Leonato, the Governor of Messina..........................................

Hero, his daughter......................................................

Beatrice, his niece..............................................................

Antonia, his sister......................................................................

Margaret, a gentlewoman.........................................................

Ursula, a gentlewoman....................................................

Friar Francis, a Franciscan Friar...........................................

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Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon.........................................................

Count Claudio, a young lord.............................................

Signior Benedick, a gentleman............................................

Balthasar, Pedro's aide-de-camp and musician......................

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Don John, Don Pedro's bastard brother..............................

Borachio, one of Don John's men....................................

Conrade, Don John's girlfriend..........................................

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Dogberry, the Constable of Messina...................................................

Verges, his deputy.............................................................

George Seacoal, a night watchman...................................

Hugh Oatcake, a night watchman.......................................

Jack Staggard, a night watchman...................................

Sexton, the city Magistrate..........................................................