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Richard III

DRAMATIS PERSONÆ



KING EDWARD The Fourth            (KING EDWARD IV) 

EDWARD Prince of Wales,        | 
(PRINCE EDWARD)                |
afterwards King Edward V.,     |  sons to the King.
                               |  
RICHARD Duke of York, (YORK)   |
                                
GEORGE  Duke of Clarence,      | 
(CLARENCE)                     |
                               |
RICHARD Duke of Gloucester,    |
(GLOUCESTER)                   |  Brothers to
afterwards King Richard III.,  |  the King.
(KING RICHARD III)             |

A young son of Clarence.          (Boy) 

HENRY                             Earl of Richmond, (RICHMOND) 
                                  afterwards King Henry VII.

CARDINAL BOURCHIER                Archbishop of Canterbury. (CARDINAL) 

THOMAS ROTHERHAM                  Archbishop of York. (ARCHBISHOP OF YORK) 

JOHN MORTON                       Bishop of Ely. (BISHOP OF ELY) 

DUKE of BUCKINGHAM                (BUCKINGHAM) 

DUKE of NORFOLK                   (NORFOLK) 

EARL of SURREY                    His son. (SURREY) 

EARL RIVERS                       Brother to Elizabeth. (RIVERS) 

MARQUIS OF DORSET (DORSET)   |
                             |    Sons to Elizabeth.
LORD GREY (GREY)             |

EARL of OXFORD                    (OXFORD) 

LORD HASTINGS                     (HASTINGS) 

LORD STANLEY                      (STANLEY)   
Called also EARL of DERBY.        (DERBY) 

LORD LOVEL                        (LOVEL) 

SIR THOMAS VAUGHAN                (VAUGHAN) 

SIR RICHARD RATCLIFF              (RATCLIFF) 

SIR WILLIAM CATESBY               (CATESBY) 

SIR JAMES TYRREL                  (TYRREL) 

SIR JAMES BLOUNT                  (BLOUNT) 

SIR WALTER HERBERT                (HERBERT) 

SIR ROBERT BRAKENBURY             Lieutenant of the Tower. (BRAKENBURY) 

CHRISTOPHER URSWICK               A priest. (CHRISTOPHER) 

Another Priest.                   (Priest) 

TRESSEL                       | 
                              |   Gentlemen attending on the Lady Anne. (Gentleman) 
BERKELEY                      |   

Lord Mayor of London.             (Lord Mayor) 

Sheriff of Wiltshire.             (Sheriff) 

ELIZABETH                         Queen to King Edward IV. (QUEEN ELIZABETH) 

MARGARET                          Widow of King Henry VI. (QUEEN MARGARET) 

DUCHESS of YORK                   Mother to King Edward IV.

LADY ANNE                         Widow of Edward Prince of Wales, 
                                  son to King Henry VI.;
                                  afterwards married to Richard.

A young Daughter of Clarence 
MARGARET PLANTAGENET            (Girl) 

Ghosts of those murdered by Richard III.,
Lords and other Attendants; a Pursuivant
Scrivener, Citizens, Murderers, Messengers
Soldiers, &c.
                                  (Ghost of Prince Edward) 
                                  (Ghost of King Henry VI) 
                                  (Ghost of CLARENCE) 
                                  (Ghost of RIVERS) 
                                  (Ghost of GREY) 
                                  (Ghost of VAUGHAN) 
                                  (Ghost of HASTING) 
                                  (Ghosts of young Princes) 
                                  (Ghost of LADY ANNE) 
                                  (Ghost of BUCKINGHAM) 
                                  (Pursuivant) 
                                  (Scrivener) 
                                  (First Citizen) 
                                  (Second Citizen) 
                                  (Third Citizen) 
                                  (First Murderer) 
                                  (Second Murderer) 
                                  (Messenger) 
                                  (Second Messenger) 
                                  (Third Messenger) 
                                  (Fourth Messenger) 

SCENE	England.


Richard III: MNE-AESOP, 1998