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Ethwald

A Tragedy, In Five Acts. Part First
  
  
PERSONS OF THE DRAMA.

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PERSONS OF THE DRAMA.

    MEN

  • Oswal, king of Mercia.
  • Edward, his nephew, and ethling or heir to the crown.
  • Seagurth, father to Edward.
  • Ethwald.
  • Ethelbert, a noble Thane.
  • Selred, elder brother to Ethwald.
  • Mollo, father to Ethwald, a Thane of small consideration.
  • Hexulf, a bigoted bishop.
  • Alwy, an artful adventurer.
  • Woggarwolfe, a rude marauding Thane.
  • Ongar, a creature of Alwy's.
  • Mystics and Mystic Sisters, supposed to be successors of the Druidical diviners; soldiers, attendants, &c.

    WOMEN

  • Elburga, daughter to king Oswal.
  • Bertha, attached to Ethwald.
  • Sigurtha, mother to Bertha, and niece to Mollo, living in his castle, with her daughter, as part of his family.
  • Dwina, attendant on Elburga.
  • Ladies, attendants, and female Druids.
The scene is supposed to be in England, in the kingdom of Mercia, and the time near the end of the Heptarchy.