Dramatis Personæ

Rumour

the Presenter of the Induction

King Henry IV

King of England

Henry, Prince of Wales

afterwards King Henry V

Prince John of Lancaster

son to King Henry IV

Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester

son to King Henry IV

Thomas, Duke of Clarence

son to King Henry IV

The Earl of Northumberland

an opponent of the King

Richard Scroop, Archbishop of York

an opponent of the King

Lord Mowbray

an opponent of the King

Lord Hastings

an opponent of the King

Lord Bardolph

an opponent of the King

Travers and Morton

retainers of Northumberland

Sir John Colevile

an opponent of the King

The Earl of Warwick

of the King's party

The Earl of Westmoreland

of the King's party

The Earl of Surrey

of the King's party

Gower, Harcourt, and Blunt

of the King's party

The Lord Chief Justice

of the King's Bench

A Servant

to the Lord Chief Justice

Poins, Bardolph, Pistol, and Peto

companions of Prince Henry and Falstaff

Sir John Falstaff

a companion of Prince Henry

Falstaff's Page

a boy in Falstaff's service

Robert Shallow and Silence

country justices

Davy

servant to Shallow

Fang and Snare

sergeants

Mouldy, Shadow, Wart, Feeble, and Bullcalf

country soldiers

A Porter, Francis, drawers, beadles, and grooms

attendants and officers

Lady Northumberland

wife to the Earl of Northumberland

Lady Percy

Hotspur's widow

Mistress Quickly

hostess of the Boar's Head Tavern

Doll Tearsheet

a companion at the Boar's Head Tavern

Lords, attendants, officers, soldiers, and messengers

at court and in the field