Richard III

Dramatis Personae

• King Edward the Fourth

• Edward, Prince of Wales, afterwards King Edward V, son to the King

• Richard, Duke of York, son to the King

• George, Duke of Clarence, brother to the King

• Richard, Duke of Gloucester, afterwards King Richard III, brother to the King

• A young son of Clarence

• Henry, Earl of Richmond, afterwards King Henry VII

• Cardinal Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury

• Thomas Rotherham, Archbishop of York

• John Morton, Bishop of Ely

• Duke of Buckingham

• Duke of Norfolk

• Earl of Surrey, his son

• Earl Rivers, brother to Elizabeth

• Marquis of Dorset and Lord Grey, sons to Elizabeth

• Earl of Oxford

• Lord Hastings

• Lord Stanley, called also Earl of Derby

• Lord Lovel

• Sir Thomas Vaughan

• Sir Richard Ratcliff

• Sir William Catesby

• Sir James Tyrrel

• Sir James Blount

• Sir Walter Herbert

• Sir Robert Brakenbury, Lieutenant of the Tower

• Christopher Urswick, priest

• Another priest

• Tressel and Berkeley, gentlemen attending on the Lady Anne

• Lord Mayor of London. Sheriff of Wiltshire

• Elizabeth, queen to King Edward IV

• Margaret, widow of King Henry VI

• Duchess of York, mother to King Edward IV

• Lady Anne, widow of Edward Prince of Wales, son to King Henry VI; afterwards married to Richard

• A young daughter of Clarence (Margaret Plantagenet)

• Ghosts of those murdered by Richard III, lords and other attendants; a pursuivant, scrivener, citizens, murderers, messengers, soldiers, etc.

Scene: England.