Persons in the Play

Name: Deirdre of the Sorrows - Persons in the Play
Author: John Millington Synge

LAVARCHAM, Deirdre’s nurse

OLD WOMAN, Lavarcham’s servant

OWEN, Conchubor’s attendant and spy

CONCHUBOR, High King of Ulster

FERGUS, Conchubor’s friend

DEIRDRE

NAISI, Deirdre’s lover

AINNLE, Naisi’s brother

ARDAN, Naisi’s brother

TWO SOLDIERS

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Chicago: John Millington Synge, "Persons in the Play," Deirdre of the Sorrows, ed. Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell), 1852-1915 and trans. Curtin, Jeremiah, 1835-1906 in Deirdre of the Sorrows Original Sources, accessed June 4, 2025, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5MURPMUQBR39EAQ.

MLA: Synge, John Millington. "Persons in the Play." Deirdre of the Sorrows, edited by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell), 1852-1915, and translated by Curtin, Jeremiah, 1835-1906, in Deirdre of the Sorrows, Original Sources. 4 Jun. 2025. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5MURPMUQBR39EAQ.

Harvard: Synge, JM, 'Persons in the Play' in Deirdre of the Sorrows, ed. and trans. . cited in 1911, Deirdre of the Sorrows. Original Sources, retrieved 4 June 2025, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5MURPMUQBR39EAQ.