A Series of Plays in which it is attempted to delineate The Stronger Passions of the Mind, Volume Two/Ethwald - Part First
ETHWALD:
A TRAGEDY,
IN FIVE ACTS.
PART FIRST.
PERSONS OF THE DRAMA.
MEN:
Oswal, king of Mercia.
Edward, his nephew, and ethling or heir to the crown.
Seagurth, father to Edward.
Ethwald.
Ethelbert, a noble Thane.
Selred, elder brother to Ethwald.
Mollo, father to Ethwald, a Thane of small consideration.
Hexulf, a bigotted bishop.
Alwy, an artful adventurer.
Woggarwolfê, a rude marauding Thane.
Ongar, a creature of Alwy's.
Mystics and Mystic Sisters, supposed to be the successors of the Druidical Diviners; Soldiers, Attendants, &c.
WOMEN:
Elburga, daughter to king Oswal.
Bertha, attached to Ethwald.
Sigurtha, mother to Bertha and niece to Mollo, living in his castle, with her daughter, as part of his family.
Dwina, attendant on Elburga.
Ladies, Attendants, and female Druids.
The Scene is supposed to be in England, in the kingdom of Mercia, and the time near the end of the Heptarchy.