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Ariadne : or The Triumph of Bacchus

An Opera
D'Urfey, Thomas (1653-1723)
  
ARIADNE: OR, THE Triumph of BACCHUS.
  
Dramatis Personæ.
  
THE Argument of the OPERA.

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ACT I.
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ACT II.
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ACT III.

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Dramatis Personæ.

    MEN.

  • Bacchus.
  • Theseus, Prince of Athens.
  • Pirithous, Prince of the Lapithes, his Friend.
  • Abdalla, An Indian King, whom Bacchus conquer'd there, and afterwards, for Wit and good Humour, made his Favourite.
  • Berontus, A Scythian Prince, of a Saturnine Humour; an Enemy to Love, and a Disliker of Bacchus, but Friend to Theseus, at last in Love with Celania.
  • Bombey. A foolish Satyr.
CHORUS of Bacchinals, Mænades, Indians and Satyrs.

    WOMEN.

  • Ariadne, Daughter of King Minos of Crete.
  • Cellania, Her Favourite, very Satyrical on Mankind.
  • Doppa, A brisk humorous Girl, waiting on Ariadne.
  • Shepherds, Shepherdesses, Clowns, Singers, and Dancers.
The Scene NAXOS, an Island in the Archipelago.
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