Dramatis Personae

• DON PEDRO, Prince of Arragon
• LEONATO, Governor of Messina
• ANTONIO, an old man, brother of Leonato
• BENEDICK, a young lord of Padua
• BEATRICE, niece to Leonato
• CLAUDIO, a young lord of Florence
• HERO, daughter to Leonato
• MARGARET, gentlewoman attending to Hero
• URSULA, gentlewoman attending to Hero
• DON JOHN, Don Pedro's bastard brother
• BORACHIO, follower of Don John
• CONRADE, follower of Don John
• DOGBERRY, a Constable
• VERGES, a Headborough
• A Sexton
• FIRST WATCHMAN
• SECOND WATCHMAN
• BALTHASAR, attendant on Don Pedro
• FRIAR FRANCIS
• A Boy
• Messenger to Leonato
• Another Messenger

Attendants, Musicians of the Watch, Antonio's Son and other Kinsmen