Persons Represented
ROGER PRYNNE, called Chillingworth, a physician.
ARTHUR DIMSDELL, a youthful divine.
JOHN WILSON, a good old minister.
BELLINGHAM, Governor of the Colony.
BUTTS, a sea captain.
SATAN, an hallucination of Dimsdell’s.
BRONSON,
WARD,
LANGDON,
ARNOLD, Members of the Governor’s Council.
Diggory, a servant to Governor Bellingham.
HESTER PRYNNE, wife of Roger Prynne.
MARTHA WILSON, daughter of Rev. John Wilson.
URSULA, a nurse.
BETSEY, a milkmaid.
MOTHER CAREY, keeper of a sailor’s inn.
A Clerk, a Crier, a Jailer, Councilors, Citizens, Soldiers,
Sailors, Indians, Servants.
SCENE—Boston.
TIME—June, 1668.