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Coriolanus: Dramatis Personae

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Caius Martius, later named Coriolanus

Cominius, Titus Lartius, Roman generals

Menenius Agrippa, friend to Coriolanus

Sicinius Velutus, Junius Brutus, tribunes of the people

Young Martius, son to Coriolanus

A Roman Herald

Tullus Aufidius, General of the Volscians

Lieutenant to Aufidius

Conspirators with Aufidius

A Roman named Nicanor

A Volscian named Adrian

A Citizen of Antium

Two Volscian Guards

Volumnia, mother to Coriolanus

Virgilia, wife to Coriolanus

Valeria, a noble lady of Rome

Gentlewoman, attendant of Virgilia

Roman and Volscian Senators, Patricians, Aediles, Lictors, Soldiers, Citizens, Messengers, Servants to Aufidius, and other Attendants



Scene: Rome and the Volscian country to the south, with the towns of Corioli and Antium

Next: Coriolanus, Act 1, Scene 1

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