DRAMATIS PERSONAE

King Henry VI – King of England
Queen Margaret – Queen to Henry VI
Edward, Prince of Wales – their son
Lord Clifford – military commander
Duke of Exeter
Duke of Somerset (a conflation of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset and Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset, his younger brother)
Earl of Northumberland
Earl of Westmorland
Earl of Oxford
Henry, Earl of Richmond (non-speaking role)
Somerville – messenger

Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York – asserts he should be King
Edward Plantagenet, Earl of March – later King Edward IV; York's eldest son
George Plantagenet – later Duke of Clarence; York's son
Richard Plantagenet – later Duke of Gloucester; York's son
Edmund Plantagenet, Earl of Rutland – York's youngest son
Robert Aspell, Rutland's tutor
Earl of Warwick
Duke of Norfolk
Montague (two different 'versions' of the character appear in the play, each one representing a different historical figure. The Act 1 persona is that of the Earl of Salisbury, Warwick's father, and a major character in 2 Henry VI. From Act 2 onwards, the character represents Salisbury's son and Warwick's younger brother John Neville, Marquis of Montague)
Earl of Pembroke (non-speaking role)
Lord Stafford (non-speaking role)
Lord Hastings
Sir William Stanley
Sir John Mortimer – York's uncle
Sir Hugh Mortimer – York's uncle (non-speaking role)
Sir John Montgomery
Lady Grey – later Queen Elizabeth to Edward IV
Lord Rivers – her brother
Prince Edward – Elizabeth and Edward IV's son (non-speaking role)