Dramatis Personae

• Theseus, Duke of Athens

• Pirithous, an Athenian general

• Artesius, an Athenian captain

• Palamon, nephew to Creon, King of Thebes

• Arcite, nephew to Creon, King of Thebes

• Valerius, a Thehan nobleman

• Six knights

• Herald

• Gaoler

• Wooer to the gaoler’s daughter

• Doctor

• Brother to the gaoler

• Friends to the gaoler

• Gentlemen

• Gerrold, a schoolmaster

• Hippolyta, an Amazon, bride to Theseus

• Emilia, her sister

• Three queens

• Gaoler’s daughter

• Waiting-women to Emilia

• Countrymen, messengers, a man personating Hymen, boy, executioner, guard, and attendants. Country wenches, and women personating nymphs

Scene: Athens and the neighbourhood, except in part of the First Act, where it is Thebes and the neighbourhood.