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Pelopidas ; Or, The Deliverance of Thebes

A Play In Five Acts
Atherstone, Edwin (1788-1872)
  
PELOPIDAS;
  
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ACT I.
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Scene I.
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Scene II.
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ACT II.
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Scene III.
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Scene IV.
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ACT III.
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ACT IV.
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ACT V.
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Scene IV.

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    Persons Represented.

  • Leontidas Nobleman of the Aristocratic faction; and afterwards Tyrant.
  • Philip Nobleman of the Aristocratic faction; and afterwards Tyrant.
  • Archias Nobleman of the Aristocratic faction; and afterwards Tyrant.
  • Philidas—Secretary to the Tyrants.
  • Charon—A Noble Theban, of neither Party.
  • His Infant Son.
  • Ismenias.
  • Epaminondas.
  • Pelopidas Noble Theban of the Democratic Party; and afterwards a Liberator of Thebes.
  • Androclides Noble Theban of the Democratic Party; and afterwards a Liberator of Thebes.
  • Gorgidas Noble Theban of the Democratic Party; and afterwards a Liberator of Thebes.
  • Theopompus Noble Theban of the Democratic Party; and afterwards a Liberator of Thebes.
  • Democlides Noble Theban of the Democratic Party; and afterwards a Liberator of Thebes.
  • Pherenicus Noble Theban of the Democratic Party; and afterwards a Liberator of Thebes.
  • Melon Noble Theban of the Democratic Party; and afterwards a Liberator of Thebes.
  • Cephisidorus Noble Theban of the Democratic Party; and afterwards a Liberator of Thebes.
  • Phœbidas—The Spartan General.
  • Abas—A Tailor.
  • Achilles—A Tailor.
  • Agamemnon—A Tailor.
  • Telemon—A Cobbler.
  • Clonius—A Poor Theban Youth.
  • Menon—Servant to Archias.
  • Protus—A Rustic.
  • A Bailiff.

    WOMEN.

  • Clymene—Wife of Charon.
  • Thulia—Wife of Androclides.
  • Doris—Wife of Protus.
  • A Priestess.
  • Lords, Soldiers, Servants, a Murderer.
Scene—At and near Thebes.
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