RUMOUR
the Presenter
KING HENRY THE FOURTH
HENRY, PRINCE OF WALES, afterwards Henry V,
PRINCE JOHN OF LANCASTER, PRINCE HUMPHREY OF GLOUCESTER, THOMAS, DUKE OF CLARENCE
sons of Henry IV
EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND, SCROOP, ARCHBISHOP OF YORK, LORD MOWBRAY, LORD HASTINGS, LORD BARDOLPH, SIR JOHN COLVILLE, TRAVERS, MORTON
retainers of Northumberland opposites against King Henry IV
EARL OF WARWICK, EARL OF WESTMORELAND, EARL OF SURREY, EARL OF KENT, GOWER, HARCOURT, BLUNT
of the King’s party
LORD CHIEF JUSTICE
Servant, to Lord Chief Justice
SIR JOHN FALSTAFF, EDWARD POINS, BARDOLPH, PISTOL, PETO
irregular humorists
Page, to Falstaff
ROBERT SHALLOW, SILENCE
country Justices
DAVY
servant to Shallow
FANG, SNARE
Sheriff’s officers
RALPH MOULDY, SIMON SHADOW, THOMAS WART, FRANCIS FEEBLE, PETER BULLCALF
country soldiers
FRANCIS
a drawer
LADY NORTHUMBERLAND
LADY PERCY
Percy’s widow
HOSTESS QUICKLY
of the Boar’s Head, Eastcheap
DOLL TEARSHEET
Lords, Attendants, a Porter, a Messenger, Drawers, Beadles, Grooms and Servants.
THE SCENE: ENGLAND.