Ferdinand, King of Navarre
Longaville
Dumain
Berowne
The Princess of France
Rosaline
Maria
Katharine
Don Armado
Moth
Costard
Dull
Jaquenetta
Boyet
Adrian
Sir Nathaniel
Holofernes
Marcade
Spring
Winter
A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and her three ladies-in-waiting thwart their intentions.