The Winter’s Tale (Characters of the Play) William Shakespeare

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DRAMATIS PERSONAE

Leontes – The King of Sicily, and the childhood friend of the Bohemian King Polixenes
Hermione – The virtuous and beautiful Queen of Sicily
Camillo – An honest Sicilian nobleman
Paulina – A noblewoman of Sicily
Antigonus – Paulina's husband, and also a loyal friend of Hermione
Dion – A lord of Sicily
Cleomenes – A Sicilian lord
Mamillius – The young prince of Sicily, Leontes and Hermione's son
Emilia – One of Hermione's ladies-in-waiting
Jailer – Charged with imprisoning Hermione
Mariner – His ship takes Antigonus to Bohemia

Polixenes – The King of Bohemia, and Leontes's boyhood friend
Florizel – Polixenes's only son and heir
Perdita – The daughter of Leontes and Hermione, unaware of her royal lineage
Shepherd – An old and honorable sheep-tender
Clown – or Young Shepherd, the Old Shepherd's buffoonish son, and Perdita's adopted brother
Autolycus – A roguish peddler, vagabond, and pickpocket
Mopsa – A shepherdess, in love with Young Shepherd
Dorcas – A shepherdess, in love with Young Shepherd
Archidamus – A lord of Bohemia, visiting Sicilia with his king

Lords, servants, gentlemen, ladies in Sicilia
Shepherds, shepherdesses, servants in Bohemia

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