"The Tempest" & "Timon of Athens" Plays Needs Teenagers

Alonso is the King of Naples. An enemy of Prospero’s, he accepted Antonio’s proposition to help the latter usurp Prospero’s throne in return for Antonio’s swearing Milan’s fealty to Naples.

Sebastian is the brother of Alonso, the King of Naples.

Prospero is the deposed Duke of Milan.

Antonio is Prospero’s brother. He usurped the throne of Milan from his brother with Alonso’s help, willingly abandoning the sovereignty of the Dukedom to Naples.

Ferdinand is Alonso’s son. Cast up on his own on the island after the wreck, he is convinced that his father has drowned, not least by Ariel’s songs.

Gonzalo is an old man, an honest counselor of Alonso’s.

Adrian is a lord in Alonso’s suite. He appreciates the climate of the island where they have landed, and questions Gonzalo’s scholarship.

Francisco is a lord in Alonso’s suite. He attempts to comfort the King with the hope that Ferdinand may be alive, but is unsuccessful. He is intrigued by the vanishing of the spirits at the feast.

Caliban is the savage son of the witch Sycorax, and was born on the island.

Trinculo is Alonso’s jester. He is a coward and is delighted to have Caliban subservient to him. He has a taste for finery as well as for liquor, and plans to help Stefano become king of the island.

Stephano is Alonso’s butler. He has something of a taste for liquor, and is well-served when he is cast up on the shore with a butt of wine that he held onto to avoid drowning.

The Master of Ship captains a ship bearing the King of Naples and his closest advisers home from a wedding in Tunis.

Boatswain is in charge of running the ship in the storm.

Mariners try to keep the ship afloat during the storm, but soon realize that all is lost and that their only hope is in prayer. They spend some time under strange hatches, haunted by odd sounds, but then awake to discover that their ship has not been wrecked after all.

Miranda is Prospero’s daughter. Though she has some vague memories of her time at court when she was a toddler, in the main she has no recollection of a life other than being isolated on an island with no company but her father and Caliban.

Ariel is an airy spirit bound in service to Prospero and impatient for his release.

Iris is one of Prospero’s spirits, representing the goddess of the rainbow in the masque.

Ceres is one of Prospero’s spirits (likely Ariel) representing the goddess of the harvest in the masque. She joins Juno to bless Ferdinand and Miranda’s union.

Juno is one of Prospero’s spirits, representing the Queen of Heaven and goddess of marriage in the masque. She joins with Ceres to bless Ferdinand and Miranda’s union.

Timon of Athens is a rich man of Athens with absolutely no sense of scale, either in prosperity or in misery.

Lucius is a lord of Athens, one of Timon’s flattering friends who is only generous to rich people.

Lucullus is a lord of Athens, one of Timon’s flattering and not particularly generous friends, though he does send him some hunting hounds when he invites Timon to hunt with him.

Sempronius is a lord of Athens, one of Timon’s flattering friends, and a very proud man who considers himself insulted to be asked for help after others instead of first

Ventidius is a friend of Timon’s who tends to live beyond his means, to the extent that he ends up in prison for debt.

Alcibiades is a young Athenian captain, a great soldier who has won many victories for Athens.

Apemantus is a professional cynic, a snarling, nasty man who insults everybody he meets without appearing to derive any pleasure from doing so.

Flavius is Timon’s Steward, and the head of his household, and the man best aware of just how much his master spends.

Flaminius is one of Timon’s servants, sent to request fifty talents from Lucullus when Timon’s debts catch up with him.

Servilius is one of Timon’s servants, sent to request fifty talents from Lucius when Timon’s debts catch up with him.

Lucilius is one of Timon’s servants, a younger man who has served his master well for some years now.

Timon's Servant is sent to request fifty talents of Sempronius when Timon’s debts catch up with him.

Caphis is the servant of a Senator who also dabbles in usury and has lent Timon a great deal of money.

Philotus is the servant of one of Timon’s creditors, sent to recover the debt, though he has little hope of doing so.

Titus is the servant of one of Timon’s creditors, sent to ask for repayment on that debt.

Hortensius is the servant of one of Timon’s creditors, sent to recover a debt.

A Poet is a verse-maker who lives by acquiring the support (and therefore money) of rich men whom he praises in his poems.

A Painter is a starving artist in need of patronage who, along with his fellow crawler the Poet, hopes to get money off Timon by flattering him.

A Jeweller [possibly named Titus] is a flattering man who brings Timon a jewel, knowing that the latter will buy it no matter the cost.

A Merchant is a flattering man who attends Timon’s feast and is well aware of what Apemantus is like.

An Old Athenian is a rich, upright, honorable and crusty old man with a healthy respect for his own position in life.

Timon's Page is sent to bring two letters, one to Timon and one to Alcibiades.

A Fool speaks truth in riddles, and has a good mocking tongue.

Phrynia is one of Alcibiades’s mistresses, accompanying him and his army as he marches on Athens.

Timandra is one of Alcibiades’s mistresses, accompanying him and his army as he marches on Athens.

Cupid is one of the Ladies who come to present a masque of the five senses at Timon’s feast, and explains the idea to Timon.

The First Stranger has his ear to the ground and knows what is happening to Timon’s fortunes before some of Timon’s supposed friends do.

The Second Stranger (Hostilius) is shocked that Lucullus has refused to help Timon out, and gossips to Lucius about it.

The Third Stranger is appalled at Lucius’s refusal to help Timon.

Varro's First Servant works for a usurer to whom Timon owes a great deal of money (3,000 crowns), who is sent to recover a sum that’s been due for six weeks.

Varro's Second Servant works for a usurer to whom Timon owes a great deal of money (3,000 crowns), and is sent along with Varro’s First Servant to recover the sum when the latter is unsuccessful in getting the money back on his own.

Lucullus’s Servant is trusted by his master, but not so much that Lucullus will attempt to offer a bribe in his presence.

First Lady Amazon Masker is one of the Ladies who come to present a masque of the five senses at Timon’s feast, and disclaims his praise.

Lady Amazon Maskers [mute roles] are a group of women who come to present a masque of the five senses at Timon’s feast.

The First Lord is an Athenian gentleman, one of Timon’s innumerable bootlickers, who thinks nothing of simply walking off the street to eat at Timon’s table and receiving rich gifts from him with no more repayment than flattery.

The Second Lord is an Athenian gentleman, one of Timon’s innumerable bootlickers, who thinks nothing of simply walking off the street to eat at Timon’s table and receiving rich gifts from him with no more repayment than flattery.

The Third Lord is one of Timon’s innumerable bootlickers, who refuses to help him out when he is in need and is shocked at Timon’s reaction.

The Fourth Lord is one of Timon’s innumerable bootlickers, who refuses to help him out when he is in need and is shocked at Timon’s reaction.

A Messenger from Ventidius comes to beg Timon to pay off the debt when Ventidius is arrested for non-repayment of five talents, a huge sum.

Lucius’s Servant is sent by his master to recover some money from Timon, and is well aware that the man is essentially bankrupt.

The First Bandit does not see why a ruined man should be left any money at all, but insists he is not a thief.

The Second Bandit has heard that Timon has some treasure on him and brings his fellows to find him, but insists that he is not a thief.

The Third Bandit has seen Timon before; like his fellows, he insists that he is not a thief.

The First Senator is an old man, one of the members of government who refuses to help Timon when he is in need.

The Second Senator is an old man, one of the members of government who refuses to help Timon when he is in need, and refuses to pay any attention to Alcibiades’s pleas for one of his men’s life.

The Third Senator practices usury on the side, and is deeply concerned about how much money Timon spends.

The Fourth Senator is terrified of the arrival of Alcibiades’s army.

Isidore’s Servant is the servant of a usurer to whom Timon owes a great deal of money.

A Messenger informs the Senate of just how bad the situation with Alcibiades’s approaching army is, and also informs them that Alcibiades too is seeking Timon’s support.

A Soldier is sent by Alcibiades to find Timon and ask for his support in his attack on Athens, but only finds Timon’s grave.