Dramatis Personae + 

Agrippina, the Empress-mother. + 

Nero, the Emperor. + 

Poppaea, believed to be in love with Otho. + 

Otho, a young man of quality, in love with Poppaea. + 

Seneca, the Emperor’s Preceptor. + 

Anicetus, Captain of the Guards. + 

Demetrius, the Cynic, friend to Seneca. + 

Aceronia, Confidant to Agrippina. + 