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  • Title: Henry IV, Part 2: List of Characters
  • Author: Rosemary Gaby

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    List of Characters

    List of Characters

    Rumor, the presenter

    King, Henry the Fourth

    Prince, Henry, afterwards crowned King Henry the Fifth

    Lancaster, Prince John, son to Henry IV and brother to Henry V

    Gloucester, Humphrey, son to Henry IV and brother to Henry V

    Clarence, Thomas, son to Henry IV and brother to Henry V

    Northumberland, Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, opposed to Henry IV

    Archbishop, Archbishop of York, opposed to Henry IV

    Mowbray, opposed to Henry IV

    Hastings, opposed to Henry IV

    Lord Bardolph, opposed to Henry IV

    Travers

    Morton

    Coleville

    Warwick, Earl of Warwick, of the king's party

    Westmorland, Earl of Westmorland, of the king's party

    Surrey, Earl of Surrey, of the king's party

    Gower

    Harcourt

    Justice, Lord Chief Justice of England

    Poins, Ned

    Falstaff, Sir John

    Bardolph

    Pistol

    Peto

    Page

    Shallow, a country justice

    Silence, a country justice

    Davy

    Fang

    Snare

    Moldy, Ralph, a country recruit

    Shadow, Simon, a country recruit

    Wart, Thomas, a country recruit

    Feeble, Francis, a country recruit

    Bullcalf, Peter, a country recruit

    Francis, a drawer

    Will, a drawer

    Drawer

    Beadles

    Grooms

    Porter

    Messenger

    Lady Northumberland, Northumberland's wife

    Lady Percy, Hotspur's widow

    Hostess, Mistress Quickly

    Doll Tearsheet

    Epilogue