King Henry V:   Prince Hal ripened into noble manhood, courageous, energetic, generous, just, modest, warm-hearted, wise, and practical, "with a stubborn outside, with an aspect of iron."  The ruling monarch seen as the ideal Christian King.       LINK TO GENEALOGICAL CHART

The Duke of Gloucester:  Henry's youngest brother.  His function in the play is to illustrate familial loyalty.

The Duke of Bedford: The Kings brother.  He is used in the text to suggest the close familial bonds between the two brothers.

The Duke of Exeter:   The King's uncle and trusted advisor. He functions as both a statesman and a warrior.

The Duke of York:   Henry's cousin, whom he is very fond of. .

The Archbishop of Canterbury:  He is a man of great learning and a master of the English language. He is an astute man, supporting Henry's army with heavy levies from the church.

The Bishop of Ely:  The King's learned counsellor on the justice of his claims to the French crown.   He is an assistant to the Archbishop and functions mainly as a sounding board for the Archbishop's ideas.

The Earl of Salisbury:

The Earl of Warwick:            -- --leaders of the English forces in France.

The Earl of Westmoreland:

  Gower:    A friend of Fluellen's.  He is a good soldier and is the character who realizes that Pistol is a cowardly braggart.

Fluellen:   an honest Welsh captain in the English army, a man of "much care and valor" but "out of fashion" and absurdly pedantic in his claim to know the "discipline of war."  He is a very proud, conceited, opinionated, testy person who argues with everyone about anything.

Jamy:   a Scots captain in the English army.

MacMorris:   an Irish captain in the English army.

Bates, Court, Williams:   common soldiers in the King's army in France.

The Earl of Cambridge:

Lord Scroop:

Sir Thomas Grey:

                -- --English traitors who conspire with the French against the life of Henry V.  They are discovered and immediately executed for treason.

Pistol:

Nym:

Bardolph:

                -- --of the old Boar's-Head Tavern group, now become camp-followers, cheaters, and thieves in the English army in France.

A Boy attending the three rogues in France.  Has the quick wit and intelligence to discern the cowardice of Bardolph, Nym, and Pistol.

An English Herald.

Hostess of the Boar's-Head Tavern, formerly Nell Quickly but now the wife of Pistol.

Charles VI:  The quiet and dignified King of France.

Isabel:   his queen who joins in the negotiations for peace. .

Lewis, the Dauphin:   a conceited coxcomb full of hollow and ostentatious valor, who overestimates himself and underestimates Henry V and the English army.

Katherine:   charming, coy, and feminine daughter of King Charles and Queen Isabel, betrothed to King Henry, who believes that she has "witchcraft in {her} lips" and is like an angel.

Alice:   a waiting-lady attending the Princess, who, because she has been in England and speaks the language--after a manner--serves as Katherine's instructor and interpreter.

The Duke of Burgundy:   active as a peace-maker between France and England.

The Constable of France:

The Duke of Orleans:

The Duke of Bourbon:

                -- --leaders of the French army at the Battle of Agincourt.

Rambures:

Grandpre:

                -- --noblemen in the French army.

The Governor of Harfleur.

Montjoy:   a French herald in charge of delivering the various ultimatums from the French to the English.

Ambassadors from the Dauphin to Henry V.

Lords, Ladies, Officers, Soldiers, Citizens, Messengers, and Attendants.

     HOMEPAGE