Henry IV Part 2

Characters

Of the King's party

  • King Henry IV
  • Prince Hal – later King Henry V
  • Prince John of Lancaster – Henry's son
  • Duke of Gloucester – Henry's son
  • Duke of Clarence – Henry's son
  • Earl of Warwick
  • Earl of Surrey
  • Earl of Westmorland
  • Harcourt
  • Sir John Blunt

Rebels

  • Archbishop of York
  • Lord Bardolph
  • Lord Mowbray – Earl Marshal
  • Ralph Hastings[1]
  • John Colleville
  • Earl of Northumberland
  • Lady Northumberland – Northumberland's wife
  • Lady Percy – widow of Henry 'Hotspur' Percy, Northumberland's son
  • Travers – Northumberland's servant
  • Morton – messenger

Court

  • Lord Chief Justice
  • Servant
  • Gower – messenger
  • Beadle
  • Two Grooms

Eastcheap

  • John Falstaff
  • Falstaff's Page
  • Bardolph
  • Ancient Pistol
  • Ned Poins
  • Peto
  • Mistress Quickly – hostess of the tavern
  • Dorothy "Doll" Tearsheet – prostitute
  • Francis – drawer at tavern
  • William – drawer at tavern

Recruits

  • Ralph Mouldy
  • Simon Shadow
  • Thomas Wart
  • Francis Feeble
  • Peter Bullcalf

Other

  • Rumour
  • Epilogue
  • Robert Shallow – country justice
  • Silence – country justice
  • Davy – Shallow's servant
  • Snare – sergeant
  • Fang – sergeant
  • Messengers, musicians, soldiers, attendants, etc.

Mentioned

  • Sir John Umfreville
  • Master Dommellton, a milliner
  • Ursula, former paramour of John Falstaff
  • Fauconbridge (ghost character)
  • Master Smooth
  • Goodwife Keech
  • Nell Poins, sister of Ned
  • Sneak, band leader (may have been an actual Renaissance band leader)
  • Master Tisick, a deputy
  • Master Dumbe, a minister
  • Blunt (ghost character)
  • William Silence, Justice Silence's son at university
  • Kent (ghost character)

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