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.]

See Appendix: Pages 159-161.

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

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)