Chapter I: Front Matter

THE LAMP AND THE BELL

A Drama In Five Acts

By Edna St. Vincent Millay

Written on the occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Founding of the Vassar College Alumnae Association

Dedicated to '1917'

Lorenzo, King of Fiori Julia Lovejoy Cuniberti '11
Mario, King of Lagoverde Valerie Knapp '20
Guido, Duke of Versilia,
Illegitimate nephew to Lorenzo Louisa Brook Jones '07

Giovanni Katherine Jones '20
Luigi Muriel Izard '17
Anselmo Lucia Cole Waram '01
Raffaele Eleanor Kissan '20
Gentlemen at the court of Lorenzo

Fidelio Geneva Harrison '20
Jester at the court of Lorenzo

Giuseppe Eleanor Fatman Morgenthau '13
Agent for the Duke's estates

Cesco Gertrude Taylow Watkins '07
Horatio Lucille Stimson Harbey '09
Townsmen of Fiori

Beppo Marcell Furman Newburg '19
A little boy, son to Guiliana

Rigo Ruth Delepenha '17
Louis Emily Gallagher '21
Little boys, sons to Leonora

Clerk Lucy Madeira Wing '96

Messenger Esther Saville Davis '06

Octavia, Lorenzo's second wife Montgomery Cooper '09

Beatrice, "Rose-Red," Clifford Sellers '21
Daughter to Lorenzo by a former marriage

Bianca, "Snow-White," Lois Duffie '20
Daughter to Octavia by a former marriage

Laura Frances Stout Kellman '17
Carlotta Kathleen Millay Young ex-'21
Francesca Dorothy Comstock '19
Viola Lillian White '18
Lilina Caroline Goodrich '16
Lela Sylvia Brockway '20
Arianna Margaret Hughes '18
Claudia Janet Lane '18
Clara Jeanette Baker '18
Lucia Ellen Hasbrouck '15
Ladies at the Court of Lorenzo

Grazia Eleanor Ray Broeniman '99
Nurse to Beatrice and Bianca

Giulietta, servant to Bianca Virginia Archibold '17
"Little Snow-White" Gretchen Tonks
"Little Rose-Red" Joy Macracken '36

Leonora Catherine Barr '20
Giuliana Mabel Hastings Humpstone '94
Clara Olive Remington '19
Giovanitta Caroline Curtis Johnson '83
Anna Frances Haldeman Sidwell '84
Eugenia Helen Hoy Greeley '99
Townsmen of Fiori

Eleanora
A little girl, daughter to Leonora

Gilda Ruth Benedict '20
A little girl, sister to Beppo

Adelina, another little girl Maiserie MacCracken '31
Nurse Edith Ward

Pierrot
Harlequin
Pant Aloon
Polichinello
Colombine
Strolling players

Courtiers, Ladies-in-Waiting, Soldiers, Pages, Musicians,
Towns-people, Children