Dramatis Personae Richard III

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  • 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.

 

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