Verse tragedy · 1654

Lucifer

A Tragedy

by Joost van den Vondel

Leonard Charles van Noppen

Vondel's Lucifer (1654) stages the revolt in Heaven. When the herald Gabriel announces that God means to set man, still unborn in Paradise, above the angels, the proud Lucifer and his followers, Belzebub, Belial and Apollion among them, resolve to rebel. Michael leads the loyal host against them, the rebels are cast down into hell, and the angels' chorus closes the play with the promise of a Redeemer. The Dutch poet's drama has long been compared with Milton's Paradise Lost.

Contents · 5 parts

• Act Iabout 420 lines
• Act IIabout 570 lines
• Act IIIabout 690 lines
• Act IVabout 500 lines
• Act Vabout 640 lines

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