Dramatis Personae

• King Richard the Second

• John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, uncle to the king

• Edmund of Langley, Duke of York, uncle to the king

• Henry, surnamed Bolingbroke, Duke of Hereford, son to John of Gaunt; afterwards King Henry IV

• Duke of Aumerle, son to the Duke of York

• Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk

• Duke of Surrey

• Earl of Salisbury

• Lord Berkeley

• Bushy, servant to King Richard

• Bagot, servant to King Richard

• Green, servant to King Richard

• Earl of Northumberland

• Henry Percy, surnamed Hotspur, his son

• Lord Ross

• Lord Willoughby

• Lord Fitzwater

• Bishop of Carlisle

• Abbot of Westminster

• Lord Marshal

• Sir Stephen Scroop

• Sir Pierce of Exton

• Captain of a band of Welshmen

• Queen to King Richard

• Duchess of York

• Duchess of Gloucester

• Lady attending on the Queen

• Lords, heralds, officers, soldiers, two gardeners, keeper, messenger, groom, and other attendants

Scene: England and Wales.