| A | B |
| Juliet | Capulet's 13-yr-old daughter |
| Romeo | an impulsive romantic lover |
| Prince Escalus | Issues warning not to fight |
| Rosaline | Romeo's former love interest |
| Benvolio | friend of Romeo; a peacemaker |
| Mercutio | friend of Romeo; killed by Tybalt |
| Lady Capulet | Juliet's mother |
| Lord Capulet | Juliet's father |
| Tybalt | Juliet's cousin/kills Mercutio/killed by Romeo |
| Lady Montague | Romeo's mother |
| Lord Montague | Romeo's father |
| Nurse | Juliet's nurse |
| Friar Laurence | secretly marries Romeo and Juliet |
| Friar John | supposed to tell Romeo of plan to fake Juliet's death |
| Paris | wishes to marry Juliet |
| Balthasar | Romeo's servant |
| Sampson | Capulet's servant |
| Gregory | Capulet's servant |
| Peter | Nurse's servant |
| apothecary | shopowner who sells Romeo poison |