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DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. - Voltaire, The Works of Voltaire, Vol. VIII The Dramatic Works Part 1 (Mérope, Olympia, The Orphan of China, Brutus) and Part II (Mahomet, Amelia, Oedipus, Mariamne, Socrates). [1901]

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The Works of Voltaire. A Contemporary Version. A Critique and Biography by John Morley, notes by Tobias Smollett, trans. William F. Fleming (New York: E.R. DuMont, 1901). In 21 vols. Vol. VIII The Dramatic Works Part 1 (Mérope, Olympia, The Orphan of China, Brutus) and Part II (Mahomet, Amelia, Oedipus, Mariamne, Socrates).

Part of: The Works of Voltaire. A Contemporary Version, in 21 vols.

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DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

Varus, a Roman Prætor, Governor of Syria.

Herod, King of Palestine.

Mariamne, Wife of Herod.

Salome, Sister of Herod.

Albinus, Friend to Varus.

MAZAEL, }Herod’s Ministers.
IDAMAS, }

Nabal, an old Officer under the Asmonæan Kings.

Eliza, Confidante of Mariamne.

Herod’s Guard, Attendants on Varus, Herod, and Mariamne.

SCENE, Jerusalem.

This piece was produced in 1724, the part of Mariamne was played by Adrienne Lecouvreur.