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George Jean Nathan, H. L. Mencken

Heliogabalus: A Buffoonery in Three Acts

Published by Good Press, 2021

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EAN 4066338057006

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DRAMATIS PERSONÆ

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VARIUS AVITUS BASSIANUS HELIOGABALUS: Emperor of Rome. PAULA: His senior wife. ANNIA FAUSTINA: } CÆLESTIS: } AQUILIA SEVERA: }Junior wives. ALINIA: } DACIA: } LUCIA THE GALATIAN: A Christian maiden. SIMON OF CAPPADOCIA: A Christian clergyman. CAIUS MACRINUS: Commander of the Western fleet. POLORUS: A physician. PISO: A physician. RUFINIUS: Major-domo to HELIOGABALUS. HECATUS: A Greek. CORNELIA METELLI: A public woman. LUCIUS MACEDONICUS: A pickpocket.

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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