Roles
- Sir Richard Cholmondeley (pronounced Chum'lee), Lieutenant of the Tower (baritone)
- Colonel Fairfax, under sentence of death (tenor)
- Sergeant Meryll of the Yeomen of the Guard (bass-baritone)
- Leonard Meryll, his son (tenor)
- Jack Point, a strolling jester (comic baritone)
- Wilfred Shadbolt, Head Jailer and Assistant Tormentor (bass-baritone or baritone)
- The Headsman (silent)
- First Yeoman (tenor)
- Second Yeoman (baritone)
- Third Yeoman (tenor) – see "Cut music"
- Fourth Yeoman (bass) – see "Cut music"
- First Citizen (speaking/chorus)
- Second Citizen (speaking/chorus)
- Elsie Maynard, a strolling singer (soprano)
- Phœbe Meryll, Sergeant Meryll's daughter (mezzo-soprano)
- Dame Carruthers, Housekeeper to the Tower (contralto)
- Kate, her niece (soprano)
- Chorus of Yeomen Warders, gentlemen, citizens, etc.
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