Heliogabalus (A Buffoonery in Three Acts)
HELIOGABALUS
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HELIOGABALUS
A BUFFOONERY IN THREE ACTS
by H. L. Mencken and
George Jean Nathan
NEW YORKALFRED • A • KNOPFMCMXX
COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY
H. L. MENCKEN and
GEORGE JEAN NATHAN
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DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
VARIUS AVITUS BASSIANUS HELIOGABALUS:
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Emperor of Rome.
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PAULA:
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His senior wife.
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ANNIA FAUSTINA: |
Junior wives.
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LUCIA THE GALATIAN:
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A Christian maiden.
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SIMON OF CAPPADOCIA:
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A Christian clergyman.
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CAIUS MACRINUS:
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Commander of the Western fleet.
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POLORUS:
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A physician.
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PISO:
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A physician.
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RUFINIUS:
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Major-domo to HELIOGABALUS.
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HECATUS:
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A Greek.
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CORNELIA METELLI:
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A public woman.
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LUCIUS MACEDONICUS:
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A pickpocket.
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Army Officers, Imperial Guards, Additional Wives of the Emperor, Dancing Girls, Slaves, etc.
| ACT I: | The atrium in the imperial palace. The night before New Year's Day, A.D. 221. | |
| ACT II: | The imperial bed-chamber. Toward the middle of the year 221. | |
| ACT III: | Antechamber and banquet hall in the palace. The evening of the following day. |
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