[Dramatis Personæ.[4:1]
Henry III, King of France.
Monsieur, his brother.
The Duke of Guise.
Montsurry, a Count.
Bussy D’Ambois.
Barrisor,
L’Anou,
Pyrhot,
Courtiers: enemies of D’Ambois.
Brisac,
Melynell,
Courtiers: friends of D’Ambois.
Comolet, a Friar.
Maffe, steward to Monsieur.
Nuncius.
Murderers.
Behemoth,
Cartophylax,
Umbra of Friar.
Spirits.
Elenor, Duchess of Guise.
Tamyra, Countess of Montsurry.
Beaupre, niece to Elenor.
Annable, maid to Elenor.
Pero, maid to Tamyra.
Charlotte, maid to Beaupre.
Pyra, a court lady.
Courtiers, Ladies, Pages, Servants, Spirits, &c.
Scene.—Paris[4:2]]
Footnotes
[4:1] The Quartos contain no list of Dramatis Personæ. One is however prefixed to D’Urfey’s version (1691), with the names of the performers added. C. W. Dilke prefixed a somewhat imperfect one to his edition in vol. iii of Old English Plays (1814). W. L. Phelps, who did not know of Dilke’s list, supplied a more correct one in his edition in the Mermaid Series (1895). The subjoined list adds some fresh details, especially concerning the subordinate characters.
[4:2] Many episodes in Bussy D’Ambois’s career, which took place in the Province of Anjou, are transferred in the play to Paris.