doubled) are speaking roles in King Lear. Gentlewoman: A Gentlewoman attending on Lady Macbeth witnesses her sleepwalking, with the Scottish Doctor, in Macbeth. A Gentlewoman attends on Virgilia, in Coriolanus George: George (fict) is a follower of Jack Cade in Henry VI, Part 2. George, Duke of Clarence (hist) is the younger brother of Edward and the elder brother of Richard in Henry VI, Part 3 and Richard III. He is often known as "purjured Clarence", having broken his oath to Warwick and fighting instead for his brother's faction. He is eventually drowned in a butt of malmesy wine. George Seacoal is a member of the Watch in Much Ado About Nothing. See also Master Page, whose first name is George. Gerald is a pedantic schoolmaster, who leads the Maying entertainments in The Two Noble Kinsmen. Queen Gertrude is the protagonist's mother in Hamlet. She has married Claudius. Ghost. The following characters appear as Ghosts. See the entries under their character name: Banquo Julius Caesar Old Hamlet in Cymbeline: Sicilius Leonantus The Mother of Posthumus Two brothers of Posthumus and in Richard III: Dorset The Duke of Buckingham (2) Earl Rivers George, Duke of Clarence Grey Henry VI Lady Anne Lord Hastings Prince Edward Prince Edward of York Richard Duke of York (2) Antigonus in The Winter's Tale reports seeing the ghost of Hermione in a dream. For "Ghost characters" in the other sense – characters mentioned in stage directions but having no lines and playing no part in the action – see Ghost character. Ghost characters in that sense are not listed on this page. Girl (hist) in Richard III is the young daughter of the murdered Clarence. Glansdale (fict) fights for the English in France in Henry VI, Part 1. Owen Glendower (hist), a warrior and magician who tries the patience of Hotspur, leads the Welsh forces in the rebellion in Henry IV, Part 1. Gloucester: The Duchess of Gloucester (hist) is the widow of Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester. His murder (before the play opens) drives much of the action of Richard II. The Earl of Gloucester is the father of Edgar and Edmund, who has his eyes put out by the Duke of Cornwall, in King Lear. Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester (hist) is the wife of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester in Henry VI, Part 2, in which she dabbles in witchcraft with disastrous results. Humphrey,