MARY TUDOR
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DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
Mary, The Queen.
Jane.
Gilbert.
Fabiano Fabiani.
Simon Renard.
Joshua Farnaby.
A Jew.
Lord Clinton.
Lord Chandos.
Lord Montague.
Master Eneas Dulverton.
Lord Gardiner.
A Jailer.
Lords, Pages, Guards, the Executioner.
LONDON, 1553.
MARY TUDOR
FIRST DAY
A MAN OF THE PEOPLE
Scene.—Border of the Thames. A deserted strand. An old parapet in ruins, conceals the borders of the water. To the right, a house of mean appearance. At the corner of this house, a statuette of the Virgin, at whose feet burns a wick in an iron lattice. In the background, beyond the Thames, London. Two high buildings are seen—the Tower of London and Westminster. The sun is setting