PERSONS AND PRESENCES
Reading edition
I. OF THE MASQUE PROPER[9]
Speaking Persons
ARIEL
SYCORAX[10]
CALIBAN
PROSPERO
MIRANDA
Lust
Death
War
Caligula [Impersonated by Lust]
One in Gray [Impersonated by Death]
Another in Gray [Impersonated by Caliban]
Mute Presences
SETEBOS[11]
Choral Presences
SPIRITS OF ARIEL
POWERS OF SETEBOS
Pantomime Groups
Lust Group ┐
Death Group │
War Group ├ Impersonated by the Powers of Setebos
Roman Group │
The Ones in Gray ┘
Transformation Choir ┐
Gregorian Choir ├ Impersonated by the Spirits of Ariel
The Ones in Green ┘
The Nine Muses
Renaissance Fauns
II. OF THE TEN INNER-STAGE SCENES
[Enacted by the Spirits of Ariel.]
See Appendix: Pages 159-161.
Of these scenes eight are spoken scenes taken from plays of Shakespeare; one (the sixth) is a pantomime devised from a descriptive speech in “Henry the Eighth,” Act I, Scene I; one (the fourth) is a tableau scene symbolic of the early Christian Church. Those taken from Shakespeare are printed in black-faced type.
III. OF THE INTERLUDES
See Appendix: Pages 162, 166, 172, 184, 187, 190, 195.
IV. OF THE EPILOGUE
Speaking Persons
The Spirit of Time
Shakespeare [as Prospero]
Pantomime Groups[12]
Theatres [with Musicians, Dancers, Designers, Producers,
Inventors, etc.: Creators of the art of the theatre]
Actors
Dramatists
Spirit Trumpeters [Announcers of the Groups]
STAGE·FOR·SHAKESPEARE·MASQUE·
BEHIND THE CLOUDY CURTAINS IS STAGE A OF INNER SCENES (SEE GROUND PLAN) IN FRONT OF THE CURTAINS IS STAGE B OF MASQUE PROPER (SEE GROUND PLAN) AT CENTRE, CALIBAN’S CELL OPENS UPON STAGE C OF INTERLUDES (SEE GROUND PLAN)
CALIBAN