| Character | Speaker | Gender |
| ADRIAN | ADRIAN | male |
| ALONSO | ALONSO, King of Naples | male |
| ANTONIO | ANTONIO, his brother, the usurping Duke of Milan | male |
| ARIEL | ARIEL, an airy spirit | male |
| BOATSWAIN | Boatswain | male |
| CALIBAN | CALIBAN, a savage and deformed slave | male |
| CERES | CERES | female |
| FERDINAND | FERDINAND, son of the King of Naples | male |
| FERDINAND and MIRANDA | FERDINAND, son of the King of Naples | male |
| FERDINAND and MIRANDA | MIRANDA, daughter of Prospero | male |
| FRANCISCO | FRANCISCO | male |
| GONZALO | GONZALO, an honest old councillor | male |
| IRIS | IRIS | female |
| JUNO | JUNO | female |
| MARINERS | Mariners | male |
| MASTER | Master of a ship | male |
| MIRANDA | MIRANDA, daughter of Prospero | female |
| PROSPERO | PROSPERO, the right Duke of Milan | male |
| SEBASTIAN | SEBASTIAN, his brother | male |
| STEPHANO | STEPHANO, a drunken butler [Stefano] | male |
| TRINCULO | TRINCULO, a jester | male |