_MENEDEMUS_ _an Athenian gentleman_.
_CHREMES_ _a retired Ionian sponge-merchant_.
_CLINIA_ _son to Menedemus_.
_PAMPHILUS_ _son to Chremes_.
_PHILOLACHES_ _an actor, friend to Pamphilus_.
_SOSTRATA_ _wife to Chremes_.
_ANTIPHILA_ _daughter of Chremes, beloved of Clinia_.
_GORGO_ _beloved of Pamphilus_.
_The scene is in a suburb of Athens, opposite the house of Chremes
(L): on the other side is Menedemus’ garden (R): this occupies most
of the back of the stage: a gate from the garden gives on the stage:
between the garden and Chremes’ house a road runs down to the city._
_Duration of time—a few hours of one day. There is no pause in the
action, and the whole may be played continuously with a formal break
at the end of each act._