The Tempest

Dramatis Personæ

William Shakespeare

ALONSO, King of Naples.
SEBASTIAN, his brother.
PROSPERO, the right Duke of Milan.
ANTONIO, his brother, the usurping Duke of Milan.
FERDINAND, son to the King of Naples.
GONZALO, an honest old counsellor.

ADRIAN, Lord
FRANCISCO, Lord
CALIBAN, a savage and deformed slave.
TRINCULO, a jester.
STEPHANO, a drunken butler.
MASTER OF A SHIP.
BOATSWAIN.
MARINERS.

MIRANDA, daughter to Prospero.

ARIEL, an airy spirit.

IRIS, spirit
CERES, spirit
JUNO, spirit
NYMPHS,
REAPERS,
OTHER SPIRITS attending on Prospero.

Scene: A ship at sea; afterwards an uninhabited island.

The Tempest - Contents    |     Act I - Scene I

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