The Glassmaker's Daughter

Dramatis Personae

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

*denotes historical character

SOPHIA FIOLARIO: Nineteen years old; the eldest daughter of Zeno Fiolario.

ZENO FIOLARIO: Glassmaking maestro and the owner of La Spada glassworks on Murano. VIVIANA, ORIANA, LIA, and MARCELLA FIOLARIO: Wife, sisters, and grandmother of Sophia

*LEONARDO DONATO: Ninetieth Doge of Venice; served from 1606 to 1612.

PASQUALE DA FULIGNA: The only son of a poor nobleman.

*GALILEO GALILEI: Physicist, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher; born in Pisa.

*PAOLO SARPI: Venetian-born Servite friar, scholar, and scientist who served as a canonist and theological counselor for the Venetian Republic.

*GIANFRANCESCO SAGREDO: Venetian philosopher, diplomat, and libertine.

TEODORO GRADENIGO: Youngest son of a poor nobleman from the Barnaba area of Venice.