Dramatis Personæ

King Henry VI

King of England of the House of Lancaster

Edward, Prince of Wales

his son

Queen Margaret

wife to King Henry

Lewis XI

King of France

The Dukes of Somerset and Exeter

Lancastrian nobles

The Earls of Oxford, Northumberland, and Westmorland

Lancastrian nobles

Lord Clifford

a Lancastrian noble

Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York

claimant to the English crown

Edward, Earl of March

his eldest son, afterwards King Edward IV

Edmund, Earl of Rutland

York's youngest son

George and Richard

York's sons, afterwards Duke of Clarence and Duke of Gloucester

The Duke of Norfolk and the Marquess of Montague

Yorkist nobles

The Earl of Warwick

the Kingmaker

The Earl of Pembroke and Lord Stafford

Yorkist nobles

Lords Hastings and Rivers

Yorkist nobles

Sir John Mortimer and Sir Hugh Mortimer

uncles to the Duke of York

Lady Grey

afterwards Queen Elizabeth

Bona of Savoy

sister to the Queen of France

Henry, Earl of Richmond

a child, afterwards King Henry VII

Sir William Stanley, Sir John Montgomery, and Sir John Somerville

English knights

A Tutor

to Rutland

The Mayor of York

a civic officer

A Lieutenant

of the Tower

A Nobleman, two Keepers, a Huntsman, and three Watchmen

attendants and officers

A Father who has killed his son and a Son who has killed his father

soldiers

Lords, attendants, soldiers, messengers, and French and English forces

in England and France