Dramatis personae

None of Marlowe’s dramas has a list of characters. It was only added in the later editions. Here, all the relevant roles are listed by play. The role names correspond to those used in the standard editions of the works, i.e. Caterina de' Medici is listed under "Queen Mother".

Dido, Queen of Carthage

Dido, Queen of Carthage
Aeneas, Trojan, son of Venus and Anchises Ascanius, son of Aeneas
Iarbas, King of Gaetuia
Achates
Ilioneus
Cloanthus
Sergestus
Anna, Dido’s sister
Jupiter
Ganymed
Cupido
Mercury
Venus
Juno

Tamburlaine, Part 1

Mycetes, King of Persia
Cosroe, his brother
Meander
Theridamas
Ortygius
Ceneus
Tamburlaine, a Scythian shepherd
Techelles
Usumcasane
Bajazeth, Emperor of the Turks
King of Fez
King of Morocco
King of Algier
Alcidamus, King of Arabia
Soldan of Egypt
Governor of Damascus
Agydas Magnetes, a Medinan prince
Capolin
Philemus
Spion
Zenocrate, daughter of the Soldan of Egypt
Anipe, her maid
Zabina, wife of Bajazeth
Ebea, her maid
Virigins of Damaskus

Tamburlaine, Part 2

Tamburlaine, King of Persia
Calyphas, Tamburlain’s son
Amyras, Tamburlain’s son
Celebinus, Tamburlain’s son
Theridamas, King of Algier
Techelles, King of Fez
Usumcasane, King of Morocco
Orcanes, King of Natolia
Uribassa, peer of Natolia
King of Trebizon
King of Soria
King of Jerusalem
King of Amasia
Gazellus, Viceroy of the city of Byron
Sigismund, King of Hungary
Frederick, peer of Buda
Baldwin, peer of Bohemia
Callapine, son of Bajazeth and Tamburlaine’s prisoner
Almeda, keeper of Callapine
Governor of Babylon
Captain of Balsera
Son of the Captain of Balsera
Maximus
Perdicas, Calyphas' friend
Zenocrate, Tamburlaine’s wife
Olympia, wife of the Captain of Balsera