the etymology and history of first names
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Shakespearian Characters Alphabetically
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| Name | Play | Also Known As |
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| Aaron | Titus Andronicus | |
| Lord Abergavenny | Henry VIII | |
| Abhorson | Measure For Measure | |
| Abraham | Romeo and Juliet | (Abram) |
| Master Abraham Slender | The Merry Wives of Windsor | |
| Achilles | Troilus and Cressida | |
| Adam | As You Like It | |
| Adrian Volsce | Coriolanus | |
| Adrian | The Tempest | |
| Adriana | The Comedy of Errors | |
| Don Adriano de Armado | Love's Labour's Lost | |
| Aemilius | Titus Andronicus | |
| Aeneas | Troilus and Cressida | |
| Agamemnon | Troilus and Cressida | |
| Agrippa | Antony and Cleopatra | |
| Ajax | Troilus and Cressida | |
| Alarbus | Titus Andronicus | |
| Alcibiades | Timon of Athens | |
| Alexander Court | Henry V | |
| Alexander Iden | Henry VI (2) | |
| Alexander | Troilus and Cressida | |
| Alexas | Antony and Cleopatra | |
| Alice | Henry V | |
| Mistress Alice Ford | The Merry Wives of Windsor | |
| Aliena | As You Like It | |
| King Alonso | The Tempest | |
| Amiens | As You Like It | |
| Sir Andrew Aguecheek | Twelfth Night | |
| Andromache | Troilus and Cressida | |
| Angelo | Measure For Measure | |
| Angelo | The Comedy of Errors | |
| Angus | Macbeth | |
| Anne Boleyn | Henry VIII | |
| Lady Anne | Richard III | |
| Anne Page | The Merry Wives of Windsor | |
| Antenor | Troilus and Cressida | |
| Earl Anthony Woodville Rivers | Henry VI (3) | |
| Sir Anthony Denny | Henry VIII | |
| Anthony Dull | Love's Labour's Lost | |
| Anthony Woodville | Richard III | |
| Antigonus | The Winter's Tale | |
| Antipholus of Ephesus | The Comedy of Errors | |
| Antipholus of Syracuse | The Comedy of Errors | |
| Antonio | Much Ado About Nothing | |
| Antonio | The Merchant of Venice | |
| Antonio | The Tempest | |
| Antonio | The Two Gentlemen of Verona | |
| Antonio | Twelfth Night | |
| Apemantus | Timon of Athens | |
| Archidamus | The Winter's Tale | |
| Ariel | The Tempest | |
| Artemidorus | Julius Caesar | |
| Arthur | King John | |
| Arviragus | Cymbeline | (Cadwal) |
| Asnath | Henry VI (2) | |
| Audrey | As You Like It | |
| Autolycus | The Winter's Tale | |
| Bagot | Richard II | |
| Balthasar | Much Ado About Nothing | |
| Balthasar | Romeo and Juliet | |
| Balthasar | The Comedy of Errors | |
| Balthasar | The Merchant of Venice | |
| Banquo | Macbeth | |
| Baptista Minola | Taming of the Shrew | |
| Bardolph | Henry IV (1), Henry IV (2) | |
| Lord Bardolph | Henry IV (2) | |
| Bardolph | Henry V | |
| Bardolph | The Merry Wives of Windsor | |
| Barnardine | Measure For Measure | |
| Barnardo | Hamlet | |
| Bartholomew | Taming of the Shrew | |
| Bassanio | The Merchant of Venice | |
| Basset | Henry VI (1) | |
| Bassianus | Titus Andronicus | |
| Beatrice | Much Ado About Nothing | |
| Belarius | Cymbeline | (Morgan) |
| Benedick | Much Ado About Nothing | |
| Benvolio | Romeo and Juliet | |
| Lord Berkeley | Richard II | (Berkley) |
| Count Bertram | All's Well That Ends Well | |
| Bianca | Othello | |
| Bianca | Taming of the Shrew | |
| Biondello | Taming of the Shrew | |
| Biron | Love's Labour's Lost | |
| Lady Blanche | King John | |
| Lady Bona | Henry VI (3) | |
| Borachio | Much Ado About Nothing | |
| Admiral Bourbon | Henry VI (3) | |
| Boyet | Love's Labour's Lost | |
| Brabanzio | Othello | (Brabantio) |
| Brandon | Henry VIII | |
| Bushy | Richard II | |
| Doctor Butts | Henry VIII | |
| Caithness | Macbeth | (Cathness) |
| Caius Proculeius | Antony and Cleopatra | |
| Caius Marcius | Coriolanus | (Marcius, Martius, Coriolanus) |
| Caius Lucius | Cymbeline | |
| Caius Cassius | Julius Caesar | (Cassius) |
| Caius Ligarius | Julius Caesar | (Ligarius) |
| Caius | King Lear | |
| Doctor Caius | The Merry Wives of Windsor | |
| Caius | Titus Andronicus | |
| Calchas | Troilus and Cressida | |
| Caliban | The Tempest | |
| Calpurnia | Julius Caesar | |
| Cambio | Taming of the Shrew | |
| Camidius | Antony and Cleopatra | |
| Camillo | The Winter's Tale | |
| Cardinal Campeius | Henry VIII | |
| Caphis | Timon of Athens | |
| Lord Capuchius | Henry VIII | (Caputius) |
| Capulet | Romeo and Juliet | |
| Casca | Julius Caesar | |
| Cassandra | Troilus and Cressida | |
| Cato | Julius Caesar | |
| Celia | As You Like It | |
| Ceres | The Tempest | |
| Cesario | Twelfth Night | |
| Lord Chamberlain | Henry VIII | |
| Lord Chancellor | Henry VIII | |
| Charles | As You Like It | |
| King Charles VI of France | Henry V | |
| King Charles VII of France | Henry VI (1) | |
| Charmian | Antony and Cleopatra | |
| Chatillon | King John | |
| Chiron | Titus Andronicus | |
| Sir Christopher Urswick | Richard III | |
| Sir Christopher Sly | Taming of the Shrew | |
| Cicero | Julius Caesar | |
| Cinna the Poet | Julius Caesar | |
| Cinna | Julius Caesar | |
| Claudio | Measure For Measure | |
| Claudio | Much Ado About Nothing | |
| King Claudius | Hamlet | |
| Claudius | Julius Caesar | |
| Cleomenes | The Winter's Tale | |
| Cleopatra | Antony and Cleopatra | |
| Clitus | Julius Caesar | |
| Lord Cloten | Cymbeline | |
| Clown | The Winter's Tale | |
| Cobweb | A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| Cominius | Coriolanus | |
| Conrade | Much Ado About Nothing | (Conrad) |
| Lady Constance | King John | |
| Cordelia | King Lear | |
| Corin | As You Like It | |
| Cornelius | Cymbeline | |
| Cornelius | Hamlet | |
| Costard | Love's Labour's Lost | |
| Cranmer | Henry VIII | |
| Cressida | Troilus and Cressida | |
| Cupid | Timon of Athens | |
| Curan | King Lear | |
| Curio | Twelfth Night | |
| Curtis | Taming of the Shrew | |
| King Cymbeline | Cymbeline | |
| Dardanius | Julius Caesar | |
| Davy | Henry IV (2) | |
| Decius Brutus | Julius Caesar | |
| Decretas | Antony and Cleopatra | |
| Deiphobus | Troilus and Cressida | |
| Demetrius | A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| Demetrius | Antony and Cleopatra | |
| Demetrius | Titus Andronicus | |
| Dennis | As You Like It | (Denis) |
| Desdemona | Othello | |
| Diana | All's Well That Ends Well | |
| Dick the Butcher | Henry VI (2) | |
| Diomedes | Antony and Cleopatra | |
| Diomedes | Troilus and Cressida | |
| Dion | The Winter's Tale | |
| Dogberry | Much Ado About Nothing | |
| Dolabella | Antony and Cleopatra | |
| Doll Tearsheet | Henry IV (2) | |
| Domitius Enobarbus | Antony and Cleopatra | |
| Donalbain | Macbeth | |
| Dorcas | The Winter's Tale | |
| Marquess Dorset | Henry VIII | |
| Marquis Dorset | Henry VIII | |
| Dromio of Ephesus | The Comedy of Errors | |
| Dromio of Syracuse | The Comedy of Errors | |
| Lord Dumain | All's Well That Ends Well | |
| Lord Dumain | All's Well That Ends Well | |
| Dumaine | Love's Labour's Lost | |
| King Duncan | Macbeth | |
| Edgar | King Lear | |
| Lord Edmund Mortimer | Henry IV (1) | |
| Edmund Mortimer | Henry VI (1) | |
| Edmund | King Lear | |
| Edward Poins | Henry IV (1), Henry IV (2) | (Ned) |
| King Edward IV of England | Henry VI (2), Henry VI (3), Richard III | |
| Prince Edward | Henry VI (3) | |
| Prince Edward | Richard III | |
| Egeon | The Comedy of Errors | |
| Egeus | A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| Eglamour | The Two Gentlemen of Verona | |
| Elbow | Measure For Measure | |
| Queen Eleanor | King John | |
| Dame Eleanor Cobham | Henry VI (2) | |
| Lady Elizabeth Grey | Henry VI (3), Richard III | |
| Princess Elizabeth | Henry VIII | |
| Emilia | Othello | |
| Emilia | The Comedy of Errors | |
| Emilia | The Winter's Tale | |
| Emmanuel | Henry VI (2) | |
| Eros | Antony and Cleopatra | |
| Escalus | Measure For Measure | |
| Prince Escalus | Romeo and Juliet | |
| Euphronius | Antony and Cleopatra | |
| Fabian | Twelfth Night | |
| Lady Falconbridge | King John | |
| Fang | Henry IV (2) | |
| Master Fenton | The Merry Wives of Windsor | |
| Ferdinand | Love's Labour's Lost | |
| Ferdinand | The Tempest | |
| Feste | Twelfth Night | |
| Fidele | Cymbeline | |
| Flaminius | Timon of Athens | |
| Flavius | Julius Caesar | |
| Flavius | Timon of Athens | |
| Fleance | Macbeth | |
| Florizel | The Winter's Tale | (Doricles) |
| Captain Fluellen | Henry V | |
| Fortinbras | Hamlet | |
| Francesca | Measure For Measure | |
| Francis Flute | A Midsummer Night's Dream | (Flute) |
| Francis | Henry IV (1) | |
| Francis Feeble | Henry IV (2) | |
| Friar Francis | Much Ado About Nothing | |
| Francisco | Hamlet | |
| Francisco | The Tempest | |
| Master Frank Ford | The Merry Wives of Windsor | |
| Duke Frederick | As You Like It | |
| Froth | Measure For Measure | |
| Gadshill | Henry IV (1) | |
| Gaius Maecenas | Antony and Cleopatra | |
| Gaius Trebonius | Julius Caesar | |
| Gallus | Antony and Cleopatra | |
| Ganymede | As You Like It | |
| George | Henry VI (3) | (Clarence) |
| George | Richard III | |
| Master George Page | The Merry Wives of Windsor | |
| Queen Gertrude | Hamlet | |
| Gobbo | The Merchant of Venice | |
| Goneril | King Lear | (Gonoril) |
| Gonzalo | The Tempest | |
| Gower | Henry IV (2) | |
| Captain Gower | Henry V | |
| Lord Grandpre | Henry V | |
| Gratiano | Othello | (Graziano) |
| Gratiano | The Merchant of Venice | (Graziano) |
| Green | Richard II | |
| Gregory | Romeo and Juliet | |
| Gremio | Taming of the Shrew | |
| Lord Grey | Richard III | (Gray) |
| Griffith | Henry VIII | |
| Grumio | Taming of the Shrew | |
| Guiderius | Cymbeline | (Polydore) |
| Guildenstern | Hamlet | |
| Prince Hamlet | Hamlet | |
| Harcourt | Henry IV (2) | |
| Lord Hastings | Henry IV (2) | |
| Lord Hastings | Henry VI (3) | |
| Hastings | Richard III | |
| Hecate | Macbeth | |
| Hector | Troilus and Cressida | |
| Helen | All's Well That Ends Well | |
| Helen | Cymbeline | |
| Helen | Troilus and Cressida | |
| Helena | A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| Helenus | Troilus and Cressida | |
| King Henry IV of England | Henry IV (1), Henry IV (2) | |
| Prince Henry | Henry IV (1), Henry IV (2) | (Hal, Harry) |
| King Henry V of England | Henry V | |
| Lord Henry Scroop | Henry V | |
| King Henry VI of England | Henry VI (1), Henry VI (2), Henry VI (3) | |
| Cardinal Henry Beaufort | Henry VI (2) | |
| Henry Earl of Richmond | Henry VI (3) | |
| King Henry VIII of England | Henry VIII | |
| Sir Henry Guildford | Henry VIII | |
| Prince Henry | King John | |
| Henry Bolingbroke | Richard II | (Harry) |
| Henry Percy | Richard II, Henry IV (1) | (Hotspur) |
| Henry Percy | Richard II, Henry IV (1) | |
| Henry Earl of Richmond | Richard III | |
| Hermia | A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| Hermione | The Winter's Tale | |
| Hero | Much Ado About Nothing | |
| Hippolyta | A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| Holofernes | Love's Labour's Lost | |
| Horatio | Hamlet | |
| Hortensio | Taming of the Shrew | |
| Hortensius | Timon of Athens | |
| Hostilius | Timon of Athens | |
| Hubert | King John | |
| Sir Hugh Mortimer | Henry VI (3) | |
| Sir Hugh Evans | The Merry Wives of Windsor | |
| Prince Humphrey | Henry IV (2) | |
| Duke Humphrey | Henry VI (2) | |
| Sir Humphrey Stafford | Henry VI (2) | |
| Lord Humphrey Stafford | Henry VI (3) | |
| Hymen | As You Like It | |
| Iachimo | Cymbeline | (Giacomo) |
| Iago | Othello | |
| Princess Imogen | Cymbeline | (Innogen) |
| Iras | Antony and Cleopatra | |
| Iris | The Tempest | |
| Isabel | Henry V | |
| Isabella | Measure For Measure | |
| Isidore | Timon of Athens | |
| Jack Cade | Henry VI (2) | |
| Lord James Fiennes Say | Henry VI (2) | |
| James Gurney | King John | |
| Sir James Blunt | Richard III | |
| Sir James Tyrrel | Richard III | |
| Captain Jamy | Henry V | |
| Jaquenetta | Love's Labour's Lost | |
| Jaques | As You Like It | |
| Jaques de Boys | As You Like It | |
| Jessica | The Merchant of Venice | |
| Joan la Pucelle | Henry VI (1) | |
| Lord John | Henry IV (1) | |
| Sir John Falstaff | Henry IV (1), Henry IV (2), The Merry Wives of Windsor | |
| Prince John | Henry IV (2) | |
| Sir John Blunt | Henry IV (2) | |
| Sir John Coleville | Henry IV (2) | |
| John Bates | Henry V | |
| Sir John Fastolfe | Henry VI (1) | |
| John Talbot | Henry VI (1) | |
| John the Bastard of Orleans | Henry VI (1) | |
| John Clifford | Henry VI (2), Henry VI (3) | |
| John Holland | Henry VI (2) | |
| John Hume | Henry VI (2) | |
| John Southwell | Henry VI (2) | |
| Sir John Stanley | Henry VI (2) | |
| Sir John Montgomery | Henry VI (3) | |
| Sir John Mortimer | Henry VI (3) | |
| Sir John Somerville | Henry VI (3) | |
| King John of England | King John | |
| Lord John Bigot | King John | |
| Don John | Much Ado About Nothing | |
| John of Gaunt | Richard II | |
| John Morton | Richard III | |
| Friar John | Romeo and Juliet | |
| John Rugby | The Merry Wives of Windsor | |
| Joseph | Taming of the Shrew | |
| Julia | The Two Gentlemen of Verona | |
| Juliet | Measure For Measure | |
| Juliet | Romeo and Juliet | |
| Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar | |
| Junius Brutus | Coriolanus | |
| Juno | The Tempest | |
| Jupiter | Cymbeline | |
| Kate Percy | Henry IV (1), Henry IV (2) | |
| Katharine | Henry V | (Catherine) |
| Queen Katharine | Henry VIII | (Katherine) |
| Katharine | Love's Labour's Lost | (Catherine) |
| Katherina | Taming of the Shrew | (Katherine) |
| Laertes | Hamlet | |
| Lafeu | All's Well That Ends Well | (Lafew) |
| Lance | The Two Gentlemen of Verona | |
| Launcelot | The Merchant of Venice | (Lancelot) |
| Friar Laurence | Romeo and Juliet | |
| Lavatch | All's Well That Ends Well | |
| Lavinia | Titus Andronicus | |
| King Lear | King Lear | |
| Le Beau | As You Like It | |
| Lennox | Macbeth | |
| Leonardo | The Merchant of Venice | |
| Leonato | Much Ado About Nothing | |
| King Leontes | The Winter's Tale | |
| Lewis the Dauphin | Henry V, King John | (Louis) |
| King Lewis XI of France | Henry VI (3) | (Louis) |
| Licio | Taming of the Shrew | |
| Lodovico | Othello | |
| Longaville | Love's Labour's Lost | (Longueville) |
| Lorenzo | The Merchant of Venice | |
| Lucentio | Taming of the Shrew | |
| Lucetta | The Two Gentlemen of Verona | |
| Luciana | The Comedy of Errors | |
| Lucianus | Hamlet | |
| Lucilius | Julius Caesar | (Lucillius) |
| Lucilius | Timon of Athens | |
| Lucio | Measure For Measure | |
| Lucius | Julius Caesar | |
| Lucius | Timon of Athens | |
| Lucius | Titus Andronicus | |
| Young Lucius | Titus Andronicus | |
| Lucullus | Timon of Athens | |
| Lysander | A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| Macbeth | Macbeth | |
| Lady Macbeth | Macbeth | |
| Macduff | Macbeth | |
| Lady Macduff | Macbeth | |
| Captain Macmorris | Henry V | |
| Malcolm | Macbeth | |
| Malvolio | Twelfth Night | |
| Mamillius | The Winter's Tale | |
| Marcellus | Hamlet | |
| Young Marcius | Coriolanus | (Martius) |
| Marcus Aemilius Lepidus | Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra | (Lepidus) |
| Marcus Brutus | Julius Caesar | (Brutus) |
| Marcus Andronicus | Titus Andronicus | |
| Mardian | Antony and Cleopatra | |
| Margarelon | Troilus and Cressida | |
| Margaret | Henry VI (1) | |
| Queen Margaret | Henry VI (2), Henry VI (3), Richard III | |
| Margaret | Much Ado About Nothing | |
| Mistress Margaret Page | The Merry Wives of Windsor | |
| Margery Jordan | Henry VI (2) | |
| Maria | Love's Labour's Lost | |
| Maria | Twelfth Night | |
| Mariana | All's Well That Ends Well | |
| Mariana | Measure For Measure | |
| Mark Antony | Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra | |
| Lord Marshal | Richard II | |
| Martius | Titus Andronicus | |
| Matthew Matthew | Henry VI (2) | |
| Lady Maud Northumberland | Henry IV (2) | |
| Count Melun | King John | |
| Menas | Antony and Cleopatra | |
| Menecrates | Antony and Cleopatra | |
| Menelaus | Troilus and Cressida | |
| Menenius Agrippa | Coriolanus | |
| Menteith | Macbeth | |
| Mercade | Love's Labour's Lost | |
| Mercutio | Romeo and Juliet | |
| Messala | Julius Caesar | |
| Metellus Cimber | Julius Caesar | |
| Sir Michael | Henry IV (1) | |
| Michael Williams | Henry V | |
| Michael Cassio | Othello | |
| Miranda | The Tempest | |
| Montague | Romeo and Juliet | |
| Montano | Othello | |
| Montjoy | Henry V | |
| Mopsa | The Winter's Tale | |
| Lady Mortimer | Henry IV (1) | |
| Morton | Henry IV (2) | |
| Moth | A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| Moth | Love's Labour's Lost | |
| Murellus | Julius Caesar | |
| Mustardseed | A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| Mutius | Titus Andronicus | |
| Sir Nathaniel | Love's Labour's Lost | |
| Nathaniel | Taming of the Shrew | |
| Nell | The Comedy of Errors | |
| Nerissa | The Merchant of Venice | |
| Nestor | Troilus and Cressida | |
| Nicanor | Coriolanus | |
| Sir Nicholas Vaux | Henry VIII | |
| Nicholas | Taming of the Shrew | |
| Nick Bottom | A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| Nym | Henry V | (Nim) |
| Nym | The Merry Wives of Windsor | (Nim) |
| Oberon | A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| Octavia | Antony and Cleopatra | |
| Octavius Caesar | Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra | |
| Oliver | As You Like It | |
| Sir Oliver Martext | As You Like It | |
| Olivia | Twelfth Night | |
| Ophelia | Hamlet | |
| Orlando | As You Like It | |
| Duke Orsino | Twelfth Night | |
| Osric | Hamlet | |
| Oswald | King Lear | |
| Othello | Othello | |
| Mistress Overdone | Measure For Measure | |
| Owen Glendower | Henry IV (1) | (Owain) |
| Pandarus | Troilus and Cressida | |
| Cardinal Pandulph | King John | (Pandolf) |
| Panthino | The Two Gentlemen of Verona | |
| Count Paris | Romeo and Juliet | |
| Paris | Troilus and Cressida | |
| Parolles | All's Well That Ends Well | |
| Patience | Henry VIII | |
| Patroclus | Troilus and Cressida | |
| Paulina | The Winter's Tale | |
| Peaseblossom | A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| Don Pedro | Much Ado About Nothing | |
| Perdita | The Winter's Tale | |
| Peter Quince | A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| Peter Bullcalf | Henry IV (2) | |
| Peter Thump | Henry VI (2) | |
| Peter of Pomfret | King John | |
| Friar Peter | Measure For Measure | |
| Peter | Romeo and Juliet | |
| Peter | Taming of the Shrew | |
| Peter Simple | The Merry Wives of Windsor | |
| Peto | Henry IV (1), Henry IV (2) | |
| Petruchio | Romeo and Juliet | (Petruccio) |
| Petruchio | Taming of the Shrew | (Petruccio) |
| Phebe | As You Like It | (Phoebe) |
| Philario | Cymbeline | (Philharmonus) |
| Philario | Cymbeline | (Filario) |
| King Philip of France | King John | |
| Philip the Bastard | King John | |
| Philip | Taming of the Shrew | |
| Philo | Antony and Cleopatra | |
| Philostrate | A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| Philotus | Timon of Athens | |
| Phrynia | Timon of Athens | |
| Sir Piers Exton | Richard II | |
| Doctor Pinch | The Comedy of Errors | |
| Pindarus | Julius Caesar | |
| Pisanio | Cymbeline | |
| Pistol | Henry IV (2), Henry V, The Merry Wives of Windsor | |
| King Polixenes | The Winter's Tale | |
| Polonius | Hamlet | |
| Pompey | Measure For Measure | |
| Popilius Lena | Julius Caesar | |
| Portia | Julius Caesar | |
| Portia | The Merchant of Venice | |
| Posthumus Leonatus | Cymbeline | |
| King Priam | Troilus and Cressida | |
| Prospero | The Tempest | |
| Proteus | The Two Gentlemen of Verona | |
| Publius Ventidius | Antony and Cleopatra | (Ventidius) |
| Publius | Julius Caesar | |
| Publius | Titus Andronicus | |
| Mistress Quickly | Henry IV (1), Henry IV (2), Henry V | |
| Mistress Quickly | The Merry Wives of Windsor | |
| Quintus | Titus Andronicus | |
| Ralph Mouldy | Henry IV (2) | |
| Lord Rambures | Henry V | |
| Regan | King Lear | |
| Duke Reignier of Anjou | Henry VI (1) | (Rene) |
| Reynaldo | All's Well That Ends Well | |
| Reynaldo | Hamlet | |
| Richard Scroop | Henry IV (1), Henry IV (2) | |
| Sir Richard Vernon | Henry IV (1) | |
| Earl Richard | Henry V | |
| Richard | Henry VI (2), Henry VI (3) | |
| Richard Plantagenet | Henry VI (1), Henry VI (2), Henry VI (3) | |
| Richard II of England | Richard II | |
| Richard III of England | Richard III | |
| Duke Richard of Clarence | Richard III | |
| Sir Richard Ratcliff | Richard III | |
| Robert Shallow | Henry IV (2), The Merry Wives of Windsor | |
| Robert Falconbridge | King John | |
| Sir Robert Brakenbury | Richard III | |
| Robin Goodfellow | A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| Robin Starveling | A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| Robin | The Merry Wives of Windsor | |
| Roderigo | Othello | |
| Roger Bolingbroke | Henry VI (2) | |
| Romeo | Romeo and Juliet | |
| Rosalind | As You Like It | |
| Rosaline | Love's Labour's Lost | |
| Rosencrantz | Hamlet | |
| Lord Ross | Richard II | |
| Rosse | Macbeth | (Ross) |
| Sir Rowland de Bois | As You Like It | |
| Rumour | Henry IV (2) | |
| Salarino | The Merchant of Venice | (Salerio) |
| Salisbury | Henry V | |
| Sampson | Romeo and Juliet | (Samson) |
| Saturninus | Titus Andronicus | |
| Saunder Simpcox | Henry VI (2) | |
| Scarus | Antony and Cleopatra | |
| Sebastian | The Tempest | |
| Sebastian | Twelfth Night | |
| Seleucus | Antony and Cleopatra | |
| Sempronius | Timon of Athens | |
| Sempronius | Titus Andronicus | |
| Servilius | Timon of Athens | |
| Sextus Pompeius | Antony and Cleopatra | (Pompey) |
| Seyton | Macbeth | |
| Shylock | The Merchant of Venice | |
| Sicilius Leonatus | Cymbeline | |
| Sicinius Velutus | Coriolanus | |
| Silence | Henry IV (2) | |
| Silius | Antony and Cleopatra | |
| Silvia | The Two Gentlemen of Verona | |
| Silvius | As You Like It | |
| Simon Shadow | Henry IV (2) | |
| Earl Siward | Macbeth | |
| Young Siward | Macbeth | |
| Smith the Weaver | Henry VI (2) | |
| Snare | Henry IV (2) | |
| Sneak | Henry IV (2) | |
| Snug | A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| Solanio | The Merchant of Venice | |
| Solinus | The Comedy of Errors | |
| Speed | The Two Gentlemen of Verona | |
| Lord Stanley | Richard III | |
| Stephano | The Merchant of Venice | (Stefano) |
| Stephano | The Tempest | (Stefano) |
| Stephen Gardiner | Henry VIII | |
| Sir Stephen Scroop | Richard II | |
| Strato | Julius Caesar | |
| Sycorax | The Tempest | |
| Lord Talbot | Henry VI (1) | |
| Tamora | Titus Andronicus | |
| Thersites | Troilus and Cressida | |
| Theseus | A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| Thidias | Antony and Cleopatra | |
| Thomas Percy | Henry IV (1) | |
| Duke Thomas | Henry IV (2) | |
| Thomas Wart | Henry IV (2) | |
| Sir Thomas Erpingham | Henry V | |
| Sir Thomas Grey | Henry V | |
| Sir Thomas Gargrave | Henry VI (1) | |
| Lord Thomas Clifford | Henry VI (2) | |
| Thomas Horner | Henry VI (2) | |
| Lord Thomas Scales | Henry VI (2) | |
| Thomas Cromwell | Henry VIII | |
| Sir Thomas Lovell | Henry VIII | |
| Friar Thomas | Measure for Measure | |
| Lord Thomas Mowbray | Richard II, Henry IV (2) | |
| Sir Thomas Vaughan | Richard III | |
| Thurio | The Two Gentlemen of Verona | |
| Timandra | Timon of Athens | |
| Time | The Winter's Tale | |
| Timon | Timon of Athens | |
| Titania | A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| Titinius | Julius Caesar | |
| Titus Statilius Taurus | Antony and Cleopatra | |
| Titus Lartius | Coriolanus | |
| Titus | Timon of Athens | |
| Titus Andronicus | Titus Andronicus | |
| Sir Toby Belch | Twelfth Night | |
| Tom Snout | A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| Tom o' Bedlam | King Lear | |
| Touchstone | As You Like It | |
| Tranio | Taming of the Shrew | |
| Travers | Henry IV (2) | |
| Trinculo | The Tempest | |
| Troilus | Troilus and Cressida | |
| Tubal | The Merchant of Venice | |
| Tullus Aufidius | Coriolanus | |
| Tybalt | Romeo and Juliet | |
| Ulysses | Troilus and Cressida | |
| Ursula | Much Ado About Nothing | |
| Valentine | The Two Gentlemen of Verona | |
| Valentine | Titus Andronicus | |
| Valentine | Twelfth Night | |
| Valeria | Coriolanus | |
| Varrius | Antony and Cleopatra | |
| Varrius | Measure For Measure | |
| Varro | Julius Caesar | |
| Varro | Timon of Athens | |
| Vaux | Henry VI (2) | |
| Ventidius | Timon of Athens | |
| Verges | Much Ado About Nothing | |
| Vernon | Henry VI (1) | |
| Duke Vincentio | Measure For Measure | |
| Vincentio | Taming of the Shrew | |
| Vintner | Henry IV (1) | |
| Viola | Twelfth Night | |
| Virgilia | Coriolanus | |
| Voltimand | Hamlet | (Valtemand) |
| Volumnia | Coriolanus | |
| Volumnius | Julius Caesar | |
| Sir Walter Blunt | Henry IV (1) | |
| Walter Whitmore | Henry VI (2) | |
| Lord Walter Fitzwalter | Richard II | |
| Sir Walter Herbert VI | Richard III | |
| Warwick | Henry V | |
| Westmoreland | Henry V | |
| William | As You Like It | |
| Sir William Glasdale | Henry VI (1) | |
| Sir William Lucy | Henry VI (1) | |
| William Stafford | Henry VI (2) | |
| Sir William Stanley | Henry VI (3) | |
| Sir William Sands | Henry VIII | |
| Lord William Willoughby | Richard II | |
| Sir William Brandon | Richard III | |
| Sir William Catesby | Richard III | |
| William Page | The Merry Wives of Windsor | |
| Cardinal Wolsey | Henry VIII | |
| Woodvile | Henry VI (1) | |
| Yorick | Hamlet |
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