The Title Page of Volpone in Ben Jonson's Collected Works (1616).

The cast illustrates Jonson's satirical use of the beast fable tradition to identify his characters:

Volpone (the Big Fox) – a greedy, childless Venetian nobleman
Mosca (the Fly) – his servant
Voltore (the Vulture) – a lawyer
Corbaccio (the Raven) – an avaricious old miser
Bonario – Corbaccio's son
Corvino (the Carrion Crow) – a merchant
Celia – Corvino's wife
Sir Politic Would-Be – ridiculous Englishman.
Lady Would-Be (the parrot) – English lady and wife of Sir Politic-Would-Be
Peregrine – another, more sophisticated, English traveller
Nano – a dwarf, companion of Volpone
Androgyno – a hermaphrodite, companion of Volpone
Castrone – a eunuch, companion of Volpone
The Avocatori – the judges of Venice
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