King Henry VIII.
Cardinal Wolsey: King Henry’s advisor.
Cardinal Campeius: The pope’s emissary from Rome.
Capuchius: A Spanish ambassador from Emperor Charles V.
Cranmer: The archbishop of Canterbury.
Duke of Norfolk: One of the nobles surrounding the king’s court.
Duke of Buckingham: An enemy of Cardinal Wolsey.
Duke of Suffolk: Another of the nobles surrounding the king’s court.
Earl of Surrey: The duke of Buckingham’s son-in-law.
Lord Chamberlain:
Lord Chancellor
Gardiner: Secretary to the king, afterwards the bishop of Winchester.
Bishop of Lincoln: King Henry’s confessor.
Cromwell: A servant to Wolsey.
Griffith: Queen Katherine’s gentleman usher.
Doctor Butts: Physician to King Henry.
Queen Katherine: The daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain and wife of Henry VIII.
Anne Bullen: A knight’s daughter, Anne Bullen is a lady-in-waiting to Queen Katherine, later marries King Henry and gives birth to the future Queen Elizabeth.
Old Lady: A friend to Anne Bullen
Patience: A woman to Queen Katherine