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The Treacherous Brothers

A Tragedy

Powell, George (1658?-1714)

THE Treacherous Brothers,

PROLOGUE. Writ by Mr. Mountfort, Spoken by Mrs. Knight.

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EPILOGUE. Writ by Mr. Mountfort, Spoken by Mrs. Butler in Mans Apparel.

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Dramatis Personæ.

King of Cyprus. Mr. Powell.
Meleander, Brother to the Queen. Mr. Allexander.
Ithocles in Love with Marcelia. Mr. Williams.
Menaphon. The Treacherous Brother. Mr. Mountfort.
Orgillus. The Treacherous Brother. Mr. Hodgson.

WOMEN.

Semanthe, Queen of Cyprus. Mrs. Bowtell.
Marcelia, Niece to the King. Mrs. Bracegirdle.
Statilia, Sister to Ithocles, disguised in Boys Cloaths, by the name of Lattinius in Love with Meleander. Mrs. Butler.
Armena, confident to Semanthe. Mrs. Jourden.
Pages, Guards and Attendants.