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Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 04 of 10

Chapter 3: THE TRAGEDY OF VALENTINIAN.
By Francis Beaumont
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This collection presents several dramatic works by the collaborative playwrights, pairing stark tragedies with lively comedies. The darker pieces dramatize power, moral corruption, and violent retribution while testing ideals of virtue and honor. The comic plays rely on misadventure, disguise, and witty exchange to generate romantic confusion and social satire. Textual collation and editorial notes accompany the plays, clarifying variant readings and guiding readers through the works' shifts of tone, structure, and theatrical effect.

THE
TRAGEDY
OF
VALENTINIAN.

Persons Represented in the Play.
Valentinian, Emperour of Rome.
Æcius, the Emperours Loyal General.
Balbus, 4 Noble Panders, and flatterers to the Emperour.
Proculus,
Chilax,
Licinius,
Maximus, a great Souldier, Husband to Lucina.
Lycias, an Eunuch.
Pontius, an honest Cashier'd Centurion.
Phidias, two bold and faithful Eunuchs Servants to Æcius.
Aretus,
Afranius, an eminent Captain.
Paulus, a Poet.
Licippus, a Courtier.
3 Senators.
Physicians.
Gentlemen.
Souldiers.
WOMEN.
Eudoxia, Empress, Wife to Valentinian.
Lucina, the chast abused Wife of Maximus.
Claudia, Lucina's waiting Women.
Marcellina,
Ardelia, two of the Emperou[r]s Bawds.
Phorba,

The Scene Rome.

The principal Actors were,

  • Richard Burbadge.
  • Henry Condel.
  • John Lowin.
  • William Ostler.
  • John Underwood.