Cast
Only five cast lists survive for the whole history of Queen Henrietta's Men. (The others are for Hannibal and Scipio, King John and Matilda, The Renegado, and The Wedding.) The 1631 quarto is unusual in that it provides cast lists for the productions of both parts by Queen Henrietta's Men. The actors and the parts they played were:
| Actor | Role, Pt. 1 | Role, Pt. 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Hugh Clark | Bess Bridges | Bess Bridges |
| Michael Bowyer | Mr. Spencer | Mr. Spencer |
| Richard Perkins | Mr. Goodlack | Mr. Goodlack |
| William Allen | Mullisheg | Mullisheg |
| William Robbins | Clem | Clem |
| William Shearlock | Roughman | Roughman |
| Robert Axell | English Merchant | Duke of Mantua |
| Anthony Turner | Kitchenmaid | Bashaw Alcade |
| Christopher Goad | Forset; Spanish Captain | Forset; Duke of Ferrara |
| Theophilus Bird | ... | Tota |
| John Sumner | ... | Duke of Florence |
| William Wilbraham | Bashaw Alcade | ... |
Hugh Clark, the actor who played the title character, specialized in female roles as a youth — he played the female lead in the company's production of James Shirley's The Wedding c. 1626 — before graduating to adult male roles, a transition common for boy actors of the period. His age at the time he played Bess Bridges is unknown, though apparently he had already been married for several years by that point in his career.
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