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Who's Related in R III
(Excerpted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_%28play%29)
House of York
King Edward IV – king of England
Richard, Duke of Gloucester – brother to
Edward IV; later King Richard III
George, Duke of Clarence – Edward IV's
brother
Duchess of York – Edward, Richard and
George's mother
Edward, Prince of Wales – Edward IV's
eldest son; later King Edward V (never
crowned)
Richard, Duke of York – Edward IV's
younger son
Boy – George's son
Girl – George's daughter
Earl of Richmond's group
Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond – Henry VI's
nephew; later King Henry VII
Lord Stanley, Earl of Derby – Richmond's
stepfather
Earl of Oxford
Sir Walter Herbert
Sir James Blunt
Sir William Brandon – Richmond's
standard-bearer (non-speaking role)
Clergy
Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop of York
Bishop of Ely
Sir Christopher – chaplain of Stanley's
household
John – priest
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House of Lancaster
Queen Margaret – widow of King Henry VI
Ghost of King Henry VI
Ghost of Edward of Westminster, Prince of
Wales – Henry VI's son
Lady Anne Neville – widow of Edward of
Westminster; later Queen to King Richard III
Tressel and Berkeley – Lady Anne's
attendants (non-speaking roles)
Woodville family
Queen Elizabeth – Queen to King Edward IV
Earl Rivers – Elizabeth's brother
Marquis of Dorset – Elizabeth's son (from a
previous marriage)
Lord Richard Grey – Elizabeth's son (from a
previous marriage)
Sir Thomas Vaughan – ally of Rivers and
Grey
Richard III's group
Duke of Buckingham
Sir William Catesby
Duke of Norfolk
Earl of Surrey Norfolk's son
Sir Richard Ratcliffe
Sir James Tyrrell – assassin
Lord Lovel
Two Murderers / Richard's page
Other Characters
Lord Hastings – Lord Chamberlain under
Edward IV
Sir Robert Brackenbury – Lieutenant of the
Tower
Lord Mayor of London
Scrivener
Keeper of the Tower
Three Citizens
Hastings – pursuivant (junior office of arms)
Sheriff of Wiltshire
Ghosts of Clarence, Rivers, Grey, Vaughan,
Edward (Prince of Wales), Richard (Duke of
York), Hastings, Lady Anne and Buckingham
Lords, Messengers, Soldiers etc.
Other
Although they do not appear in the text of
the play, many productions include as onstage characters Jane Shore (Edward IV's
mistress), Elizabeth of York (Edward IV's
daughter, later queen consort to Richmond
(Henry VII)), and George Stanley (Lord
Stanley's son, who is held hostage by
Richard prior to the Battle of Bosworth
Field)