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Dramatis Personae

(Note: Links are to articles on the actual historical personages, who may not entirely correspond to Shakespeare's portrayal of them—particularly with respect to the title character, Richard III.)

• King Edward IV
• Edward, Prince of Wales, afterwards Edward V, son to the king
• Richard, Duke of York, son to the king
• George, Duke of Clarence, brother to the king
• Richard, Duke of Gloucester, afterwards King Richard III, brother to the king
• Edward, Earl of Warwick, young son of Clarence
• Henry, Earl of Richmond, afterwards King Henry VII
• Thomas Cardinal Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury
• Thomas Rotherham, Archbishop of York
• John Morton, Bishop of Ely
• Duke of Buckingham
• Duke of Norfolk
• Earl of Surrey, his son
• Earl Rivers, brother to Queen Elizabeth
• Marquess of Dorset, son to Queen Elizabeth
• Lord Richard Grey, son to Queen Elizabeth
• Earl of Oxford
• Lord Hastings
• Lord Stanley, afterwards Earl of Derby
• Lord Lovel
• Sir Thomas Vaughan
• Sir Richard Ratcliffe
• Sir William Catesby
• Sir James Tyrrel
• Sir James Blunt
• Sir Walter Herbert
• Sir William Brandon
• Sir Robert Brackenbury, Lieutenant of the Tower
• Christopher Urswick, a priest
• Another priest (Ralph Shaa)
• Hastings, a pursivant
• Tressel and Berkeley, gentlemen attending on the Lady Anne
• Keeper in the Tower
• Lord Mayor of London (Sir Edmund Shaa)
• Sheriff of Wiltshire (Henry Long)
• Elizabeth Woodville, Queen to Edward IV
• Margaret of Anjou, widow of Henry VI
• Duchess of York, mother to King Edward IV, Clarence, and Gloucester
• Lady Anne Neville, widow of Edward, Prince of Wales (son of Henry VI), afterwards married to Gloucester
• Margaret Plantagenet, Countess of Salisbury, young daughter of Clarence
• Ghosts of those murdered by Richard III, Lords and other attendants; a Pursuivant, Scrivener, Citizens, Murderers, Messengers, Soldiers, Gentlemen with halberds, Guards, etc.