| A | B |
| Cyrano de Bergerac | skillful soldier-poet; full of integrity |
| Christian de Neuvillette | handsome suitor of Roxanne; gets tongue-tied with women |
| Count de Guiche | Powerful Gascon; Married to Cardinal Richelieu's niece |
| Ragueneau | Poet-Baker |
| Le Bret | Cyrano's good friend; advises Cyrano to be more prudent and cautious |
| Ligniere | Likeable drunkard who writes poem that angers de Guiche |
| Valvert | Aristocrat whom de Guiche tries to set up with Roxanne for his own purposes |
| Montfleury | Bad actor banned from the stage by Cyrano |
| Duenna | Roxanne's chaperone |
| Lise | Ragueneau's shrewish wife |
| Hotel de Bourgogne | site of Cyrano's showdown with Montfleury |
| Porte de Nesle | Cyrano takes on 100 men here |
| Bakeshop | Cyrano writes Roxanne a love letter here |
| ivy | Cyrano scorns to be like this plant |
| Don Quixote | Cyrano admires this fictional character |
| Musketeer | tries to take credit for Cyrano's deeds; flirts with Lise |
| Meddler | Kicked and slapped by Cyrano; warns Cyrano of danger of not having a patron |