THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN
ContentsACT IPROLOGUEScene I. Athens. Before a templeScene II. Thebes. The Court of the PalaceScene III. Before the gates of AthensScene IV. A field before Thebes.Scene V. Another part of the same, more remote from ThebesACT IIScene I. Athens. A garden, with a castle in the backgroundScene II. The prisonScene III. The country near AthensScene IV. Athens. A room in the prisonScene V. An open place in AthensScene VI. Athens. Before the prisonACT IIIScene I. A forest near AthensScene II. Another part of the forestScene III. The same part of the forest as in scene I.Scene IV. Another part of the forestScene V. Another part of the forestScene VI. The same part of the forest as in scene III.ACT IVScene I. Athens. A room in the prisonScene II. A Room in the PalaceScene III. A room in the prisonACT VScene I. Athens. Before the Temples of Mars, Venus, and DianaScene II. Athens. A Room in the PrisonScene III. A part of the Forest near Athens, and near the Place appointed for the CombatScene IV. The same; a Block preparedEPILOGUEDramatis PersonæPROLOGUEARCITE, the two noble kinsmen, cousins,PALAMON, nephews of Creon, King of ThebesTHESEUS, Duke of AthensHIPPOLYTA, Queen of the Amazons, later Duchess of AthensEMILIA, Sister of HippolytaPIRITHOUS, friend to TheseusThree QUEENS, widows of the kings killed in laying siege to ThebesThe JAILER of Theseus’s prisonHis DAUGHTER, in love with PalamonHis BROTHER,The WOOER of the Jailer’s daughterTwo FRIENDS of the Jailer,A DOCTORARTESIUS, an Athenian soldierVALERIUS, a ThebanWOMAN, attending on EmiliaAn Athenian GENTLEMANSix KNIGHTS, three accompanying Arcite, three PalamonSix COUNTRYMEN, one dressed as a Bavian or baboonGerald, a SCHOOLMASTERNEL, a countrywomanA TABORERA singing BOYA HERALDA MESSENGERA SERVANTEPILOGUEHymen (god of weddings), lords, soldiers, four countrywomen (Fritz, Maudlin, Luce, and Barbary), nymphs, attendants, maids, executioner, guardSCENE: Athens and the Neighbourhood, except in part of the first Act, where it is Thebes and the Neighbourhood
PROLOGUE
ARCITE, the two noble kinsmen, cousins,PALAMON, nephews of Creon, King of Thebes
THESEUS, Duke of AthensHIPPOLYTA, Queen of the Amazons, later Duchess of AthensEMILIA, Sister of HippolytaPIRITHOUS, friend to Theseus
Three QUEENS, widows of the kings killed in laying siege to Thebes
The JAILER of Theseus’s prisonHis DAUGHTER, in love with PalamonHis BROTHER,The WOOER of the Jailer’s daughterTwo FRIENDS of the Jailer,A DOCTOR
ARTESIUS, an Athenian soldierVALERIUS, a ThebanWOMAN, attending on EmiliaAn Athenian GENTLEMANSix KNIGHTS, three accompanying Arcite, three Palamon
Six COUNTRYMEN, one dressed as a Bavian or baboonGerald, a SCHOOLMASTERNEL, a countrywomanA TABORER
A singing BOYA HERALDA MESSENGERA SERVANT
EPILOGUE
Hymen (god of weddings), lords, soldiers, four countrywomen (Fritz, Maudlin, Luce, and Barbary), nymphs, attendants, maids, executioner, guard