Dramatis Personæ

King Richard II

King of England

John of Gaunt

Duke of Lancaster and uncle to the King

Edmund of Langley

Duke of York and uncle to the King

Henry Bolingbroke

Duke of Hereford, son to Gaunt; afterwards King Henry IV

The Duke of Aumerle

son to the Duke of York

Thomas Mowbray

Duke of Norfolk

The Duke of Surrey

a nobleman

The Earl of Salisbury

a nobleman

Lord Berkeley

a nobleman

Bushy, Bagot, and Green

servants to King Richard

The Earl of Northumberland

a nobleman allied with Bolingbroke

Henry Percy

Northumberland's son, surnamed Hotspur

Lord Ross, Lord Willoughby, and Lord Fitzwater

noblemen

The Bishop of Carlisle

a churchman loyal to Richard

The Abbot of Westminster

a churchman

The Lord Marshal

marshal of the lists

Sir Stephen Scroop

a follower of Richard

Sir Pierce of Exton

a knight

A Captain of Welshmen

commander of Richard's Welsh force

The Queen

wife to King Richard

The Duchess of York

wife to the Duke of York

The Duchess of Gloucester

widow of Thomas of Woodstock

A Lady

attending on the Queen

Lords, heralds, officers, soldiers, gardeners, keeper, messenger, groom, and attendants