The Works of ShakespeareCambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009 - Всего страниц: 368 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: TIMON OF ATHENS DRAMATIS PERSON. TiMON, of Athens Lucius, Lucullus, ]- flattering lords. Sempronius, J Ventidius, one of Timon's false friends. Alcibiades, an Athenian captain. Apemantus, a churlish philosopher. Flavius, steward to Timon. Poet, Painter, Jeweller, and Merchant. An old Athenian. Flaminius, 1 Lucilius, )- servants to Timon. Servilius, J Caphis, Philotus, Titus 1 f '.. servants to Timon's creditors. HORTENSIUS, And others. A Page. A Fool. Three Strangers. T?ra, ) stresses to Alcibiades. Cupid and Amazons in the mask. Other Lords, Senators, Officers, Soldiers, Banditti, and Attendants. Scene: Athens, and the neighbouring woods. Duration Of Time Dramatic Time. ?Six days with one interval. Day i. I. i., 2., 2. II. i., 2.; III. i.-3-, 3. III. 4--6.; IV. i.. 2. Interval. A 4. iv. 3. f 5- V. I., 2. 6. V. 3., 4- Historic Time.?414 B.c. was the date of Alcibiades' disgrace. chapter{Section 4INTRODUCTION The Lyfe Of Timon Of Athens was first printed The First in the Folio of 1623, as the fourth of the Tragedies. Ediuon- It is there divided neither into Acts nor Scenes, and the text is very corrupt. It is now generally agreed that large tracts of Authorship. Timon are not the work of Shakespeare. The following table gives a conspectus of the most currently accepted division, and of the resulting distribution of the characters: ? Shakespeare. Act I. I. Painter, Poet. Timon. Old Athenian. ? Apemantus, 257 f. 2., II. i. Not Shakespeare. 189 f. Timon, Apemantus.' (Except 249-265; 283-294 ?). Banquet. Apemantus. Masque. Senator, Caphis. 2. 1-44. Timon, Flavius. III. i.-4. 6. 98-115. Timon's de- nunciation of his guests. IV. i. Timon. ... |