The cast of Henry V
The people who make Henry V move — what they want, who they love, who they hate, and how each one fits the story. Tap any name to read more.
King Henry V
Young warrior-king navigating the isolation of absolute power and the moral weight of command · 16 (at play's opening, though aged up in later acts)
Captain Fluellen
Welsh captain; voice of discipline, honor, and loyalty to the king
Pistol
Blustering soldier and comic rogue; a man of empty words and inflated self-regard
Constable of France
French military commander and voice of doomed pride
Katharine of Valois
French princess and political bride who learns English and discovers love · Young woman, marriageable age
The Dauphin
French prince and antagonist; arrogant heir to the French throne · Young man
Orleans
French nobleman and military strategist; voice of French pride and skepticism
Michael Williams
Common English soldier; honest and skeptical voice of conscience
Captain Gower
English captain and voice of soldierly reason
Alice
French gentlewoman and language tutor to Princess Katharine
The Duke of Exeter
The King's loyal uncle and enforcer of justice
Nym
Disaffected soldier and petty criminal; comic foil to Bardolph and Pistol
Archbishop of Canterbury
Ecclesiastical counselor and legal scholar; architect of Henry's French claim
Boy
Servant and observer; witness to the war's moral collapse
Bardolph
Disgraced soldier and former tavern companion of Falstaff
King of France
Aging monarch caught between military desperation and diplomatic necessity · 60s or older
Mistress Quickly
Tavern keeper and mourner of Falstaff
The Bishop of Ely
Ecclesiastical counselor and strategist to the King
Montjoy
French herald and messenger; voice of the King of France's demands and negotiations
French Soldier
Captured French nobleman; victim of war's brutality
Westmoreland
English nobleman and counselor to King Henry V
Duke of Burgundy
Peace-broker and mediator between warring kingdoms
Chorus
Prologue and epilogue narrator; the play's meta-theatrical voice
John Bates
Common English soldier; voice of practical skepticism on the eve of Agincourt
Henry Lord Scroop of Masham
Traitorous nobleman and intimate of the King
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