Dramatis Personæ

King Henry VI

King of England and France

John, Duke of Bedford

uncle to the King and Regent of France

Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester

uncle to the King and Protector

Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter

great-uncle to the King

Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester

great-uncle to the King; afterwards Cardinal

Richard Plantagenet

son of Richard, late Earl of Cambridge; afterwards Duke of York

The Duke of Somerset

an English noble

The Earls of Warwick, Salisbury, and Suffolk

English nobles

Lord Talbot

an English commander; afterwards Earl of Shrewsbury

John Talbot

his son

Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March

an English claimant to the crown

Sir John Fastolfe

an English knight

Sir William Glansdale, Sir Thomas Gargrave, and Sir William Lucy

English officers

Vernon and Basset

adherents of the York and Lancaster factions

Woodvile

Lieutenant of the Tower

The Mayor of London and a Lawyer of the Temple

English citizens

Charles

Dauphin of France; afterwards King Charles VII

Reignier, Duke of Anjou

titular King of Naples and father to Margaret

The Dukes of Burgundy and Alençon

French nobles

The Bastard of Orleans

a French commander

The Governor of Paris and the General of the French forces in Bordeaux

French commanders

The Master-Gunner of Orleans and his Son

French defenders

An old Shepherd

father to Joan la Pucelle

Margaret

daughter to Reignier; afterwards Queen of England

The Countess of Auvergne

a French noblewoman

Joan la Pucelle

commonly called Joan of Arc

Lords, warders, keepers, heralds, officers, soldiers, messengers, and attendants

in England and France

Fiends

appearing to Joan la Pucelle