William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
This dramatis personae, or character list, was first included in Nicholas Rowe’s 1709 edition, The Works of Mr William Shakespeare, dubbed “the the first edited edition of Shakespeare’s plays”. It recorded a number of the first: the first appended biography of Shakespeare, the first set of character...
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
KING HENRY THE FOURTH – King of England
HENRY, PRINCE OF WALES – eldest son of Henry IV; nicknamed "Hal" or "Harry"
JOHN OF LANCASTER – represented in the play as the King's second son, although he was actually the third
EARL OF WESTMORLAND
SIR WALTER BLUNT
SIR JOHN FALSTAFF – a knight who befriends Prince Hal
POINS – also called Ned
BARDOLPH
PETO
MISTRESS QUICKLY – hostess of the Boar’s Head Tavern
FRANCIS – tapster
VINTNER – tavern keeper
GADSHILL
TWO CARRIERS
OSTLER
HENRY PERCY, EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND
THOMAS PERCY, EARL OF WORCESTER – Northumberland's brother
HARRY PERCY – Northumberland's son, surnamed Hotspur
EDMUND MORTIMER, EARL OF MARCH – Hotspur's brother-in-law and Glendower's son-in-law
OWEN GLENDOWER – leader of the Welsh rebels
ARCHIBALD, EARL OF DOUGLAS – leader of the Scottish rebels
SIR RICHARD VERNON
SCROOP, ARCHBISHOP OF YORK
SIR MICHAEL – a friend to the Archbishop of York
LADY PERCY – Kate; Hotspur's wife and Mortimer's sister
LADY MORTIMER – Glendower's daughter and Mortimer's wife
CHAMBERLAIN
SHERIFF
TRAVELLERS
Lords, Officers, Drawers, Messengers, and Attendants