DON PEDRO             prince of Arragon.

DON JOHN              his bastard brother.

CLAUDIO               a young lord of Florence.

BENEDICK              a young lord of Padua.

LEONATO               governor of Messina.

ANTONIO               his brother.

BALTHASAR             attendant on Don Pedro.

CONRADE      |
             |        followers of Don John.
BORACHIO     |

FRIAR FRANCIS:

DOGBERRY              a constable.

VERGES                a headborough.

                      a Sexton
                      a Boy.

HERO                  daughter to Leonato.

BEATRICE              niece to Leonato.

MARGARET     |
             |        gentlewomen attending on Hero.
URSULA       |

                      Messengers, Watch, Attendants, &c. (Lord) 
                      (Messenger) 
                      (Watchman) 
                      (First Watchman) 
                      (Second Watchman) 

SCENE	Athens, and a wood near it.