DRAMATIS PERSONAE 
 
THE OLD DOGE. 
THE COUNT CESARE MORTADELLO. 
THE THREE, the supreme secret council whose members are known 
only to the Doge. 
THE TEN, the second secret council, whose members are known 
only to the Doge and The Three. 
THE COUNT ALESSANDRO, an extravagant. 
THE COUNT LORENZO, his friend. 
THE LORD GABRIELE, a hunchback, one of The Three. 
THE COUNT ALONZO, one of The Ten. 
ORLANDO, a negro of the Tunisian Sudan, a bravo. 
THE LEGATE OF THE POPE. 
The archbishop, bishops, clergy, sbirri, gondoliers, Jew 
merchants, bravos, officers of state, secretary to the Doge, soldiers, 
sentinels, bodyguards, the governor of the prison, servants, etc. 
 
THE COUNTESS MAGDALENA PISELLI, the widowed daughter-in-law 
of the Doge. 
THE COUNTESS LUCREZIA SANZIO, a gay lady. 
ZELINA VISCONTI, a courtesan. 
THE PRINCESS MONICA ARETINO, a saint. 
THE ABBESS OF THE URSULINES. 
Venetian ladies, women of the people, courtesans, nuns, etc. 
 
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