The Winter’s Tale

Dramatis Personæ

William Shakespeare


LEONTES, king of Sicilia.
MAMILLIUS, young prince of Sicilia.
CAMILLO, ANTIGONUS, CLEOMENES, DION, four Lords of Sicilia.

POLIXENES, King of Bohemia.
FLORIZEL, Prince of Bohemia.
ARCHIDAMUS, a Lord of Bohemia.

Old Shepherd father of Perdita.
Clown his son.
AUTOLYCUS, a rogue.
A Gaoler A Mariner

HERMIONE, queen to Leontes.
PERDITA, daughter to Leontes and Hermione.
PAULINA, wife to Antigonus.
EMILIA, a lady attending on Hermione,
MOPSA and DORCAS, Shepherdesses.

Other Lords and Gentlemen, Ladies, Officers, and Servants, Shepherds, and Shepherdesses.

Time, as Chorus.

Scene: Sicilia, and Bohemia.


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