The Children of Lucifer

by Edouard Schuré

Language adaptation by Rudolf Steiner

Play in five acts

based on an authorized translation by Marie von Sivers

Characters
THEOKLES, known as Phosphoros, citizen of Dionysia
KLEONIS, Christian virgin in Dionysia
DAMIS, PHRYGIUS, ANDROKLES, friends of Theokles
ALCETAS
LYKOPHRON, a soothsayer
HERAKLIDOS, hierophant in the temple of the unknown god
HARPALUS, proconsul of Asia
THE PONTIFEX OF BACCHUS
THE BISHOP OF DIONYSIA
A MONK
THE FATHER OF THE DESERT
AGLAE, CYTHERIS, MIMALONE, courtesans in Bacchante costumes
THESSALUS, an old slave
A SERVANT of Phosphorus
THE HERALD of the Proconsul
A CENTURION
TWO MOUNTAIN DWELLERS
YOUNG MAN, YOUNG WOMAN, OLD MAN, from the people of Dionysia
A GENIUS, in the form of Lucifer
THE VOICE OF THE SPARKLEING STAR
ROMAN LEGIONARIES
LIKTORE
YOUNG MEN OF THE DIONYSIA PHALANX
VIRGINS OF THE DESERT
PEOPLE

The action takes place at the beginning of the 4th century of the Christian era, under the reign of Constantine the Great

Place of action: Asia Minor and Egypt