Dramatis Personae CHARLES THE NINTH[King of France] Duke of Anjou[his brother, afterwards KING HENRY THE THIRD] King of Navarre PRINCE OF CONDE[his brother] Brothers DUKE OF GUISE CARDINAL OF LORRAINE DUKE DUMAINE SON TO THE DUKE OF GUISE[a boy] THE LORD HIGH ADMIRAL DUKE OF JOYEUX EPERNOUN PLESHE BARTUS TWO LORDS OF POLAND GONZAGO RETES MOUNTSORRELL COSSINS[Captain of the King's Guard]
MUGEROUN THE CUTPURSE LOREINE[a preacher] SEROUNE RAMUS TALEUS FRIAR SURGEON ENGLISH AGENT APOTHECARY Captain of the Guard, Protestants, Schoolmasters, Soldiers, Murderers, Attendants CATHERINE [the Queen Mother of France] MARGARET [her daughter, wife to the KING OF NAVARRE] THE OLD QUEEN OF NAVARRE DUCHESS OF GUISE WIFE TO SEROUNE Maid to the Duchess of Guise