Playwrights
Will Shakespeare: Poet and playwright
Kit Marlowe: Will’s colleague, friend, and inspiration
The Rose Theatre
Henslowe: Owner and manager of the Rose Theatre
Fennyman: Producer
Lambert and Frees: Fennyman’s accomplices and henchmen
Ralph: An actor who plays Nurse and Petruchio
Nol: An actor who plays Benvolio and Samson
Robin: An actor who plays Lady Capulet
Adam: An actor who plays Gregory, Benvolio, and Servingman
John Webster: A street urchin who aspires to be an actor
Wabash: A stammering actor and Henslowe’s tailor
The Admiral’s Men
Ned Alleyn: The lead actor of the Admiral’s Men, plays Mercutio
Sam: An actor who plays Juliet
Peter: An actor who plays Tybalt
Other Actors
The Chamberlain’s Men
Burbage: The lead actor and owner of the Curtain Theatre
Other Actors
Dog: A trained animal that delights the Queen
Burbages Two Heavies
The Palace
Mistress Quickly: Wardrobe mistress at Whitehall Palace
Edmund Tilney: The Lord Chamberlain
Queen Elizabeth I
The De Lesseps House
Viola De Lesseps: A daughter who disguises herself as Thomas Kent to audition to be an actor
Nurse: Servant to Viola
Sir Robert De Lesseps: Viola’s father
Lord Wessex: A nobleman betrothed to Viola
Catling: A guard at De Lesseps Hall
Two Guards
Boatman
The Tavern
Waiter
Barman
Molly and Kate – whores at the tavern
Musicians – appear in various locales throughout
