DIONYSUS, patron god of drama
XANTHIAS, his slave
HERACLES
A CORPSE
CHARON, aged ferryman of the dead
AEACUS, doorkeeper of Hades
MAID to Persephone (queen of the underworld)
TWO LANDLADIES
SLAVE, elderly servant to Pluto
EURIPIDES, the tragedian
AESCHYLUS, the tragedian
PLUTO, god of the underworld
MAIN CHORUS OF INITIATES
SUBSIDIARY CHORUS OF FROGS
A CASTANET-GIRL
CORPSE BEARERS, SLAVES, DANCING-GIRLS, THE DISTINGUISHED DEAD, etc.