See below for a full list of all of Shakespeare’s Cardenio characters:
The Tyrant, usurped the king’s throne
Govianus, the king
The Lady, Govianus’s love, and pursued by the Tyrant
Helvetius, the Lady’s father
Anselmus, brother-in-law of Govianus
Votarius, Anselmus’s best friend
Wife of Anselmus
Leonella, the Wife’s servant
Memphonius, court noble
Sophonirus, court noble
Bellarius, court noble
Gregory Doran as Cardenio characters
This is the character list of Thomas Middleton’s “The Second Maiden’s Tragedy”, not Cardenio.
Here is the actual character list of Shakespeare & Fletcher’s Cardenio:
The Duke of Andalusia
Roderick, the Duke’s eldest son
Fernando, the Duke’s youngest son
Cardenio (renamed Julio by Theobald in “Double Falsehood”), Fernando’s friend, and in love with Luscinda
Camillo, Cardenio’s father
Luscinda (renamed Leonora), courted by Cardenio
Bernardo, Lucinda’s father
Violante, a farmer’s daughter, courted by Fernando
Violenta’s maid-servant
Lucinda’s maid-servant
Master of the Shepherds
Two Shepherds
Citizens
Servants
Musicians
Mourners
– Characters removed by Theobald in “Double Falsehood”:
Don Quixote, a madman believing himself to me a medieval knight
Sancho, Quixote’s companion
A Curate, who follows Quixote in pursuit
A Barber, who follows Quixote in pursuit alongside the Curate
Forgot to mention:
Fernando is renamed Henriquez by Theobald in “Double Falsehood.