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OCTAVIA


DRAMATIS PERSONAE

Octavia Stepsister and wife of Nero.
Nurse of Octavia.
Poppaea Mistress and afterward wife of Nero.
Ghost of Agrippina Mother of Nero, slain by him.
Nero Emperor of Rome.
Seneca Former tutor of Nero, and later one of his chief counselors.
Prefect of Roman Soldiers.
Messenger.  
Chorus of Romans  Sympathetic with Octavia.
Chorus Attached to the interests of the court.
 
The scene is laid throughout in different apartments of the palace of Nero, and is concerned with the events of the year 62 a.d.