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THE CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY IT

THESEUS, Duke of Athens
HIPPOLYTA, Queen of the Amazons, and then wife of Theseus
EMILIA, her sister
PIRITHOUS, friend of Theseus

PALAMON, noble kinsman, cousin from Thebes

ARCITE, noble kinsman, cousin from Thebes

HYMEN, god of marriage
A BOY
ARTESIUS, an Athenian soldier
Three QUEENS, widows of kings killed in the siege of Thebes

VALERIUS, a Theban

A HERALD
WOMAN, servant of Emilia
A GENTLEMAN
MESSENGERS
SIX KNIGHTS, assisting Palamon and Arcite

A SERVANT

GAOLER, in charge of Theseus’s prison

DAUGHTER of Gaoler
WOOER of Gaoler’s Daughter
Two FRIENDS of Gaoler
BROTHER of Gaoler

A DOCTOR
Six COUNTRYMEN, one dressed as a bavian or baboon
A SCHOOLMASTER