Dramatis Personæ

King Edward IV

of the House of York

Edward, Prince of Wales

afterwards King Edward V

Richard, Duke of York

the young prince's brother

George, Duke of Clarence

brother to King Edward

Richard, Duke of Gloucester

afterwards King Richard III

Edward, Earl of Warwick

young son to Clarence

A young daughter of Clarence

sister to Warwick

Henry, Earl of Richmond

afterwards King Henry VII

Cardinal Bourchier

Archbishop of Canterbury

Thomas Rotherham

Archbishop of York

John Morton

Bishop of Ely

The Duke of Buckingham

ally and later opponent of Richard

The Duke of Norfolk and the Earl of Surrey

supporters of Richard

The Earl of Rivers, Marquess of Dorset, and Lord Grey

kinsmen to Queen Elizabeth

The Earls of Oxford and Pembroke

supporters of Richmond

Lord Hastings

a Yorkist noble

Lord Stanley, Earl of Derby

stepfather to Richmond

Lord Lovel

a supporter of Richard

Sir Thomas Vaughan

a supporter of the young prince

Sir Richard Ratcliff and Sir William Catesby

supporters of Richard

Sir James Tyrrell

employed by Richard

Sir James Blunt and Sir Walter Herbert

supporters of Richmond

Sir Robert Brakenbury

Lieutenant of the Tower

Christopher Urswick

a priest and messenger

Another Priest

encountered by Hastings

Tressel and Berkeley

gentlemen attending Lady Anne

The Lord Mayor of London

with aldermen and citizens

The Sheriff of Wiltshire

an officer

Queen Elizabeth

wife to King Edward IV

Queen Margaret

widow of King Henry VI

The Duchess of York

mother to Edward, Clarence, and Richard

Lady Anne

widow of Prince Edward and later wife to Richard

Margaret Plantagenet

young daughter of Clarence

Ghosts of Richard's victims

appearing before Bosworth

Lords, gentlemen, attendants, citizens, messengers, soldiers, keepers, and murderers

in England