Transcriber’s Notes

Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. All other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged.

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Poetical Works
of
ROBERT BRIDGES

Volume VI

London
Smith, Elder & Co.
15 Waterloo Place
1905

OXFORD: HORACE HART
PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY

POETICAL WORKS OF
ROBERT BRIDGES

VOLUME THE SIXTH
CONTAINING

THE FEAST OF BACCHUS p.[ 1]
SECOND PART OF THE HISTORY OF NERO[123]
NOTES[274]

LIST OF PREVIOUS EDITIONS

FEAST OF BACCHUS.

1. THE FEAST OF BACCHUS. By Robert Bridges. Privately printed by H. Daniel: Oxford, 1889. Small 4to

2. THE F.O.B. A Comedy in the Latin manner and partly translated from Terence. By Robert Bridges. Published by Geo. Bell & Sons, Covent Garden, and J. & E. Bumpus, Lim., Holborn Bars. 4to. [1894.]

NERO.

1. NERO. Part 2. From the death of Burrus to the death of Seneca, comprising the conspiracy of Piso. Published by Geo. Bell & Sons, and F. & E. Bumpus. [1894.]

THE FEAST OF
BACCHUS

A COMEDY
IN THE LATIN MANNER

&

PARTLY TRANSLATED FROM
TERENCE

DRAMATIS PERSONÆ

MENEDEMUSan Athenian gentleman.
CHREMESa retired Ionian sponge-merchant.
CLINIAson to Menedemus.
PAMPHILUSson to Chremes.
PHILOLACHESan actor, friend to Pamphilus.
SOSTRATAwife to Chremes.
ANTIPHILAdaughter of Chremes, beloved of Clinia.
GORGObeloved of Pamphilus.

The scene is in a suburb of Athens, opposite the house of Chremes (L): on the other side is Menedemus’ garden (R): this occupies most of the back of the stage: a gate from the garden gives on the stage: between the garden and Chremes’ house a road runs down to the city.

Duration of time—a few hours of one day. There is no pause in the action, and the whole may be played continuously with a formal break at the end of each act.

THE FEAST OF
BACCHUS