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Henry VI Part I

DRAMATIS PERSONÆ


KING HENRY THE SIXTH       (KING HENRY VI) 

DUKE OF GLOUCESTER         uncle to the King, and Protector. (GLOUCESTER) 

DUKE OF BEDFORD            uncle to the King, and Regent of France. (BEDFORD) 

THOMAS BEAUFORT            Duke of Exeter, great-uncle to the King. (EXETER) 

HENRY BEAUFORT             great-uncle to the King, Bishop of Winchester, and
                           afterwards Cardinal. (BISHOP OF WINCHESTER) 

JOHN BEAUFORT              Earl, afterwards Duke, of Somerset. (SOMERSET) 

RICHARD PLANTAGENET        son of Richard late Earl of Cambridge, (RICHARD
                           PLANTAGENET)   afterwards Duke of York. (YORK) 

EARL OF WARWICK            (WARWICK) 

EARL OF SALISBURY          (SALISBURY) 

EARL OF SUFFOLK            (SUFFOLK) 

LORD TALBOT                afterwards Earl of Shrewsbury. (TALBOT) 

JOHN TALBOT                Lord Talbot's son.

EDMUND MORTIMER            Earl of March. (MORTIMER) 

SIR JOHN FASTOLFE          (FASTOLFE) 

SIR WILLIAM LUCY           (LUCY) 

SIR WILLIAM GLANSDALE      (GLANDSDALE) 

SIR THOMAS GARGRAVE        (GARGRAVE) 

Mayor of London            (Mayor) 

WOODVILE                   Lieutenant of the Tower.

VERNON                     of the White-Rose or York faction.

BASSET                     of the Red-Rose or Lancaster faction.

A Lawyer.                  (Lawyer) 

Mortimer's Keepers.        (First Gaoler) 

CHARLES                    Dauphin, and afterwards King, of France.

REIGNIER                   Duke of Anjou, and titular King of Naples.

DUKE OF BURGUNDY           (BURGUNDY) 

DUKE OF ALENCON            (ALENCON) 

BASTARD OF ORLEANS:        Governor of Paris.

Master-Gunner of Orleans,  (Master-Gunner) 
and his Son.               (Boy) 

General of the French
forces in Bourdeaux.       (General) 

A French Sergeant.         (Sargeant) 

A Porter.

An old Shepherd, 
father to Joan la Pucelle. (Shepherd) 

MARGARET                   daughter to Reignier, afterwards married to King Henry.

COUNTESS OF AUVERGNE:

JOAN LA PUCELLE            commonly called Joan of Arc.

Lords, Warders of the Tower, Heralds, Officers,
Soldiers, Messengers, and Attendants.
(First Warder) 
(Second Warder) 
(Captain) 
(Officer) 
(Soldier) 
(First Soldier) 
(Watch) 
(Scout) 
(First Sentinel) 
(Servant) 
(First Serving-Man) 
(Second Serving-Man) 
(Third Serving-Man) 

Fiends appearing to La Pucelle.



MNE-AESOP Editing, Oxford, UK, 1998