Henry V (play) - Characters

Characters

  • Chorus

The English

  • Henry V
  • Duke of Gloucester – Henry's brother
  • Duke of Bedford – Henry's brother
  • Duke of Clarence – Henry's brother
  • Duke of Exeter – Henry's uncle
  • Duke of York – Henry's cousin; he is the Duke of Aumerle of Richard II, and the traitor Cambridge's brother; nothing is made of these connections.
  • Earl of Salisbury
  • Earl of Westmorland
  • Earl of Warwick
  • Sir Thomas Erpingham
  • Cpt. Gower – an Englishman
  • Cpt. Fluellen – a Welshman
  • Cpt. Macmorris – an Irishman
  • Cpt. Jamy – a Scot
  • John Bates – soldier
  • Alexander Court – soldier
  • Michael Williams – soldier
  • Herald
  • Pistol
  • Nym
  • Bardolph
  • Boy – formerly Sir John Falstaff's page
  • Mistress Quickly – hostess of the Boar's Head tavern, and Pistol's wife
  • Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Bishop of Ely

The traitors

  • Earl of Cambridge -Henry's cousin
  • Lord Scroop
  • Sir Thomas Grey

The French

  • King of France
  • Queen Isabel
  • Louis – their son, the Dauphin
  • Katharine – their daughter
  • Alice – Katherine's lady-in-waiting
  • Constable of France
  • Duke of Bourbon
  • Duke of Orléans
  • Duke of Berry
  • Duke of Burgundy
  • Lord Rambures
  • Lord Grandpré
  • Monsieur le Fer – French soldier
  • Montjoy – French Herald
  • Governor of Harfleur
  • French Ambassadors

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