Remorse: a Tragedy, in Five Acts/Dramatis Personae

4306682Remorse: a Tragedy, in Five Acts — Dramatis PersonæSamuel Taylor Coleridge

DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

Velez = Marquis Valdez, Father to the two brothers, and Doña Teresa's Guardian. Albert = Don Alvar, the eldest son. Osorio = Don Ordonio, the youngest son. Francesco = Monviedro, a Dominican and Inquisitor. Maurice = Zulimez, the faithful attendant on Alvar. Ferdinand = Isidore, a Moresco Chieftain, ostensibly a Christian. Naomi = Naomi.

 	Moors, Servants, &c.

Maria = Doña Teresa, an Orphan Heiress. Alhadra, wife of Ferdinand = Alhadra, Wife of Isidore. Familiars of the Inquisition. Moors, Servants, &c.

Time. The reign of Philip II., just at the close of the civil wars against the Moors, and during the heat of the persecution which raged against them, shortly after the edict which forbad the wearing of Moresco apparel under pain of Death.