Transcribed from the 1916 Methuen and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org THE DUCHESS OF PADUA A PLAY BY OSCAR WILDE BY METHUEN & CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON Fifth Edition THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY Simone Gesso, Duke of Padua Beatrice, his Wife Andreas Pollajuolo, Cardinal of Padua Maffio Petrucci, Jeppo Vitellozzo, Taddeo Bardi } Gentlemen of the Duke’s Household Guido Ferranti, a Young Man Ascanio Cristofano, his Friend Count Moranzone, an Old Man Bernardo Cavalcanti, Lord Justice of Padua Hugo, the Headsman Lucy, a Tire woman Servants, Citizens, Soldiers, Monks, Falconers with their hawks and dogs, etc. Place: Padua