In Stratford
Simon Saddler, constable of the Stratford Corporation and Shakespeare’s oldest and dearest friend
William Shakespeare, playwright and poet
Hamnet Saddler, close friend of Shakespeare’s, and Simon’s cousin
Anne Hathaway Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s wife
John Hall, physician and son-in-law to Shakespeare
Susanna Hall, Shakespeare’s elder daughter
Elizabeth Hall, Shakespeare’s granddaughter
Judith Quiney, Shakespeare’s younger daughter
Thomas Quiney, tavernkeeper and son-in-law to Shakespeare
Henry Smythe, bailiff of the Stratford Corporation
Jack Addenbrooke, watchman
Sir Walter Devereux, sheriff of Warwickshire
In Oxford
John Davenant, innkeeper
Jane Davenant, his wife
William Davenant, their son
At the Globe
Richard Burbage, player
Cuthbert Burbage, manager
Henry Condell, player
John Heminges, player
In London
Henry Wriothesley, earl of Southampton
George Wilkins, tavern owner and would-be playwright
Ben Jonson, poet and playwright
Sir Francis Bacon, Attorney General of England
Sir Edward Coke, Chief Justice of the King’s Bench
Lancelot Andrewes, bishop
Malcolm Gray, servant to Sir Edward Coke
John Donne, lawyer and priest
Inigo Jones, architect
Thomas Howard, earl of Arundel and Suffolk; Lord High Treasurer
Frances (née) Howard, countess of Somerset
Robert Carr, earl of Somerset
James Stuart, king of England