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Dramatis Personae.

Love for Love

by William Congreve





MEN.

SIR SAMPSON LEGEND, father to Valentine and Ben,--Mr
Underhill.
VALENTINE, fallen under his father's displeasure by
his expensive way of living, in love with Angelica,--Mr
Betterton.
SCANDAL, his friend, a free speaker,--Mr Smith.

TATTLE, a half-witted beau, vain of his amours, yet valuing himself
for secrecy,--Mr Bowman.
BEN, Sir Sampson's younger son, half
home-bred and half sea-bred, designed to marry Miss Prue,--Mr
Dogget.
FORESIGHT, an illiterate old fellow, peevish and
positive, superstitious, and pretending to understand astrology,
palmistry, physiognomy, omens, dreams, etc; uncle to Angelica,--Mr
Sanford.
JEREMY, servant to Valentine,--Mr Bowen.
TRAPLAND, a
scrivener,--Mr Triffusis.
BUCKRAM, a lawyer,--Mr Freeman.

WOMEN.

ANGELICA, niece to Foresight, of a considerable fortune in her
own hands,--Mrs Bracegirdle.
MRS FORESIGHT, second wife to
Foresight,--Mrs Bowman.
MRS FRAIL, sister to Mrs Foresight, a
woman of the town,--Mrs Barry.
MISS PRUE, daughter to Foresight
by a former wife, a silly, awkward country girl,--Mrs Ayliff.

NURSE to MISS,--Mrs Leigh.
JENNY,--Mrs Lawson.

A STEWARD, OFFICERS, SAILORS, AND SEVERAL SERVANTS.

The Scene in London.







                                                                                    

 

 

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Prologue. Spoken, at the opening of the new house, by Mr Betterton.
Epilogue. Spoken, at the opening of the new house, by Mrs Bracegirdle.
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