elvira.
  • Don Zancho de Moneçes, in love with Donna Blanca.
  • Fabio, servant to Don Fernando.
  • Fulvio, servant to Don Pedro.
  • Chichon, servant to Don Zancho.
  • A Page.
  • Donna Elvira, a beautiful lady, Don Pedro's daughter.
  • Donna Blanca, a lady of high spirit, Don Julio's sister.
  • Francisca, Donna Blanca's woman.

Scene, Valencia.

ELVIRA;
OR,
THE WORST NOT ALWAYS TRUE.[5]