The Distrest Mother/Dramatis Personae

​Dramatis Personæ.

MEN.

Pyrrhus, The Son of Achilles, and King of Epirus, in Love with Andromache, but betroth'd to Hermione.

Mr. Booth.

Phoenix, Counsellor to Pyrrhus.

Mr. Bowman.

Orestes, the Son of Agamemnon, Ambassador from the Greeks to Pyrrhus, in Love with Hermione.

Mr. Powell.

Pylades, Friend to Orestes, separated from him in a Storm, driven on the Coasts of Epirus, and detain'd by contrary Winds in the Court of Pyrrhus,

Mr. Mills.

WOMEN.

Andromache, Hector's Widow, Captive to Pyrrhus, and Mother to Astyanax.

Mrs. Oldfield.

Cephisa, Confidante to Andromache.

Mrs. Knight.

Hermione, Daughter to Menelaus and Helen, betrothed to Pyrrhus.

Mrs. Porter.

Cleone, Confidante to Hermione.

Mrs. Cox.

Attendants to Pyrrhus and Orestes, &c.

The SCENE a great Hall in the Court of Pyrrhus at Buthrotos, the Capital City of Epirus.

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