Shakespeare, William / 2008-08-02 00:00:00

THE WINTER'S TALE
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
LEONTES king of Sicilia.
MAMILLIUS young prince of Sicilia.
CAMILLO |
|
ANTIGONUS |
| Four Lords of Sicilia.
CLEOMENES |
|
DION |
POLIXENES King of Bohemia.
FLORIZEL Prince of Bohemia.
ARCHIDAMUS a Lord of Bohemia.
Old Shepherd reputed father of Perdita. (Shepherd:)
Clown his son.
AUTOLYCUS a rogue.
A Mariner. (Mariner:)
A Gaoler. (Gaoler:)
HERMIONE queen to Leontes.
PERDITA daughter to Leontes and Hermione.
PAULINA wife to Antigonus.
EMILIA a lady attending on Hermione,
MOPSA |
| Shepherdesses.
DORCAS |
Other Lords and Gentlemen, Ladies, Officers,
and Servants, Shepherds, and Shepherdesses.
(First Lord:)
(Gentleman:)
(First Gentleman:)
(Second Gentleman:)
(Third Gentleman:)
(First Lady:)
(Second Lady:)
(Officer:)
(Servant:)
(First Servant:)
(Second Servant:)
Time as Chorus.
SCENE Sicilia, and Bohemia.
THE WINTER'S TALE
ACT I
SCENE I Antechamber in LEONTES' palace.
[Enter CAMILLO and ARCHIDAMUS]
ARCHIDAMUS If you shall chance, Camillo, to visit Bohemia, on
the like occasion whereon my services are now on
foot, you shall see, as I have said, great
difference betwixt our Bohemia and your Sicilia.
CAMILLO I think, this coming summer, the King of Sicilia
means to pay Bohemia the visitation which he justly owes him.
ARCHIDAMUS Wherein our entertainment shall shame us we will be
justified in our loves; for indeed--
CAMILLO Beseech you,--
ARCHIDAMUS Verily, I speak it in the freedom of my knowledge:
we cannot with such magnificence--in so rare--I know
not what to say.
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