Richard III

Play

Writers: William Shakespeare

Characters

Character Name

Gender

Part Size

Vocal Part(s)

Duke of Gloucester, later King Richard III

Gender: Male

Part Size: Lead

Vocal Part: Spoken

Duchess of York

Gender: Female

Part Size: Supporting

Vocal Part: Spoken

Lady Anne

Gender: Female

Part Size: Supporting

Vocal Part: Spoken

Anthony Woodville, Lord Rivers

Gender: Male

Part Size: Supporting

Vocal Part: Spoken

Marquis of Dorset

Gender: Male

Part Size: Supporting

Vocal Part: Spoken

Queen Margaret

Gender: Female

Part Size: Supporting

Vocal Part: Spoken

Sir James Tyrrell

Gender: Male

Part Size: Supporting

Vocal Part: Spoken

Sir Richard Ratliffe

Gender: Male

Part Size: Supporting

Vocal Part: Spoken

Sir Robert Brakenbury

Gender: Male

Part Size: Supporting

Vocal Part: Spoken

Lord Stanley, Earl of Derby

Gender: Male

Part Size: Supporting

Vocal Part: Spoken

Duke of Buckingham

Gender: Male

Part Size: Supporting

Vocal Part: Spoken

George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence

Gender: Male

Part Size: Supporting

Vocal Part: Non-singer

King Edward IV

Gender: Male

Part Size: Supporting

Vocal Part: Spoken

Lord Hastings

Gender: Male

Part Size: Supporting

Vocal Part: Spoken

Queen Elizabeth Woodville

Gender: Female

Part Size: Supporting

Vocal Part: Spoken

Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond

Gender: Male

Part Size: Supporting

Vocal Part: Spoken

Sir William Catesby

Gender: Male

Part Size: Supporting

Vocal Part: Spoken

First Murderer

Gender: Male

Part Size: Featured

Vocal Part: Spoken

Earl Oxford

Gender: Male

Part Size: Featured

Vocal Part: Spoken

Earl of Surrey

Gender: Male

Part Size: Featured

Vocal Part: Spoken

Duke of Norfolk

Gender: Male

Part Size: Featured

Vocal Part: Spoken

Cardinal

Gender: Male

Part Size: Featured

Vocal Part: Spoken

Boy, Duke of Clarence’s Son

Gender: Male

Part Size: Featured

Vocal Part: Spoken

Berkeley

Gender: Male

Part Size: Featured

Vocal Part: Silent

Archbishop of York

Gender: Male

Part Size: Featured

Vocal Part: Spoken

Ghost of Henry VI

Gender: Male

Part Size: Featured

Vocal Part: Spoken

Bishop of Ely

Gender: Male

Part Size: Featured

Vocal Part: Spoken

Lord Grey

Gender: Male

Part Size: Featured

Vocal Part: Spoken

Lord Lovel

Gender: Male

Part Size: Featured

Vocal Part: Spoken

Lord Mayor of London

Gender: Male

Part Size: Featured

Vocal Part: Spoken

Girl, Duke of Clarence’s Daughter

Gender: Female

Part Size: Featured

Vocal Part: Spoken

Edward, Prince of Wales

Gender: Male

Part Size: Featured

Vocal Part: Spoken

Richard, Duke of York

Gender: Male

Part Size: Featured

Vocal Part: Spoken

Sheriff of Wiltshire

Gender: Male

Part Size: Featured

Vocal Part: Spoken

Sir James Blunt

Gender: Male

Part Size: Featured

Vocal Part: Spoken

Sir Thomas Vaughan

Gender: Male

Part Size: Featured

Vocal Part: Spoken

Sir Walter Herbert

Gender: Male

Part Size: Featured

Vocal Part: Spoken

Sir William Brandon

Gender: Male

Part Size: Featured

Vocal Part: Silent

Christopher Urswick

Gender: Male

Part Size: Featured

Vocal Part: Spoken

Second Murderer

Gender: Male

Part Size: Featured

Vocal Part: Spoken

Elizabeth of York

Gender: Female

Part Size: Featured

Vocal Part: Silent

Scrivener

Gender: Male

Part Size: Featured

Vocal Part: Spoken

George Stanley

Gender: Male

Part Size: Featured

Vocal Part: Silent

Ensemble

Gender: Either Gender

Part Size: Ensemble

Vocal Part: Spoken, Silent

Ghost of Edward of Westminster

Gender: Male

Part Size:

Vocal Part: Spoken

Guide written by
Cindi Calhoun

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