The Tragedy of King Richard the Third

Dramatis Personæ

William Shakespeare


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 (EDWARD, EARL OF WARWICK).
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 King Edward’s Queen.
MARQUIS OF DORSET and Lord Grey, her sons.
EARL OF OXFORD.
LORD HASTINGS.
LORD LOVEL.
LORD STANLEY, called also EARL OF DERBY.
SIR THOMAS VAUGHAN.
SIR RICHARD RATCLIFF.
Sir William CATESBY.
SIR JAMES TYRREL.
SIR JAMES BLOUNT.
SIR WALTER HERBERT.
SIR WILLIAM BRANDON.
SIR ROBERT BRAKENBURY, Lieutenant of the Tower.
CHRISTOPHER URSWICK, a priest.
LORD MAYOR OF LONDON.
SHERIFF OF WILTSHIRE.
HASTINGS, a pursuivant.
TRESSEL and Berkeley, gentlemen attending on Lady Anne.
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 the Duke of Gloucester.
A Young Daughter of Clarence (MARGARET PLANTAGENET, Countess of Salisbury).
Ghosts, of Richard’s victims. Lords, Gentlemen, and Attendants; Priest, Scrivener, Page, Bishops, Aldermen, Citizens, Soldiers, Messengers, Murderers, Keeper.

SCENE: England.


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