Edward III

William Shakespeare · Chapter 1 of 18

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Edward III

Dramatis Personae

  • Edward the Third, King of England

  • Edward, Prince of Wales, his son

  • Earl of Warwick

  • Earl of Derby

  • Earl of Salisbury

  • Lord Audley

  • Lord Percy

  • Lodwick, Edward’s confidant

  • Sir William Mountague

  • Sir John Copland

  • Two Esquires, and a herald, English

  • Robert, styling himself Earl, of Artois

  • Earl of Mountford (or Montfort)

  • Gobin de Grey

  • John, King of France

  • Charles, his son

  • Philip, his son

  • Duke of Lorraine

  • Villiers, a French lord

  • King of Bohemia, Aid to King John

  • A Polish Captain, Aid to King John

  • Six citizens of Calais

  • A Captain, and a poor inhabitant, of the same

  • Another Captain; a mariner

  • Three heralds; and four other Frenchmen

  • David, King of Scotland

  • Earl Douglas

  • Two messengers, Scotch

  • Philip, Edward’s Queen

  • Countess of Salisbury

  • A French woman

  • Lords, and divers other attendants; heralds, officers, soldiers, etc.

Scene: dispersed; in England, Flanders, and France.