Chorus

Narrator who bridges the gaps the stage cannot show

King Henry V

The warrior-king of England, invading France to press his claim

Exeter

Henry's uncle and most trusted diplomat and commander

Fluellen

Welsh captain, punctilious about the ancient disciplines of war

Pistol

Braggart soldier and tavern companion of Henry's wild youth

Bardolph

Pistol's fellow soldier, hanged for looting a French church

Nym

Taciturn soldier of the old Eastcheap company

Boy

Young page who serves and outgrows Pistol's company

Williams

Common soldier who challenges the disguised King the night before battle

Bates & Court

Two common soldiers sharing the night watch with Williams on the eve of Agincourt

French King

Charles VI of France, anxious before the English threat

Dauphin

Heir to the French throne, contemptuous of Henry

Constable Of France

France's most capable soldier, doomed at Agincourt

Montjoy

French herald, carrying threats and later surrender

Katharine

Princess of France, promised to Henry in marriage and peace

Alice

Katharine's gentlewoman, her tutor in halting English

Bishop Of Canterbury

Archbishop who supplies the legal justification for Henry's claim to France

Westmoreland

English earl whose wish for more men prompts Henry's St Crispin's Day speech

Hostess Quickly

Keeper of the Eastcheap tavern and Pistol's wife, who reports Falstaff's death

Queen Isabel

Queen of France, hopeful for peace at the treaty negotiations

Henry's Brothers

Humphrey (Gloucester), John (Bedford), and Thomas (Clarence) — the three royal brothers standing beside Henry through council and campaign

Erpingham

Old knight whose cloak Henry borrows to walk disguised among his soldiers

Gower

English captain and Fluellen's steady companion

Burgundy

French duke whose speech on ravaged France opens the peace negotiations

Scroop, Cambridge & Grey

Three noblemen bribed by France to assassinate Henry before the fleet sails

Macmorris & Jamy

Irish and Scottish captains of the famous four-captains scene

Orleans & Bourbon

French nobles boasting in camp on the eve of Agincourt

Le Fer

Terrified French soldier captured by Pistol amid the battle's chaos