| | | | Part I |
| | Hamnet | Shakespeare | The Latin tutor's son. Protagonist. Aka: Hamlet. |
| | Susanna | Shakespeare | Hamnet's older sister. |
| | Judith | Shakespeare | Hamnet's twin sister. |
| | Ned | | William's apprentice. |
| | John | Shakespeare | Hamnet's grandfather. Aka: The Glover. |
| | Agnes | Hathaway | Hamnet's mother. The Falconer. |
| | Mary | Shakespeare | Hamnet's grandmother. |
| | The | Latin Tutor | Hamlet's father. Agnes's husband. Aka: The Glover's son, The Husband. |
| | James | | One of Joan's sons. |
| | The | Yeoman | The farm owner. |
| | Edmond | | The Latin Tutor's Brother. |
| | Hettie | | The farm caretaker. |
| | Anne | | The Latin Tutor's dead
sister. |
| | Bartholomew | | Agnes's brother. Aka: The Brother. |
| | Rowan | | Agnes's mother. |
| | Joan | | Agnes's step-mother. |
| | Eliza | | The Latin Tutor's Sister. |
| | William | | Joan's youngest son. |
| | Caterina | | One of Joan's daughters. |
| | Joanie | | One of Joan's daughters. |
| | Margaret | | One of Joan's daughters. |
| | Richard | | One of John's sons. The Latin Tutor's Brother. |
| | Gilbert | | One of John's sons. The Latin Tutor's Brother. |
| | The | Baker's wife | Agnes's close friend. Hamnet's godmother. |
| | Thomas | | Agnes's brother. |
| | The | Cabin Boy | The young boy from Manx Family. |
| | Aleppo | | The quartermaster. |
| | Heminge | | The Latin Tutor's friend. |
| | | | Part II |
| | Milliner's | Husband | Eliza's husband. |
| | Young | Hamnet | The actor in the play. |
| | Old | Hamnet | The ghost Hamnet in the play. |
