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THE WORKS

OF

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

EDITED BY

WILLIAM GEORGE CLARK, M.A.

FELLOW AND TUTOR OF TRINITY COLLEGE, AND PUBLIC ORATOR
IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE;

and JOHN GLOVER, M.A.

LIBRARIAN OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

 
VOLUME I.
 

Cambridge and London:
MACMILLAN AND CO.
1863.

Solinus2, duke of Ephesus.

Ægeon, a merchant of Syracuse.

twin brothers, and sons to Ægeon and Æmilia.

twin brothers, and attendants on the two Antipholuses.

Balthazar, a merchant.

Angelo, a goldsmith.

First Merchant, friend to Antipholus of Syracuse.

Second Merchant, to whom Angelo is a debtor.

Pinch, a schoolmaster.

Æmilia, wife to Ægeon, an abbess at Ephesus.

Adriana, wife to Antipholus of Ephesus.

Luciana, her sister.

Luce, servant to Adriana.

A Courtezan.

Gaoler, Officers, and other Attendants.

1. Dramatis Personæ first given by Rowe.

2. Solinus] See note (I).