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DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Goethe’s Works, vol. 2 (Faust 1 & 2, Egmont, Natural Daughter, Sorrows of Young Werther) [1885]

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Goethe’s Works, illustrated by the best German artists, 5 vols. (Philadelphia: G. Barrie, 1885). Vol. 2.

Part of: Goethe’s Works, 5 vols.

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DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

Faust.

Mephistopheles(in various disguises).

also in

ACT I.

Ariel.

Emperor.

Fool(Mephistopheles).

Chancellor.

Commander-in-Chief.

Treasurer.

Marshal.

Astrologer.

Various Ladies, Gentlemen and Pages of the court. Also numerous male and female masks.

SceneChiefly in the different apartments and Pleasure Garden of the Imperial Palace.

ACT II.

Famulus.

Baccalaureus.

Wagner.

Homunculus.

Numerous mythical personages and monsters appearing in the Classical Walpurgis-Night.

Scene—Faust’sStudy; afterwards the Pharsalian Plains.

ACT III.

Helen.

Phorkyad(Mephistopheles).

Lynceus,the Watchman.

Euphorion, Helen’sSon.

Panthalisand Chorus of Trojan women.

SceneAt first the supposed Palace of Menelaus in Sparta; afterwards the Courtyard of a mediæval castle, and finally a rocky dell.

ACT IV.

The three mighty men:Bully, Havequick,andHoldfast.

Speedquick.

TheEmperor,and other officers of his Court, as inAct I.

SceneA high mountainous country and the adjacent neighborhood.

ACT V.

Baucis.

Philemon.

A Wanderer.

Lynceus.

The four gray women:Want, Guilt, CareandNeed.

Lemures.

A Penitent,formerlyMargaret.

Dr. Marianus.

Chorus of Angels and Penitents and various Heavenly characters.

SceneThe neighborhood ofFaust’sPalace, afterwards rocky heights and the higher regions of the sky.

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