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''Tancred and Gismund'' (''Gismond'' variant spelling) is an English Elizabethan play published in 1591. It is a revised version of ''Gismund of Salerne'', a play that was written and produced for the queen in 1566 by the gentlemen of the Inner Temple. The earliest extant English play derived from an Italian novel, each act of the five acts was produced by a different author. The play tells the story of a father, Tancred, whose widowed daughter, Gismund, returns home and begins a clandestine affair with one of her father's courtiers. He kills her lover and presents her with a gold cup containing his heart. She kills herself, and her father, stricken by grief and regret, does likewise, thereby extinguishing his kingly line. The play has been seen as an admonition to Queen Elizabeth to choose a husband that she might bear an heir, based on suitability instead of love. ==Characters== * Tancred – King of Naples and Prince of Salerne * Gismund – widow, daughter of Tancred * Guiszard – County Palurin, Gismund's lover * Julio – Lord Chamberlain to Tancred * Lucrece – sister to Tancred * Renuchio – Captain of Tancred's guard * Cupid – God of love * Megaera – a fury * Chorus of four maidens * Guard * Two furies 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tancred and Gismund」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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