其他

Dramatis Personae: (Latin) characters of the play.

Prince of Wales: 英國(guó)慣例，王儲(chǔ)封為 Prince of Wales.

Warwick ['w??rik]

Derby ['dɑ?bi]

Salisbury ['s??lzb?ri］

Artois, which is pronounced ['ɑ?twɑ?] in French, was pronounced ['ɑ?t?is] by the Elizabethans.

esquire: 騎士之侍從。

herald: 傳令官。

Bohemia: region, formerly a province of west Czekoslovakia; earlier, a kingdom, then a province of Austria-Hungary.

EARL DOUGLAS

Two Scottish MESSENGERS

PHILIPPE, QUEEN OF ENGLAND

COUNTESS OF SALISBURY

A French woman

ATTENDANTS, SOLDIERS

SCENE: England, Flanders, and France

Douglas ['d?ɡl?s］

Flanders: region in northwest Europe on the North Sea, including parts of France, Belgium and Netherlands. Being controlled by France at the time of the play, it was inclined to England.