CAESAR’S APOSTASY
CHARACTERS.
- The Emperor Contstantius.
- The Empress Eusebia.
- The Princess Helena, the Emperor’s sister.
- Prince Gallus, the Emperor’s cousin.
- Prince Julian, Gallus’s younger half-brother.
- Memnon, an Ethiopian, the Emperor’s body-slave.
- Potamon, a goldsmith.
- Phocion, a dyer.
- Eunapius, a hairdresser.
- A Fruit-seller.
- A Captain of the Watch.
- A Soldier.
- A Painted Woman.
- A Paralytic Man.
- A Blind Beggar.
- Agathon, son of a Cappadocian vine-grower.
- Libanius, a Philosopher.
- Gregory of Nazianzus.
- Basil of Caesarea.
- Sallust of Perusia.
- Hekebolius, a Theologian.
- Maximus the Mystic.
- Eutherius, Julian’s chamberlain.
- Leontes, a Quaestor.
- Myrrha, a slave.
- Decentius, a Tribune.
- Sintula, Julian’s Master of the Horse.
- Florentius,
Severus, } Generals. - Oribases, a Physician.
- Laipso,
Varro, } Subalterns. - Maurus, a Standard-bearer.
- Soldiers, church-goers, heathen onlookers, courtiers, priests, students, dancing girls, servants, the Quaestor’s retinue, Gallic warriors.
- Visions and voices.
The first act passes in Constantinople, the second in Athens, the third in Ephesus, the fourth in Lutetia in Gaul, and the fifth in Vienna [Vienne] in the same province. The action takes place during the ten years between A.D. 351 and A.D. 361.
CAESAR’S APOSTASY.
PLAY IN FIVE ACTS.