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A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== Four lovers: HERMIA LYSANDER HELENA DEMETRIUS THESEUS, duke of Athens HIPPOLYTA, queen of the Amazons EGEUS, father to Hermia PHILOSTRATE, master of the revels to Theseus NICK BOTTOM, weaver PETER QUINCE, carpenter ...
All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== HELEN, a gentlewoman of Rossillion BERTRAM, Count of Rossillion COUNTESS of Rossillion, Bertram's mother In the Countess's household: STEWARD FOOL PAGE PAROLLES, companion to Bertram KING of France LAFEW, a French lor...
Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== ANTONY, a triumvir of Rome CLEOPATRA, Queen of Egypt OCTAVIUS CAESAR, a triumvir of Rome OCTAVIA, sister to Caesar, later wife to Antony LEPIDUS, a triumvir of Rome ENOBARBUS, also called DOMITIUS Accompanying Antony in Egypt an...
As You Like It by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== ORLANDO, youngest son of Sir Rowland de Boys OLIVER, his elder brother SECOND BROTHER, brother to Orlando and Oliver, named Jaques ADAM, servant to Oliver and friend to Orlando DENNIS, servant to Oliver ROSALIND, daughter to Duke Seni...
Coriolanus by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== Caius MARTIUS, later Caius Martius CORIOLANUS VOLUMNIA, his mother VIRGILIA, his wife YOUNG MARTIUS, their son VALERIA, friend to Volumnia and Virgilia A GENTLEWOMAN, Volumnia's attendant MENENIUS Agrippa, patrician COMINIUS, patrician an...
Cymbeline by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== CYMBELINE, King of Britain Cymbeline's QUEEN IMOGEN, daughter to Cymbeline by his former queen POSTHUMUS LEONATUS, husband to Imogen CLOTEN, son to the present queen by a former husband PISANIO, Posthumus's servant CORNELIUS, a physician i...
Hamlet by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== THE GHOST HAMLET, Prince of Denmark, son of the late King Hamlet and Queen Gertrude QUEEN GERTRUDE, widow of King Hamlet, now married to Claudius KING CLAUDIUS, brother to the late King Hamlet OPHELIA LAERTES, her brother POLONIUS, father of ...
Henry IV, Part I by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== KING HENRY IV, formerly Henry Bolingbroke PRINCE HAL, Prince of Wales and heir to the throne (also called Harry and Harry Monmouth) LORD JOHN OF LANCASTER, younger son of King Henry EARL OF WESTMORELAND SIR WALTER BLUNT HOTSPUR (Sir...
Henry IV, Part 2 by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== RUMOR, Presenter of the Induction KING HENRY IV, formerly Henry Bolingbroke PRINCE HAL, Prince of Wales and heir to the throne, later KING HENRY V Younger sons of King Henry IV: JOHN OF LANCASTER THOMAS OF CLARENCE HUMPHREY OF...
Henry V by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== CHORUS HENRY V, KING OF ENGLAND THOMAS, DUKE OF EXETER, uncle to the King Brothers to the King: HUMPHREY, DUKE OF GLOUCESTER JOHN, DUKE OF BEDFORD THOMAS, DUKE OF CLARENCE Cousins to the King: DUKE OF YORK EARL OF WESTMORELAND EA...
Henry VI, Part 1 by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== The English KING HENRY VI Lord TALBOT, afterwards Earl of Shrewsbury JOHN TALBOT, his son Duke of GLOUCESTER, the king's uncle, and Lord Protector Duke of BEDFORD, the king's uncle, and Regent of France Duke of EXETER, the king's gr...
Henry VI, Part 2 by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== KING HENRY VI QUEEN MARGARET Humphrey, Duke of GLOUCESTER, the king's uncle, and Lord Protector DUCHESS of Gloucester, Dame Eleanor Cobham CARDINAL Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester, the king's great-uncle Duke of SOMERSET Duke of SUFF...
Henry VI, Part 3 by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== KING HENRY VI QUEEN MARGARET PRINCE EDWARD Lord CLIFFORD Lancastrian supporters: Earl of NORTHUMBERLAND Earl of WESTMORLAND Duke of EXETER Earl of OXFORD Sir John SOMERVILLE Supporters first of York, then of Lancaster: E...
Henry VIII by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== KING Henry the Eighth Duke of NORFOLK Duke of SUFFOLK Cardinal WOLSEY, Archbishop of Canterbury SECRETARIES to Wolsey CROMWELL, servant to Wolsey, later secretary to the Privy Council Cardinal CAMPEIUS, Papal Legate GARDINER, secretary to...
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== JULIUS CAESAR CALPHURNIA, his wife Servant to them MARCUS BRUTUS PORTIA, his wife LUCIUS, their servant Patricians who, with Brutus, conspire against Caesar: CAIUS CASSIUS CASCA CINNA DECIUS BRUTUS CAIUS LIGARIUS METELLUS C...
King John by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== JOHN, King of England, with dominion over assorted Continental territories QUEEN ELEANOR, King John's mother, widow of King Henry II BLANCHE of Spain, niece to King John PRINCE HENRY, son to King John CONSTANCE, widow of Geoffrey, King Joh...
King Lear by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== LEAR, king of Britain GONERIL, Lear's eldest daughter DUKE OF ALBANY, her husband OSWALD, her steward REGAN, Lear's second daughter DUKE OF CORNWALL, her husband CORDELIA, Lear's youngest daughter KING OF FRANCE, her suitor and then husban...
Love's Labor's Lost by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== KING of Navarre, also known as Ferdinand Lords attending the King: BEROWNE LONGAVILLE DUMAINE The PRINCESS of France Ladies attending the Princess: ROSALINE MARIA KATHERINE BOYET, a lord attending the Princess ARMADO,...
Macbeth by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== Three Witches, the Weird Sisters DUNCAN, king of Scotland MALCOLM, his elder son DONALBAIN, Duncan's younger son MACBETH, thane of Glamis LADY MACBETH SEYTON, attendant to Macbeth Three Murderers in Macbeth's service Both attending upon Lady...
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== DUKE of Vienna, later called Friar Lodowick ESCALUS, a judge PROVOST ELBOW, a constable ABHORSON, an executioner A JUSTICE VARRIUS, friend to the Duke ANGELO, deputy to the Duke MARIANA, betrothed to Angelo BOY singer SERVANT to ...
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== LEONATO, Governor of Messina HERO, his daughter BEATRICE, his niece LEONATO'S BROTHER Waiting gentlewomen to Hero: MARGARET URSULA DON PEDRO, Prince of Aragon COUNT CLAUDIO, a young lord from Florence SIGNIOR BENEDICK, a g...
Othello by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== OTHELLO, a Moorish general in the Venetian army DESDEMONA, a Venetian lady BRABANTIO, a Venetian senator, father to Desdemona IAGO, Othello's standard-bearer, or "ancient" EMILIA, Iago's wife and Desdemona's attendant CASSIO, Othello's secon...
Richard II by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== KING RICHARD II Richard's friends: Sir John BUSHY Sir John BAGOT Sir Henry GREEN Richard's QUEEN Queen's LADIES-IN-WAITING JOHN OF GAUNT, Duke of Lancaster HENRY BOLINGBROKE, Duke of HEREFORD, son to John of Gaunt, and later King He...
Richard III by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== RICHARD, Duke of Gloucester, later King Richard III LADY ANNE, widow of Edward, son to the late King Henry VI; later wife to Richard KING EDWARD IV, brother to Richard QUEEN ELIZABETH, Edward's wife, formerly the Lady Grey Their sons: ...
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== ROMEO MONTAGUE, his father LADY MONTAGUE, his mother BENVOLIO, their kinsman ABRAM, a Montague servingman BALTHASAR, Romeo's servingman JULIET CAPULET, her father LADY CAPULET, her mother NURSE to Juliet TYBALT, kinsman to the Capul...
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== EGEON, a merchant from Syracuse Solinus, DUKE of Ephesus ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE, a traveler in search of his mother and his brother DROMIO OF SYRACUSE, Antipholus of Syracuse's servant FIRST MERCHANT, a citizen of Ephesus ANTIPH...
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== PORTIA, an heiress of Belmont NERISSA, her waiting-gentlewoman Servants to Portia: BALTHAZAR STEPHANO Suitors to Portia: Prince of MOROCCO Prince of ARRAGON ANTONIO, a merchant of Venice BASSANIO, a Venetian gentleman,...
The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== MISTRESS FORD FORD, her husband Their servants: JOHN ROBERT MISTRESS PAGE PAGE, her husband ANNE, their daughter WILLIAM, their son DOCTOR CAIUS, a French doctor, suitor to Anne Page MISTRESS QUICKLY, the doctor's hous...
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== Characters in the Induction: CHRISTOPHER SLY, a beggar Hostess of an alehouse A Lord Huntsmen of the Lord Page (disguised as a lady) Players Servingmen Messenger BAPTISTA MINOLA, father to Katherine and Bianca...
The Tempest by William Shakespeare Characters in the Play ====================== PROSPERO, the former duke of Milan, now a magician on a Mediterranean island MIRANDA, Prospero's daughter ARIEL, a spirit, servant to Prospero CALIBAN, an inhabitant of the island, servant to Prospero FERDINAND, prince of Naples ALONSO, ...