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Characters
- King Richard II
- John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster – Richard's uncle
- Duke of York – Richard's uncle
- Duke of Aumerle – York's son
- Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk
- Queen – Richard's wife (an unnamed composite of his first wife, Anne of Bohemia, and his second, Isabella of Valois, who was still a child at the time of his death)
- Duchess of York – York's wife (an unnamed composite of York's first wife, Infanta Isabella of Castile, and his second, Joan Holland)
- Duchess of Gloucester – widow of Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, uncle to the king
Rebels - Henry Bolingbroke – Duke of Hereford, son of John of Gaunt, later King Henry IV
- Earl of Northumberland
- Henry 'Hotspur' Percy – Northumberland's son
- Lord Ross
- Lord Willoughby
- Lord Fitzwater
- Sir Piers Exton
Richard's allies | - Earl of Salisbury
- Lord Berkeley
- Bushy – favourite of Richard
- Bagot[1] – favourite of Richard
- Green – favourite of Richard
- Bishop of Carlisle
- Abbot of Westminster
- Sir Stephen Scroop
Others - Lord Marshal (post held in 1399 by Duke of Surrey, though this is not recognised in the play)
- Welsh captain
- Two heralds
- Gardener
- Gardener's man
- Queen's ladies
- Keeper – jailer at Pomfret prison
- Groom
- Attendants, lords, soldiers, messengers, etc.
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