VINDICI, the revenger, sometimes disguised as Piato
HIPPOLITO, his brother
GRATIANA, his mother
CASTIZA, his sister
DUKE
Two JUDGES
DUCHESS
LUSSURIOSO, the Duke’s son by a previous marriage
AMBITIOSO, the eldest of the Duchess’s three sons by a previous marriage
SPURIO, the Duke’s bastard son
JUNIOR, the Duchess’s youngest son
SUPERVACUO, the Duchess’s middle son
ANTONIO, a virtuous old lord
PIERO, a virtuous lord
DONDOLO, Castiza’s servant
LORDS
Two SERVANTS of Spurio
NOBLES
Four prison OFFICERS
A prison KEEPER
GENTLEMEN
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SORDIDO } Lussurioso’s attendants
A FOURTH MAN in the final masque, Ambitioso’s henchman
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