_NERO_.
_BRITANNICUS_ _stepson to Agrippina_.
_BURRUS_ _praetorian prefect_.
_SENECA_ _tutor to Nero_.
_LUCAN, the poet, nephew to Seneca_ }
_OTHO_ } } _friends of Nero_.
_PETRONIUS_} _gentlemen of Rome_ }
_PALLAS_ _master of the imperial household_.
_TIGELLINUS_ _successor to Pallas_.
_THRASEA, a Stoic_ } _honest senators_.
_PRISCUS_ }
_ANICETUS_ _an admiral_.
_PARIS_ _a player, favourite of Nero_.
_SELEUCUS_ _an astrologer_.
_Messengers, Servants, &c._
_AGRIPPINA AUGUSTA_ _mother to Nero_.
_OCTAVIA_ _wife to Nero, sister to Britannicus_.
_POPPÆA_ _wife to Otho, loved of Nero_.
_DOMITIA_ _sister-in-law to Agrippina_.
_FULVIA_ _attendant on Agrippina_.
_Maids, &c._
_Scene. The first four acts are laid in ROME; the fifth is at BAIÆ._