DRAMATIS PERSONAE

King Henry VI – King of England
Queen Margaret – Queen to Henry VI
Duke Humphrey of Gloucester – Henry VI's uncle and Lord Protector of England
Duchess Eleanor of Gloucester – Gloucester's wife
Cardinal Beaufort – Bishop of Winchester, Henry VI's great-uncle
William de la Pole – Marquis, later Duke, of Suffolk; lover of Queen Margaret
Duke of Buckingham
Duke of Somerset
Lord Clifford – military commander
Young Clifford – Lord Clifford's son
Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York – asserts he should be king
Edward, Earl of March – Richard's son
Richard Plantagenet – Richard's son
Earl of Salisbury
Earl of Warwick – Salisbury's son
Thomas Horner – armourer
Peter Thump – his apprentice
Petitioners, Prentices, Neighbours
John Hum – priest
John Southwell – priest
Margery Jourdayne – witch
Roger Bolingbroke – conjurer
Asmath – a spirit
Sander Simpcox – impostor
Simpcox's wife
Mayor of St Albans
Alderman of St Albans
A beadle of St Albans
Sheriff of London
Sir John Stanle – Governor of the Isle of Man (historically Sir Thomas Stanley)
Gloucester's Servants
Herald
Two Murderers
Lieutenant – commander of a ship
Master of the Ship
Master's Mate
Walter Whitmore – sailor on ship
Two Gentlemen – prisoners with Suffolk
Jack Cade – rebel leader
Dick the Butcher – rebel
Smith the Weaver – rebel
George Bevis – rebel
John Holland – rebel
John – rebel
Emmanuel – Clerk of Chatham
Sir Humphrey Stafford – military commander
William Stafford – Sir Humphrey's brother
Lord Saye – Lord High Treasurer
Lord Scales – defends the Tower of London
Matthew Gough – King's soldier stationed at the Tower (non-speaking role)
Alexander Iden – Kentish Gentleman
Vaux – messenger