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Here you will find a comprehensive list of every Shakespearean character and the play in which he or she appears. Included is our exclusive spelled pronunciation guide, essential for actors and teachers, and an in-depth biography of many of Shakespeare's most popular and fascinating creations.
- The Shakespeare Sisterhood
The Shakespeare Sisterhood: Ophelia We shrink from the task...
- Julius Caesar Character Guide
Both plays revolve around the grave ramifications of "the...
- Cymbeline Character Guide
A room in Cymbeline's palace. Scene 6. The same. Another...
- How Many Plays Did Shakespeare Write
The Plays Comedies All's Well That Ends Well , As You Like...
- Top Ten Shakespeare Plays
Many believe 1 Henry IV to be Shakespeare's greatest history...
- Violence in Shakespeare
Hamlet's father is poisoned with a potion so potent that it...
- Simon Forman's Diary
The Backgrounds of Shakespeare's Plays. New York: American...
- Othello Essays and Study Guide
Quote in Context O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the...
- The Shakespeare Sisterhood
Characters of Shakespear's Plays is an 1817 book of criticism of Shakespeare's plays, written by early nineteenth century English essayist and literary critic William Hazlitt.
- William Hazlitt
- 1817
This is an alphabetically ordered list of characters in plays by William Shakespeare. ( See also list of plays by Shakespeare .) Antonio ( The Merchant of Venice )
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Complete List of Shakespeare's Characters. There are many lists out there that purport to be "complete," but none of them have done what we've done—actually compile each and every character, including every servant, messenger, page, and every follower, into the most complete list ever created.
Shakespeare's plays are a canon of approximately 39 dramatic works written by the English poet, playwright, and actor William Shakespeare. The exact number of plays as well as their classifications as tragedy, history, comedy, or otherwise is a matter of scholarly debate.
Characters appearing in the plays of William Shakespeare whose names begin with the letters A to K include the following. Characters who exist outside Shakespeare are marked "(hist)" where they are historical, and "(myth)" where they are mythical.
Shakespeare characters, sorted alphabetically. To find a specific character, use the character search.
