Dramatis Personæ

King John

King of England

Prince Henry

son to King John

Arthur

Duke of Bretagne and nephew to King John

The Earl of Pembroke

an English lord

The Earl of Essex

an English lord

The Earl of Salisbury

an English lord

The Lord Bigot

an English lord

Hubert de Burgh

a follower of King John

Robert Faulconbridge

son to Sir Robert Faulconbridge

Philip the Bastard

Robert's half-brother, later Sir Richard Plantagenet

James Gurney

servant to Lady Faulconbridge

Peter of Pomfret

a prophet

Philip

King of France

Lewis

the Dauphin

Lymoges

Duke of Austria

Cardinal Pandulph

the Pope's legate

Melun

a French lord

Chatillon

an ambassador from France

Queen Elinor

mother to King John

Constance

mother to Arthur

Blanch of Spain

niece to King John

Lady Faulconbridge

widow of Sir Robert Faulconbridge

Lords, citizens of Angiers, heralds, executioners, messengers, soldiers, and attendants