Orlando
Shelmerdine
The Khan
Archduke Harry
Sasha
Nick Greene / Publisher
Queen Elizabeth I
Mr. Pope
King William of Orange
Countess
Mr. Addison
Singer / Angel
King James I
Orlando's Father
Orlando's Mother
Clorinda
Favilla
Euphrosyne
Earl of Moray
Lord Francis Vere
England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.