THE FIRST PART
OF THE
HISTORY
OF
NERO
A HISTORICAL
TRAGEDY
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
| NERO. | ||
| BRITANNICUS | stepson to Agrippina. | |
| BURRUS | praetorian prefect. | |
| SENECA | tutor to Nero. | |
| LUCAN, the poet, nephew to Seneca | }friends of Nero. | |
| OTHO | }gentlemen of Rome | |
| PETRONIUS | ||
| PALLAS | master of the imperial household. | |
| TIGELLINUS | successor to Pallas. | |
| THRASEA, a Stoic | }honest senators. | |
| PRISCUS | ||
| ANICETUS | an admiral. | |
| PARIS | a player, favourite of Nero. | |
| SELEUCUS | an astrologer. | |
| Messengers, Servants, &c. | ||
| AGRIPPINA AUGUSTA | mother to Nero. | |
| OCTAVIA | wife to Nero, sister to Britannicus. | |
| POPPÆA | wife to Otho, loved of Nero. | |
| DOMITIA | sister-in-law to Agrippina. | |
| FULVIA | attendant on Agrippina. | |
| Maids, &c. | ||
Scene. The first four acts are laid in ROME; the fifth is at BAIÆ.