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first of April: April Fool's, or All Fools' Day. [1.2] 1. Manco
Capac at the lake Titicaca: Manco Capac founded the Incan empire
and was supposed to have been sent by his father, the sun. [1.3]
1. Fidèle: From the Latin, fides, "faith." The irony of this
name will be apparent, but it may also allude to "Fidele" in
Shakespeare's Cymbeline, to "Fidelia" in Wycherly's The Plain
Dealer, to Beethoven's Fidelio--all of which are names of
characters in disguise. It may also suggest the connotations of
legitimacy of such a phrase as "bona fide" (in good faith).
[1.4] 2.theatre-bill: With the first of many texts in the novel,
the 'audience' is g