<role>

| ## Text Encoding Initiative
### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines # <role>

`<role>` | the name of a dramatic role, as given in a cast list.
Attributes | Global attributes only
Example |
    <role id="jt">Joan Trash</role>
    <roleDesc>A Ginger-bread-woman</roleDesc>
Note | It is important to assign a meaningful ID attribute to the `<role>` element, since this ID is referred to by `who` attributes on many other elements.
Module | Declared in file teidram2; Base tag set for performance texts: enabled by TEI.drama
May contain | #PCDATA abbr add addSpan address alt altGrp anchor app c caesura cb certainty cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del delSpan distinct emph expan fLib foreign formula fs fsLib fvLib fw gap geogName gloss handShift hi index interp interpGrp join joinGrp lang lb link linkGrp m measure mentioned milestone name num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar pb persName phr placeName ptr ref reg respons restore rs s seg sic soCalled space span spanGrp supplied term time timeRange timeStruct timeline title unclear w xptr xref
May occur within | castItem
Declaration |
    <!ELEMENT role %om.RO; %phrase.seq;>
    <!ATTLIST role
          %a.global;>
See further | 10.1.4 Cast Lists

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