PERSONS AND PRESENCES
I. OF THE MASQUE PROPER[9]
Speaking Persons
| ARIEL | ||
| SYCORAX[10] | ||
| CALIBAN | ||
| PROSPERO | ||
| MIRANDA | ||
| Lust | ||
| Death | ||
| War | ||
| Caligula | [Impersonated by Lust] | |
| One in Gray | [Impersonated by Death] | |
| Another in Gray | [Impersonated by Caliban] | |
| Mute Presences | ||
| SETEBOS[11] | ||
| Choral Presences | ||
| SPIRITS OF ARIEL | ||
| POWERS OF SETEBOS | ||
| Pantomime Groups | ||
| Lust Group | ┐ | |
| Death Group | │ | |
| War Group | ├ | Impersonated by the Powers of Setebos |
| Roman Group | │ | |
| The Ones in Gray | ┘ | |
| Transformation Choir | ┐ | |
| Gregorian Choir | ├ | Impersonated by the Spirits of Ariel |
| The Ones in Green | ┘ | |
| The Nine Muses | ||
| Renaissance Fauns | ||
II. OF THE TEN INNER-STAGE SCENES
[Enacted by the Spirits of Ariel.]
Of these scenes eight are spoken scenes taken from plays of Shakespeare; one (the sixth) is a pantomime devised from a descriptive speech in “Henry the Eighth,” Act I, Scene I; one (the fourth) is a tableau scene symbolic of the early Christian Church. Those taken from Shakespeare are printed in black-faced type.
III. OF THE INTERLUDES
See Appendix: Pages 162, 166, 172, 184, 187, 190, 195.
IV. OF THE EPILOGUE
- Speaking Persons
- The Spirit of Time
- Shakespeare [as Prospero]
- Pantomime Groups[12]
- Theatres [with Musicians, Dancers, Designers, Producers,
- Inventors, etc.: Creators of the art of the theatre]
- Actors
- Dramatists
- Spirit Trumpeters [Announcers of the Groups]
STAGE·FOR·SHAKESPEARE·MASQUE·
BEHIND THE CLOUDY CURTAINS IS STAGE A OF INNER SCENES (SEE GROUND PLAN)
IN FRONT OF THE CURTAINS IS STAGE B OF MASQUE PROPER (SEE GROUND PLAN)
AT CENTRE, CALIBAN’S CELL OPENS UPON STAGE C OF INTERLUDES (SEE GROUND PLAN)