Characters

PHILIP the SECOND, King of Spain ELISABETH of VALOIS, his wife DON CARLOS, the Crown Prince ALEXANDER FARNESE, Prince of Parma, nephew of the King INFANTA CLARA EUGENIA, a three-year-old child DUCHESS OLIVAREZ, chief lady-in-waiting DOMINGO, the King’s confessor the GRAND INQUISITOR of the KINGDOM the PRIOR of a Carthusian cloister a PAGE of the Queen DON LUIS MERCADO, the Queen’s physician Ladies and Grandees, Pages, Officers, the Bodyguard, silent figures Don Carlos. Steel engraving by Jo.