Timon of Athens

Name: Timon of Athens
Author: William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

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Dramatis Personae

Timon, of Athens
Lucius, flattering lord
Lucullus, flattering lord
Sempronius, flattering lord
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, servant of Timon
Lucilius, servant of Timon
Servilius, servant of Timon
Caphis, servant to Timon’s creditors
Philotus, servant to Timon’s creditors
Titus, servant to Timon’s creditors
Lucius, creditors
Hortensius, servant to Timon’s creditors
And other servants to Timon’s creditors
A page
A fool
Three strangers
Phrynia, mistress to Alcibiades
Timandra, mistress to Alcibiades
Cupid and Amazons in the mask
Other lords, senators, officers, soldiers, banditti, and attendants

Scene: Athens, and the neighbouring woods.

Act I

restoring your place…

fetching the rest…

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Dramatis Personae

Timon, of Athens

Lucius, flattering lord

Lucullus, flattering lord

Sempronius, flattering lord

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, servant of Timon

Lucilius, servant of Timon

Servilius, servant of Timon

Caphis, servant to Timon’s creditors

Philotus, servant to Timon’s creditors

Titus, servant to Timon’s creditors

Lucius, creditors

Hortensius, servant to Timon’s creditors

And other servants to Timon’s creditors

A page

A fool

Three strangers

Phrynia, mistress to Alcibiades

Timandra, mistress to Alcibiades

Cupid and Amazons in the mask

Other lords, senators, officers, soldiers, banditti, and attendants

Scene: Athens, and the neighbouring woods.

More by William Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

You get a play that keeps changing its mind about love, from the quarrelling lovers in the forest to Bottom blundering through his amateur performance. The language is playful and slippery, and Puck gives the whole thing a mischievous sense that human beings are never quite in control.

All’s Well That Ends Well

Helena chases a man who plainly doesn't deserve her, and the play knows it, which is what makes it interesting. If you like your comedies uneasy, with a bed trick and an ending that only half convinces, this one will stick with you.

Antony and Cleopatra

These two aren't young lovers, they're middle-aged, vain, magnificent messes who keep wrecking empires over each other, and you half want to shake them. Stay for Enobarbus, the dry-eyed friend whose barge speech about Cleopatra is worth the whole play.