The Master of Verona

David Blixt The Master of Verona

"I shall live in thy heart,

die in thy lap,

and be buried in thy eyes…"

Dramatis Personae

* denotes a character recorded by history

† denotes a character from Shakespeare

Scaligeri

Francesco 'Cangrande' della Scala* — Ruler of Verona

Giovanna of Svevia * — Cangrande's wife, great-grand-daughter of Frederick II

Franceschino 'Cecchino' della Scala * — nephew to Cangrande

Federigo della Scala * — Cangrande's cousin

Alberto II della Scala * — Cangrande's nephew, brother of Mastino, b. 1306

Mastino II della Scala †* — Cangrande's nephew, brother of Alberto, b. 1308

Francesco 'Cesco' della Scala †* — a bastard, b. 1314

Nogarola

Antonio Nogarola II *- Vicentine nobleman, elder brother to Bailardino

Bailardino Nogarola *- Lord of Vicenza, husband to Cangrande's sister, Katerina

Katerina della Scala *- sister to Cangrande, wife of Bailardino

Bailardetto 'Detto' Nogarola — son of Bailardino and Katerina. b. 1315

Alaghieri

Durante 'Dante' Alaghieri * — Florentine poet exiled in 1302

Gemma Donati * — wife of Dante, living in Florence

Pietro Alaghieri * — Dante's heir

Jacopo 'Poco' Alaghieri * — Dante's youngest son

Antonia Alaghieri * — Dante's daughter

Carrara

Giacomo 'Il Grande' da Carrara * — Paduan Lord, uncle to Marsilio

Marsilio da Carrara * — nephew of Il Grande

Gianozza della Bella † — great-niece to Il Grande, cousin to Marsilio

Montecchio

Gargano Montecchio — Lord of Montecchio, father of Mariotto and Aurelia

Romeo Mariotto Montecchio † — son of Gargano

Aurelia Montecchio — daughter of Gargano

Capecelatro

Ludovico Capecelatro — head of a merchant family from Capua, father of Luigi and Antonio

Luigi Capecelatro — eldest son on of Ludovico

Antonio Capecelatro † — second son of Ludovico

Arnaldo Capecelatro † — brother to Ludovico

Supporting Characters

Albertino Mussato * — Paduan historian-poet

Aventino Fracastoro — Personal physician to Cangrande

Benvenito Lemoti — Fiancée to Aurelia Montecchio

Bishop Francis * — Franciscan Bishop, leader of Veronese spiritual growth

Bishop Guelco — Bishop of Verona

Ferdinando da Bonaventura † — Cousin to the Bonaventura heir, Petruchio

Fra Lorenzo † — Franciscan monk with family in France

Francesco Dandolo * — Venetian nobleman, ambassador to Verona

Guglielmo da Castelbarco * — Veronese noble, Cangrande's Armourer

Giuseppe Morsicato — Knight, Nogarola family doctor

Ignazzio da Palermo — Personal astrologer to the Scaligeri

Katerina da Bonaventura † — Paduan born heiress, daughter of Baptista Minola

Manoello Giudeo * — Cangrande's Master of Revels

Massimiliano da Villafranca — Constable of Cangrande's palace

Nicolo da Lozzo * — Paduan-born knight, changed sides to join Cangrande

Passerino Bonaccolsi * — Podestà of Mantua, ally to Cangrande

Petruchio da Bonaventura † — Veronese noble, married to Katerina

Ponzino de' Ponzoni * — Cremona-born knight, elected Podestà of Padua in 1314

Theodoro of Cadiz — Moorish servant of the astrologer Ignazzio da Palermo

Tullio d'Isola — aged steward, Grand Butler to Cangrande

Uguccione della Faggiuola * — ruler of Lucca, former patron of Dante, friend of Cangrande

Vanni 'Asdente' Scorigiani — Paduan knight

Vinciguerra, Count of San Bonifacio * — last of an exiled Veronese family

Ziliberto dell' Angelo — Cangrande's Master of the Hunt