Shakespearian Characters
Thank-you to Selwyn and Phyllis for this information.
William Shakespeare was a writer and actor who lived from 1564 to 1616. Although he was successful and admired in his own time, it was not until the later part of the 18th century that he came to be thought of as a universal genius.The Folio, which this list is based upon, was started soon after Shakespeare's death in 1616. It was concluded 7 years later in 1623 and contained what were considered Shakespeare's collected plays. Shakespeare's impressive poetry (e.g. Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece) and his sonnets were not found in the Folio.
Today we have knowledge of two lost plays (Cardenio and Love's Labour's Won) and two other plays (Pericles and The Two Noble Kinsmen) which were not included in the 1623 Folio, perhaps because they were collaborative works. Since this list is based on the Folio, the names from the other plays are not included.
| Name | Play | Other Names | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron | Titus Andronicus |  | |
| Lord Abergavenny | Henry VIII | | |
| Abhorson | Measure For Measure | | |
| Master Abraham Slender | The Merry Wives of Windsor | | |
| Abram | Romeo and Juliet | (Abraham) | |
| Achilles | Troilus and Cressida | | |
| Adam | As You Like It | | |
| Adrian | The Tempest | | |
| Adrian Volsce | Coriolanus | | |
| 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 | Troilus and Cressida | | |
| Alexander Court | Henry V | | |
| Alexander Iden | Henry VI (2) | | |
| 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 | | |
| Lady Anne | Richard III | | |
| Anne Boleyn | Henry VIII | | |
| Anne Page | The Merry Wives of Windsor | | |
| Antenor | Troilus and Cressida | | |
| Sir Anthony Denny | Henry VIII | | |
| Anthony Dull | Love's Labour's Lost | | |
| Anthony Woodville | Richard III | | |
| Earl Anthony Woodville Rivers | Henry VI (3) | | |
| 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) | |
| Asmath | Henry VI (2) | (Asnath) | |
| Audrey | As You Like It | | |
| Augustus Caesar | Antony and Cleopatra | (Octavian, Octavianus, Octavius) | |
| 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 | | |
| Lord Bardolf | Henry IV (2) | | |
| Bardolph | Henry IV (1) | | |
| 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 | (Berowne) | |
| 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 | King Lear | | |
| Caius | Titus Andronicus | | |
| Caius Cassius | Julius Caesar | (Cassius) | |
| Caius Ligarius | Julius Caesar | (Ligarius) | |
| Caius Marcius | Coriolanus | (Coriolanus, Marcius, Martius) | |
| Caius Proculeius | Antony and Cleopatra | | |
| Doctor Caius | The Merry Wives of Windsor | | |
| Caius Lucius | Cymbeline | | |
| 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 | (Lorenzo) | |
| Caphis | Timon of Athens | | |
| Lord Capuchius | Henry VIII | (Caputius) | |
| Capulet | Romeo and Juliet | | |
| Casca | Julius Caesar | | |
| Cassandra | Troilus and Cressida | | |
| Cato the Younger | Julius Caesar | (Marcus) | |
| Celia | As You Like It | | |
| Ceres | The Tempest | | |
| Cesario | Twelfth Night | | |
| Charles | As You Like It | | |
| Charles VI | Henry V | | |
| Charles VII the Victorious | Henry VI (1) | | |
| Charmian | Antony and Cleopatra | | |
| Chatillon | King John | | |
| Chiron | Titus Andronicus | | |
| Sir Christopher Sly | Taming of the Shrew | | |
| Sir Christopher Urswick | Richard III | | |
| Cicero | Julius Caesar | (Marcus) | |
| Cinna | Julius Caesar | | |
| Cinna the Poet | Julius Caesar | | |
| Claudio | Measure For Measure | | |
| Claudio | Much Ado About Nothing | | |
| Claudius | Julius Caesar | | |
| King Claudius | Hamlet | | |
| Cleomenes | The Winter's Tale | | |
| Cleopatra | Antony and Cleopatra | | |
| Clitus | Julius Caesar | | |
| Lord Cloten | Cymbeline | | |
| 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 | | |
| 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 | | |
| 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 | | |
| Duncan | Macbeth | (Donnchad) | |
| Edgar | King Lear | (Tom) | |
| Edmund | King Lear | | |
| Edmund Mortimer | Henry IV (1) | | |
| Edmund Mortimer | Henry VI (1) | | |
| Edmund Plantagenet | Henry VI (3) | | |
| Edward IV | Henry VI (2) | | |
| Edward IV | Henry VI (3) | | |
| Edward IV | Richard III | | |
| Prince Edward | Richard III | | |
| Prince Edward of Westminster | Henry VI (3) | | |
| Prince Edward of Westminster | Richard III | | |
| Edward Poins | Henry IV (1) | (Ned) | |
| Edward Poins | Henry IV (2) | (Ned) | |
| 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) | | |
| Queen Elizabeth | Richard III | | |
| Princess Elizabeth | Henry VIII | | |
| Lady Elizabeth Grey | Henry VI (3) | | |
| 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 | Henry IV (1) | | |
| Friar Francis | Much Ado About Nothing | | |
| Francis Feeble | Henry IV (2) | | |
| Francis Flute | A Midsummer Night's Dream | | |
| 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 | | |
| Master George Page | The Merry Wives of Windsor | | |
| George Plantagenet | Henry VI (3) | (Clarence) | |
| George Plantagenet | Richard III | (Clarence) | |
| Queen Gertrude | Hamlet | | |
| Gobbo | The Merchant of Venice | | |
| Goneril | King Lear | (Gonerill, Gonoril) | |
| Gonzalo | The Tempest | | |
| Captain Gower | Henry V | | |
| Gower | Henry IV (2) | | |
| 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 | | |
| 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) | | |
| Lord Hastings | Richard III | | |
| Hecate | Macbeth | | |
| Hector | Troilus and Cressida | | |
| Helen | Cymbeline | | |
| Helen of Troy | Troilus and Cressida | (Helene) | |
| Helena | A Midsummer Night's Dream | | |
| Helena | All's Well That Ends Well | | |
| Helenus | Troilus and Cressida | | |
| Henry Earl of Richmond | Richard III | | |
| Prince Henry | King John | | |
| Henry IV | Henry IV (1) | | |
| Henry IV | Henry IV (2) | | |
| Prince Henry | Henry IV (1) | (Hal, Harry) | |
| Prince Henry | Henry IV (2) | (Hal, Harry) | |
| Henry V | Henry V | | |
| Henry VI | Henry VI (1) | | |
| Henry VI | Henry VI (2) | | |
| Henry VI | Henry VI (3) | | |
| Henry VI | Richard III | | |
| Henry, Earl of Richmond | Henry VI (3) | | |
| Henry VII Tudor | Richard III | | |
| Henry VIII | Henry VIII | | |
| Cardinal Henry Beaufort | Henry VI (2) | | |
| Henry Bolingbroke | Richard II | (Harry) | |
| Sir Henry Guildford | Henry VIII | | |
| Henry Percy | Henry IV (1) | (Hotspur) | |
| Henry Percy | Henry IV (1) | | |
| Henry Percy | Richard II | (Hotspur) | |
| Henry Percy | Richard II | | |
| Lord Henry Scroop | Henry V | | |
| Hermia | A Midsummer Night's Dream | | |
| Hermione | The Winter's Tale | | |
| Hero | Much Ado About Nothing | | |
| Hippolyta | A Midsummer Night's Dream | (Hippolyte) | |
| 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 Evans | The Merry Wives of Windsor | | |
| Sir Hugh Mortimer | Henry VI (3) | | |
| Duke Humphrey | Henry VI (2) | | |
| Prince Humphrey | Henry IV (2) | | |
| Lord Humphrey Stafford | Henry VI (3) | | |
| Sir Humphrey Stafford | Henry VI (2) | | |
| 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) | | |
| Jacques de Boys | As You Like It | | |
| Sir James Blunt | Richard III | | |
| Lord James Fiennes Say | Henry VI (2) | | |
| James Gurney | King John | | |
| Sir James Tyrrel | Richard III | | |
| Captain Jamy | Henry V | | |
| Jaquenetta | Love's Labour's Lost | | |
| Jaques | As You Like It | | |
| Jessica | The Merchant of Venice | | |
| Joan la Pucelle | Henry VI (1) | (Jeanne) | |
| Don John | Much Ado About Nothing | | |
| Friar John | Romeo and Juliet | | |
| John | King John | | |
| John of Gaunt | Richard II | | |
| John the Bastard of Orleans | Henry VI (1) | | |
| Lord John | Henry IV (1) | | |
| Prince John | Henry IV (2) | | |
| John Bates | Henry V | | |
| Lord John Bigot | King John | | |
| Sir John Blunt | Henry IV (2) | | |
| John Clifford | Henry VI (2) | | |
| John Clifford | Henry VI (3) | | |
| Sir John Coleville | Henry IV (2) | | |
| Sir John Falstaff | Henry IV (1) | | |
| Sir John Falstaff | Henry IV (2) | | |
| Sir John Falstaff | The Merry Wives of Windsor | | |
| Sir John Fastolfe | Henry VI (1) | | |
| John Holland | Henry VI (2) | | |
| John Hume | Henry VI (2) | | |
| Sir John Montgomery | Henry VI (3) | | |
| Sir John Mortimer | Henry VI (3) | | |
| John Morton | Richard III | | |
| John Rugby | The Merry Wives of Windsor | | |
| Sir John Somerville | Henry VI (3) | | |
| John Southwell | Henry VI (2) | | |
| Sir John Stanley | Henry VI (2) | | |
| John Talbot | Henry VI (1) | | |
| Joseph | Taming of the Shrew | | |
| Julia | The Two Gentlemen of Verona | | |
| Juliet | Measure For Measure | | |
| Juliet | Romeo and Juliet | | |
| Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar | (Gaius) | |
| Junius Brutus | Coriolanus | | |
| Juno | The Tempest | | |
| Jupiter | Cymbeline | | |
| Kate Percy | Henry IV (1) | | |
| Kate Percy | Henry IV (2) | | |
| Katharine | Henry V | (Catherine) | |
| Katharine | Love's Labour's Lost | (Catherine) | |
| Queen Katharine | Henry VIII | (Katherine) | |
| Katherina Minola | Taming of the Shrew | (Kate, Katherine) | |
| Laertes | Hamlet | | |
| Lafew | All's Well That Ends Well | (Lafeu) | |
| Launce | 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 | (Louis) | |
| Lewis the Dauphin | King John | (Louis) | |
| Lewis XI | 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 | | |
| Lady Macbeth | Macbeth | | |
| Macbeth | Macbeth | (Mac Bethad) | |
| Lady Macduff | Macbeth | | |
| 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 | Antony and Cleopatra | (Lepidus) | |
| Marcus Aemilius Lepidus | Julius Caesar | (Lepidus) | |
| Marcus Andronicus | Titus Andronicus | | |
| Marcus Junius Brutus | Julius Caesar | (Brutus) | |
| Mardian | Antony and Cleopatra | | |
| Margarelon | Troilus and Cressida | | |
| Margaret | Henry VI (1) | | |
| Margaret | Much Ado About Nothing | | |
| Queen Margaret | Henry VI (2) | | |
| Queen Margaret | Henry VI (3) | | |
| Queen Margaret | Richard III | | |
| 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 | Antony and Cleopatra | (Marcus) | |
| Mark Antony | Julius Caesar | (Marcus) | |
| Lord Marshal | Richard II | | |
| Martius | Titus Andronicus | | |
| Matthew Gough | 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 Cassio | Othello | | |
| Michael Williams | Henry V | | |
| 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 | | |
| Nathaniel | Taming of the Shrew | | |
| Sir Nathaniel | Love's Labour's Lost | | |
| Nell | The Comedy of Errors | | |
| Nerissa | The Merchant of Venice | | |
| Nestor | Troilus and Cressida | | |
| Nicanor | Coriolanus | | |
| Nicholas | Taming of the Shrew | | |
| Sir Nicholas Vaux | Henry VIII | | |
| 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 | (Augustus, Octavian, Octavianus) | |
| Oliver de Bois | 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 Pandolf | King John | (Pandulph) | |
| 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 | | |
| Friar Peter | Measure For Measure | | |
| Peter | Romeo and Juliet | | |
| Peter | Taming of the Shrew | | |
| Peter of Pomfret | King John | | |
| Peter Bullcalf | Henry IV (2) | | |
| Peter Quince | A Midsummer Night's Dream | | |
| Peter Simple | The Merry Wives of Windsor | | |
| Peter Thump | Henry VI (2) | | |
| Peto | Henry IV (1) | | |
| Peto | 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) | |
| Philip | Taming of the Shrew | | |
| Philip the Bastard | King John | | |
| Philip II of France | King John | (Philippe) | |
| 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) | | |
| Pistol | Henry V | | |
| Pistol | 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 | | |
| Priam | Troilus and Cressida | | |
| Prospero | The Tempest | | |
| Proteus | The Two Gentlemen of Verona | | |
| Publius | Julius Caesar | | |
| Publius | Titus Andronicus | | |
| Publius Ventidius | Antony and Cleopatra | (Ventidius) | |
| Mistress Quickly | Henry IV (1) | | |
| Mistress Quickly | Henry IV (2) | | |
| Mistress Quickly | 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) | (René) | |
| Reynaldo | All's Well That Ends Well | | |
| Reynaldo | Hamlet | | |
| Duke Richard of Clarence | Richard III | | |
| Earl Richard | Henry V | | |
| Richard II | Richard II | | |
| Richard Plantagenet | Henry VI (2) | | |
| Richard Plantagenet | Henry VI (3) | | |
| Richard III | Richard III | | |
| Lord Richard Grey | Richard III | (Gray) | |
| Richard Plantagenet | Henry VI (1) | | |
| Richard Plantagenet | Henry VI (2) | | |
| Richard Plantagenet | Henry VI (3) | | |
| Sir Richard Ratcliff | Richard III | | |
| Richard Scroop | Henry IV (1) | | |
| Richard Scroop | Henry IV (2) | | |
| Sir Richard Vernon | Henry IV (1) | | |
| Sir Robert Brakenbury | Richard III | | |
| Robert Falconbridge | King John | | |
| Robert Shallow | Henry IV (2) | | |
| Robert Shallow | The Merry Wives of Windsor | | |
| Robin | The Merry Wives of Windsor | | |
| Robin Goodfellow | A Midsummer Night's Dream | | |
| Robin Starveling | A Midsummer Night's Dream | | |
| 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 | | |
| Duke Thomas | Henry IV (2) | | |
| Friar Thomas | Measure for Measure | | |
| Lord Thomas Clifford | Henry VI (2) | | |
| Thomas Cranmer | Henry VIII | | |
| Thomas Cromwell | Henry VIII | | |
| Sir Thomas Erpingham | Henry V | | |
| Sir Thomas Gargrave | Henry VI (1) | | |
| Sir Thomas Grey | Henry V | | |
| Thomas Grey, Marquis of Dorset | Richard III | (Dorset) | |
| Thomas Horner | Henry VI (2) | | |
| Sir Thomas Lovell | Henry VIII | | |
| Lord Thomas Mowbray | Henry IV (2) | | |
| Lord Thomas Mowbray | Richard II | | |
| Thomas Percy | Henry IV (1) | | |
| Lord Thomas Scales | Henry VI (2) | | |
| Sir Thomas Vaughan | Richard III | | |
| Thomas Wart | Henry IV (2) | | |
| Cardinal Thomas Wolsey | Henry VIII | | |
| 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 | Timon of Athens | | |
| Titus Andronicus | Titus Andronicus | | |
| Titus Lartius | Coriolanus | | |
| Titus Statilius Taurus | Antony and Cleopatra | | |
| Sir Toby Belch | Twelfth Night | | |
| Tom Snout | A Midsummer Night's Dream | | |
| 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 | (Odysseus) | |
| 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 | | |
| Violenta | All's Well That Ends Well | | |
| Virgilia | Coriolanus | | |
| Voltimand | Hamlet | (Valtemand) | |
| Volumnia | Coriolanus | | |
| Volumnius | Julius Caesar | | |
| Sir Walter Blunt | Henry IV (1) | | |
| Lord Walter Fitzwalter | Richard II | | |
| Sir Walter Herbert | Richard III | | |
| Walter Whitmore | Henry VI (2) | | |
| Warwick | Henry V | | |
| Westmoreland | Henry V | | |
| William | As You Like It | | |
| Sir William Brandon | Richard III | | |
| Sir William Catesby | Richard III | | |
| Sir William Glasdale | Henry VI (1) | | |
| Sir William Lucy | Henry VI (1) | | |
| William Page | The Merry Wives of Windsor | | |
| Sir William Sands | Henry VIII | | |
| William Stafford | Henry VI (2) | | |
| Sir William Stanley | Henry VI (3) | | |
| Lord William Willoughby | Richard II | | |
| Woodvile | Henry VI (1) | | |
| Yorick | Hamlet | |