Richard III (play)

The Tragedy of Richard III is a play by William Shakespeare, in which the monarch Richard III of England is unflatteringly depicted.

Dramatis personae

(Links are to articles on the historical personages, who may not precisely correspond to Shakespeare's portrayal of them.)

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• King Edward IV
• Edward, Prince of Wales, afterwards Edward V, son to the king
• Richard, Duke of York, son to the king
• George, Duke of Clarence, brother to the king
• Richard, Duke of Gloucester, afterwards King Richard III, brother to the king
• Edward, Earl of Warwick, young son of Clarence
• Henry, Earl of Richmond, afterwards King Henry VII
• Thomas Cardinal Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury
• Thomas Rotherham, Archbishop of York
• John Morton, Bishop of Ely
• Duke of Buckingham (Henry Stafford)
• Duke of Norfolk (John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk)
• Earl of Surrey, his son Thomas Howard)
• Earl Rivers (Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers), brother to Queen Elizabeth
• Marquess of Dorset (Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset), son to Queen Elizabeth
• Lord Richard Grey, son to Queen Elizabeth
• Earl of Oxford (John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford)
• Lord Hastings (William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings)
• Lord Stanley (Thomas Stanley), afterwards Earl of Derby
• Lord Lovel (Francis Lovell, Viscount Lovell)
• Sir Thomas Vaughan
• Sir Richard Ratcliffe
• Sir William Catesby
• Sir James Tyrrel
• Sir James Blunt (James Blount)
• Sir Walter Herbert
• Sir William Brandon
• Sir Robert Brackenbury, Lieutenant of the Tower
• Christopher Urswick, a priest
• Another priest
• Hastings, a pursivant
• Tressel and Berkeley, gentlemen attending on the Lady Anne
• Keeper in the Tower
• Lord Mayor of London (Sir Edmund Shaa)
• Sheriff of Wiltshire
• Elizabeth Woodville, Queen to Edward IV
• Margaret of Anjou, widow of Henry VI
• Duchess of York (Cecily Neville), mother to King Edward IV, Clarence, and Gloucester
• Lady Anne Neville, widow of Edward, Prince of Wales (son of Henry VI), afterwards married to Gloucester
• Margaret Plantagenet, Countess of Salisbury, young daughter of Clarence
• ghosts, lords, gentlemen, citizens, etc.