A Christian Turn'd Turk - Characters

Characters

“ The list of dramtis personae printed in the 1612 quarto is incomplete and innaccurate. I have revised the list, adding missing characters' names, removing "ghost characters", correcting inconsistencies, and eliminating confusion. ”
— Daniel Vitkus
  • Ward - English pirate captain
  • Dansiker - Dutch pirate captain
  • Francisco - Pirate captain
  • Gismund - Ward's officer
  • Sares - Dansiker's captain
  • Lieutenant - Dansiker's officer
  • Monsieur Davy - Master of a French merchant ship
  • Ferdinand - French merchant
  • Albert - French merchant
  • Lemot - French gentleman, Alizia's brother
  • Carolo - French gentleman, friend of Lemot
  • Frederick - French gentleman
  • Raymond - French gentleman
  • First Son - Son to Raymond
  • Second Son - Later Raymond, eponymous son of Raymond
  • Governor - Viceroy of Tunis
  • Crosman - Captain of the janissaries in Tunis, Voada's brother
  • Mufti - Religious leader to the Muslim community of Tunis
  • Mulli - A Turk of Tunis
  • Benwash - A wealthy Jewish merchant
  • Ruben Rabshake - Servant to Benwash
  • Alizia - Sister to Lemot, disguised as a sailor's boy, then as the page Fidelio. Betrothed to Raymond the younger.
  • Agar - Turkish wife of Benwash
  • Voada - Sister of Crosman, married to Ward after his conversion

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