Characters / 'Tis Pity She's a Whore

Florio's household

Florio

A citizen of Parma. Father to Giovanni and Annabella.

• Good Parents: He wants Annabella to be able to Marry for Love.
  Florio: I will not force my daughter ’gainst her will.
  […] My care is, how to match her to her liking;
  I would not have her marry wealth, but love,
  And if she like your nephew, let him have her;
  Here’s all that I can say.

Giovanni

Son to Florio.

• Bookworm

Annabella

Daughter to Florio.

Putana

Tutoress to Annabella.

• Dirty Old Woman: When she returns to find Annabella had been having sex with her brother, she basically responds, "Get it girl!"
• Meaningful Name: Putana means whore.
• Expy: Of Juliet's nurse in Romeo and Juliet

Annabella's suitors

Grimaldi

A Roman Gentleman.

Richardetto

A supposed Physician.

Soranzo

A Nobleman.

Bergetto

Nephew to Donado.

• Abhorrent Admirer: To Annabella. Contrary to the trope, however, he isn't actually interested in Annabella, only courting her at his uncle's insistence.
• Ambiguously Gay: Not in the script, but the character is sometimes played this way.

Servants

Vasques

Servant to Soranzo.

• Servile Snarker
• Double Reverse Quadruple Agent: Soranzo's servant, pretending to be in league with Hippolita, still actually loyal to Soranzo.
• The Butler Did It: Soranzo's servant, plotting to kill him—and then a Subverted Trope when it's revealed he was actually loyal to his master the whole time.

Poggio

Servant to Bergetto.

Others

Donado

A citizen of Parma. Uncle to Bergetto

Hippolita

Wife to Richardetto.

• Woman Scorned

Philotis

Niece to Richardetto.

Friar Bonaventura

A Friar.

• Expy: Of Romeo's confidant Friar Lawrence in Romeo and Juliet

Cardinal

Nuncio to the Pope.