The Life of Timon of Athens
Table of Contents
Dramatis Personae
TIMON, of Athens.
LUCIUS LUCULLUS SEMPRONIUS | flattering lords. |
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 LUCILIUS SERVILIUS | servants to Timon. |
CAPHIS PHILOTUS TITUS LUCIUS HORTENSIUS And others | servants to Timon's creditors. |
A Page.
A Fool.
Three Strangers.
PHRYNIA TIMANDRA | mistresses to Alcibiades. |
Cupid and Amazons in the mask.
Other Lords, Senators, Officers, Soldiers, Banditti, and Attendants.
SCENE Athens, and the neighbouring woods.
Chapter 1. ACT I
1. SCENE I. Athens. A hall in Timon's house.
Enter Poet, Painter, Jeweller, Merchant, and others, at several doors
Looking at the jewel
Enter certain Senators, and pass over
Trumpets sound. Enter TIMON, addressing himself courteously to every suitor; a Messenger from VENTIDIUS talking with him; LUCILIUS and other servants following
Exit
Enter an old Athenian
Exeunt LUCILIUS and Old Athenian
Enter APEMANTUS
Trumpet sounds. Enter a Messenger
Exeunt some Attendants
Enter ALCIBIADES, with the rest
Exeunt all except APEMANTUS
Enter two Lords
Exit
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2. SCENE II. A banqueting-room in Timon's house.
Hautboys playing loud music. A great banquet served in; FLAVIUS and others attending; then enter TIMON, ALCIBIADES, Lords, Senators, and VENTIDIUS. Then comes, dropping, after all, APEMANTUS, discontentedly, like himself
They all stand ceremoniously looking on TIMON
They sit
Eats and drinks
Tucket, within
Enter a Servant
Enter Cupid
Exit Cupid
Music. Re-enter Cupid with a mask of Ladies as Amazons, with lutes in their hands, dancing and playing
The Lords rise from table, with much adoring of TIMON; and to show their loves, each singles out an Amazon, and all dance, men with women, a lofty strain or two to the hautboys, and cease
Exeunt Cupid and Ladies
Aside
Exit
Re-enter FLAVIUS, with the casket
Enter a Servant
Enter a Second Servant
Enter a third Servant
Exit
Exeunt all but APEMANTUS and TIMON
Exit
Exit
Chapter 2. ACT II
1. SCENE I. A Senator's house.
Enter Senator, with papers in his hand
Enter CAPHIS
Exeunt
2. SCENE II. The same. A hall in Timon's house.
Enter FLAVIUS, with many bills in his hand
Enter CAPHIS, and the Servants of Isidore and Varro
Enter TIMON, ALCIBIADES, and Lords, &c
Exeunt ALCIBIADES and Lords
To FLAVIUS
Exit
Exit
Enter APEMANTUS and Fool
To the Fool
Enter Page
Exit
Re-enter TIMON and FLAVIUS
Exeunt APEMANTUS and Fool
Exeunt Servants
Enter FLAMINIUS, SERVILIUS, and other Servants
To a Servant
To FLAVIUS
To Servant
Exit Servant
To FLAVIUS
Exeunt
Chapter 3. ACT III
1. SCENE I. A room in Lucullus' house.
FLAMINIUS waiting. Enter a Servant to him
Enter LUCULLUS
Exit Servants
Re-enter Servant, with wine
To Servant
Exit Servant
Throwing the money back
Exit
Exit
2. SCENE II. A public place.
Enter LUCILIUS, with three Strangers
Enter SERVILIUS
To LUCIUS
Exit SERVILIUS
Exit
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3. SCENE III. A room in Sempronius' house.
Enter SEMPRONIUS, and a Servant of TIMON's
Exit
Exit
4. SCENE IV. The same. A hall in Timon's house.
Enter two Servants of Varro, and the Servant of LUCIUS, meeting TITUS, HORTENSIUS, and other Servants of TIMON's creditors, waiting his coming out
Enter PHILOTUS
Exit
Enter FLAVIUS in a cloak, muffled
Exit
Enter SERVILIUS
Enter TIMON, in a rage, FLAMINIUS following
Exit
Exeunt
Re-enter TIMON and FLAVIUS
Exeunt
5. SCENE V. The same. The senate-house. The Senate sitting.
Enter ALCIBIADES, with Attendants
Exeunt Senators
Exit
6. SCENE VI. The same. A banqueting-room in Timon's house.
Music. Tables set out: Servants attending. Enter divers Lords, Senators and others, at several doors
Enter TIMON and Attendants
The banquet brought in
The dishes are uncovered and seen to be full of warm water
Throwing the water in their faces
Throws the dishes at them, and drives them out
Exit
Re-enter the Lords, Senators, &c
Exeunt
Chapter 4. ACT IV
1. SCENE I. Without the walls of Athens.
Enter TIMON
Exit
2. SCENE II. Athens. A room in Timon's house.
Enter FLAVIUS, with two or three Servants
Enter other Servants
Servants embrace, and part several ways
Exit
3. SCENE III. Woods and cave, near the seashore.
Enter TIMON, from the cave
Digging
March afar off
Keeping some gold
Enter ALCIBIADES, with drum and fife, in warlike manner; PHRYNIA and TIMANDRA
Drum beats. Exeunt ALCIBIADES, PHRYNIA, and TIMANDRA
Digging
Enter APEMANTUS
Eating a root
Offering him a root
Throws a stone at him
To the gold
Exit APEMANTUS
Enter Banditti
Exeunt Banditti
Enter FLAVIUS
Exit FLAVIUS. TIMON retires to his cave
Chapter 5. ACT V
1. SCENE I. The woods. Before Timon's cave.
Enter Poet and Painter; TIMON watching them from his cave
TIMON comes from his cave, behind
Coming forward
To Painter
To Poet
Beats them out, and then retires to his cave
Enter FLAVIUS and two Senators
TIMON comes from his cave
Retires to his cave
Exeunt
2. SCENE II. Before the walls of Athens.
Enter two Senators and a Messenger
Enter the Senators from TIMON
Exeunt
3. SCENE III. The woods. Timon's cave, and a rude tomb seen.
Enter a Soldier, seeking TIMON
Exit
4. SCENE IV. Before the walls of Athens.
Trumpets sound. Enter ALCIBIADES with his powers
A parley sounded
Enter Senators on the walls
The Senators descend, and open the gates
Enter Soldier
Exeunt