[Footnote: Molière, Racine, and Corneille always call the dramatis
personae acteurs, and not personnages.]
LELIO, son to PANDOLPHUS.
LEANDER, a young gentleman of good birth.
ANSELMO, an old man.
PANDOLPHUS, an old man.
TRUFALDIN, an old man.
ANDRÈS, a supposed gipsy.
MASCARILLE, servant to Lelio.
[Footnote: Mascarille is a name invented by Molière, and a
diminutive of the Spanish mascara, a mask. Some commentators of
Molière think that the author, who acted this part, may sometimes have
played it in a mask, but this is now generally contradicted. He seems,
however, to have performed it habitually, for after his death there was
taken an inventory of all his dresses, and amongst these, according to
M. Eudore Soulié, Recherches sur Molière, 1863, p. 278, was:
"a … dress for l'Étourdi, consisting in doublet, knee-breeches,
and cloak of satin." Before his time the usual name of the intriguing
man-servant was Philipin.]