Dramatis Personae + 

Theseus, Duke of Athens + 

Pirithous, an Athenian general + 

Artesius, an Athenian captain + 

Palamon, nephew to Creon, King of Thebes + 

Arcite, nephew to Creon, King of Thebes + 

Valerius, a Thehan nobleman + 

Six knights + 

Herald + 

Gaoler + 

Wooer to the gaoler’s daughter + 

Doctor + 

Brother to the gaoler + 

Friends to the gaoler + 

Gentlemen + 

Gerrold, a schoolmaster + 

Hippolyta, an Amazon, bride to Theseus + 

Emilia, her sister + 

Three queens + 

Gaoler’s daughter + 

Waiting-women to Emilia + 

Countrymen, messengers, a man personating Hymen, boy, executioner, guard, and attendants. Country wenches, and women personating nymphs + 

Scene: Athens and the neighbourhood, except in part of the First Act, where it is Thebes and the neighbourhood. + 