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A King and No King
By John Fletcher and Francis Beaumont - Stage play
Roles
- Tigranes - Adult (36-50), Senior (>50), Male
About this piece
Tigranes can't decide between Spaconia and Panthea
Summary
The play follows several story lines. The main story line is that of King Arbaces of Iberia who falls desperately in love with his beautiful sister sister Panthea. He even plans to rape her and then kill himself but turns out Panthea is not her sister after all since he is the son of Gobrius, the Protector of the Kingdom and Panthea daughter of the deceased king and Arane, the Queen mother. At the end Arbaces marries Panthea. In another story line the king of Armenia, Tigranes, who is engaged to Spaconia, falls in love with Panthea as well. Arbaces had initially thought to give out in marriage his sister to him before he fell in love with her. In this monologue Tigranes expresses his frustrations about having to decide between his old love Spaconia and his new passion, the beautiful Princess Panthea.
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