MALATESTA, Lord of Rimini Mr. B.G. Rogers.
GUIDO DA POLENTA, Lord of Ravenna Mr. F.C. Mosley.
LANCIOTTO, Malatesta's son Mr. Lawrence Barrett.
PAOLO, His brother Mr. Otis Skinner.
PEPÉ,[1] Malatesta's jester Mr. Louis James.
CARDINAL, Friend to Guido Mr. Charles Rolfe.
RENÉ,[1] A troubadour Mr. Percy Winter.
FRANCESCA DA RIMINI, Guido's daughter Miss Marie Wainwright.
RITTA, Her maid Miss Rosie Batchelder.
Lords, Ladies, Knights, Priests, Soldiers, Pages, Attendants, etc.
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MALATESTA, Lord of Rimini Mr. W.J. Constantine.
GUIDO DA POLENTA, Lord of Ravenna Mr. E.A. Eberle.
LANCIOTTO, Malatesta's son Mr. Otis Skinner.
PAOLO, His brother Mr. Aubrey Boucicault.
PEPE, Malatesta's jester Mr. William Norris.
CARDINAL, Friend to Guido Mr. Frederick von Rensselar.
RENE, A troubadour Mr. Fletcher Norton.
FRANCESCA DA RIMINI, Guido's daughter Miss Marcia Van Dresser.
RITTA, Her maid Miss Gertrude Norman.
Lords, Ladies, Knights, Priests, Soldiers, Pages, Attendants, etc. SCENE. Rimini, Ravenna, and the neighbourhood. TIME. About 1300 A.D.
[Footnote 1: In the original edition, the accents in the names of PEPÉ and RENÉ are used only in the Dramatis Personæ, and not in the body of the book.]
FRANCESCA DA RIMINI
ACT I.
SCENE I. Rimini. The Garden of the Palace. PAOLO and a number of noblemen are discovered, seated under an arbour, surrounded by RENE, and other troubadours, attendants, &c.
PAOLO. I prithee, Rene, charm our ears again
With the same song you sang me yesterday.
Here are fresh listeners.