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Name	Play	Other Names
Aaron	Titus Andronicus
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
Don Adriano de Armado	Love's Labour's Lost
Aemilius	Titus Andronicus
Aeneas	Troilus and Cressida
Agamemnon	Troilus and Cressida
Agrippa	Antony and Cleopatra	(Marcus)
Ajax	Troilus and Cressida
Alarbus	Titus Andronicus
Alcibiades	Timon of Athens
Alexander	Troilus and Cressida
Alexander Court	Henry V
Alexander Iden	Henry VI (2)
King Alonso	The Tempest
Amiens	As You Like It
Sir Andrew Aguecheek	Twelfth Night
Angelo	Measure For Measure
Angelo	The Comedy of Errors
Angus	Macbeth
Antenor	Troilus and Cressida
Sir Anthony Denny	Henry VIII
Anthony Dull	Love's Labour's Lost
Anthony Woodville, Lord Rivers	Henry VI (3)
Anthony Woodville, Lord Rivers	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)
Augustus Caesar	Antony and Cleopatra	(Octavian, Octavianus, Octavius)
Autolycus	The Winter's Tale
Bagot	Richard II	(William)
Balthasar	Much Ado About Nothing
Balthasar	Romeo and Juliet
Balthasar	The Comedy of Errors
Balthasar	The Merchant of Venice	(Balthazar)
Banquo	Macbeth
Baptista Minola	Taming of the Shrew
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
Belarius	Cymbeline	(Morgan)
Benedick	Much Ado About Nothing
Benvolio	Romeo and Juliet
Lord Berkeley	Richard II	(Thomas)
Count Bertram	All's Well That Ends Well
Biondello	Taming of the Shrew
Biron	Love's Labour's Lost	(Berowne)
Borachio	Much Ado About Nothing
Boyet	Love's Labour's Lost
Brabanzio	Othello	(Brabantio)
Brandon	Henry VIII
Brutus	Julius Caesar	(Marcus)
Bushy	Richard II	(John)
Doctor Butts	Henry VIII	(William)
Caithness	Macbeth	(Cathness)
Caius	King Lear
Caius	Titus Andronicus
Doctor Caius	The Merry Wives of Windsor
Caius Ligarius	Julius Caesar	(Quintus)
Caius Lucius	Cymbeline
Caius Marcius Coriolanus	Coriolanus	(Gnaeus)
Caius Proculeius	Antony and Cleopatra
Calchas	Troilus and Cressida
Caliban	The Tempest
Cambio	Taming of the Shrew
Camidius	Antony and Cleopatra	(Publius)
Camillo	The Winter's Tale
Cardinal Campeius	Henry VIII	(Lorenzo)
Caphis	Timon of Athens
Lord Capucius	Henry VIII	(Capuchius, Caputius, Eustace)
Capulet	Romeo and Juliet
Casca	Julius Caesar	(Publius)
Cassius	Julius Caesar	(Gaius)
Young Cato	Julius Caesar	(Marcus)
Cesario	Twelfth Night
Charles	As You Like It
Charles VI	Henry V
Dauphin Charles	Henry VI (1)
Chatillon	King John	(Walter)
Chiron	Titus Andronicus
Christopher Sly	Taming of the Shrew
Sir Christopher Urswick	Richard III
Cicero	Julius Caesar	(Marcus)
Cinna	Julius Caesar	(Lucius)
Cinna	Julius Caesar	(Gaius)
Claudio	Measure For Measure
Claudio	Much Ado About Nothing
Claudius	Julius Caesar	(Claudio)
King Claudius	Hamlet
Cleomenes	The Winter's Tale
Clitus	Julius Caesar
Lord Cloten	Cymbeline
Cobweb	A Midsummer Night's Dream
Cominius	Coriolanus	(Postumus)
Conrade	Much Ado About Nothing	(Conrad)
Corin	As You Like It
Cornelius	Cymbeline
Cornelius	Hamlet
Costard	Love's Labour's Lost
Cupid	Timon of Athens
Curan	King Lear
Curio	Twelfth Night
Curtis	Taming of the Shrew
King Cymbeline	Cymbeline	(Cunobeline, Cunobelinus)
Dardanius	Julius Caesar
Davy	Henry IV (2)
Decius Brutus	Julius Caesar	(Decimus)
Decretas	Antony and Cleopatra	(Dercetus)
Deiphobus	Troilus and Cressida
Demetrius	A Midsummer Night's Dream
Demetrius	Antony and Cleopatra
Demetrius	Titus Andronicus
Dennis	As You Like It	(Denis)
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	(Publius)
Domitius Enobarbus	Antony and Cleopatra	(Gnaeus)
Donalbain	Macbeth
Dromio of Ephesus	The Comedy of Errors
Dromio of Syracuse	The Comedy of Errors
Lord Dumain	All's Well That Ends Well	(Dumaine)
Lord Dumain	All's Well That Ends Well	(Dumaine)
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
Edward of Westminster	Henry VI (3)
Edward of Westminster	Richard III
Prince Edward	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
Emmanuel	Henry VI (2)
Eros	Antony and Cleopatra
Escalus	Measure For Measure
Prince Escalus	Romeo and Juliet
Euphronius	Antony and Cleopatra
Fabian	Twelfth Night
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	Timon of Athens
Flavius	Julius Caesar	(Lucius)
Fleance	Macbeth
Florizel	The Winter's Tale	(Doricles)
Captain Fluellen	Henry V
Fortinbras	Hamlet
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
Gallus	Antony and Cleopatra	(Gaius)
Ganymede	As You Like It
George Nevill, Lord Abergavenny	Henry VIII
Master George Page	The Merry Wives of Windsor
George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence	Henry VI (3)
George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence	Richard III
Gobbo	The Merchant of Venice
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	(Henry)
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)	(Ralph)
Lord Hastings	Henry VI (3)	(William)
Lord Hastings	Richard III	(William)
Hector	Troilus and Cressida
Helenus	Troilus and Cressida
Prince Henry	King John
Henry IV	Henry IV (1)
Henry IV	Henry IV (2)
Henry Bolingbroke	Richard II
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, Earl of Richmond	Richard III
Henry VIII	Henry VIII
Cardinal Henry Beaufort	Henry VI (2)
Sir Henry Guildford	Henry VIII
Henry "Hotspur" Percy	Henry IV (1)	(Hotspur)
Henry "Hotspur" Percy	Richard II	(Hotspur)
Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland	Henry IV (1)
Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland	Richard II	(Northumberland)
Lord Henry Scrope	Henry V
Holofernes	Love's Labour's Lost
Horatio	Hamlet
Hortensio	Taming of the Shrew
Hortensius	Timon of Athens
Hostilius	Timon of Athens
Hubert de Burgh	King John
Sir Hugh Evans	The Merry Wives of Windsor
Sir Hugh Mortimer	Henry VI (3)
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester	Henry IV (2)
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester	Henry V
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester	Henry VI (1)
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester	Henry VI (2)
Lord Humphrey Stafford	Henry VI (3)
Sir Humphrey Stafford	Henry VI (2)
Hymen	As You Like It	(Hymenaeus, Hymenaios)
Iachimo	Cymbeline	(Giacomo)
Iago	Othello
Isidore	Timon of Athens
Jack Cade	Henry VI (2)
Jacques de Boys	As You Like It
Sir James Blount	Richard III
James Fiennes, Lord Saye	Henry VI (2)
James Gurney	King John
Sir James Tyrrel	Richard III
Captain Jamy	Henry V
Jaques	As You Like It
Don John	Much Ado About Nothing
Friar John	Romeo and Juliet
John	King John
John of Gaunt	Richard II
John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford	Henry IV (1)
John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford	Henry IV (2)
John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford	Henry V
John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford	Henry VI (1)
John the Bastard of Orleans	Henry VI (1)	(Jean)
John Bates	Henry V
Sir John Blunt	Henry IV (2)
Lord John Clifford	Henry VI (2)
Lord 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	Henry VI (1)
Sir John Falstaff	The Merry Wives of Windsor
John Holland	Henry VI (2)
John Hum	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
Julius Caesar	Julius Caesar	(Gaius)
Junius Brutus	Coriolanus
Jupiter	Cymbeline
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
King Lear	King Lear	(Leir)
Le Beau	As You Like It
Lennox	Macbeth
Leonardo	The Merchant of Venice
Leonato	Much Ado About Nothing
King Leontes	The Winter's Tale
Lepidus	Antony and Cleopatra	(Marcus)
Lepidus	Julius Caesar	(Marcus)
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
Louis the Dauphin	Henry V
Louis the Dauphin	King John
Louis the Dauphin	King John
Lucentio	Taming of the Shrew
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	(Mac Bethad)
Macduff	Macbeth
Captain Macmorris	Henry V
Malcolm	Macbeth	(Máel Coluim)
Malvolio	Twelfth Night
Mamillius	The Winter's Tale
Marcellus	Hamlet
Young Marcius	Coriolanus	(Martius)
Marcus Andronicus	Titus Andronicus
Mardian	Antony and Cleopatra
Margarelon	Troilus and Cressida
Mark Antony	Antony and Cleopatra	(Marcus)
Mark Antony	Julius Caesar	(Marcus)
Martius	Titus Andronicus
Marullus	Julius Caesar	(Gaius, Murellus)
Matthew Gough	Henry VI (2)
Melun	King John	(Giles)
Menas	Antony and Cleopatra
Menecrates	Antony and Cleopatra
Menelaus	Troilus and Cressida
Menenius Agrippa	Coriolanus	(Agrippa)
Menteith	Macbeth
Mercade	Love's Labour's Lost
Mercutio	Romeo and Juliet
Messala	Julius Caesar	(Marcus)
Metellus Cimber	Julius Caesar	(Lucius)
Sir Michael	Henry IV (1)
Michael Cassio	Othello
Michael Williams	Henry V
Montague	Romeo and Juliet
Montano	Othello
Montjoy	Henry V
Morton	Henry IV (2)
Moth	A Midsummer Night's Dream
Moth	Love's Labour's Lost
Mustardseed	A Midsummer Night's Dream
Mutius	Titus Andronicus
Nathaniel	Taming of the Shrew
Sir Nathaniel	Love's Labour's Lost
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
Octavius Caesar	Julius Caesar	(Augustus, Octavian, Octavianus)
Oliver de Bois	As You Like It
Sir Oliver Martext	As You Like It
Orlando	As You Like It
Duke Orsino	Twelfth Night
Osric	Hamlet
Oswald	King Lear
Othello	Othello
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
Patroclus	Troilus and Cressida
Peaseblossom	A Midsummer Night's Dream
Don Pedro	Much Ado About Nothing
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)
Philario	Cymbeline	(Filario)
Philharmonus	Cymbeline
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
Sir Piers Exton	Richard II
Doctor Pinch	The Comedy of Errors
Pindarus	Julius Caesar
Pisanio	Cymbeline
Ancient Pistol	Henry IV (2)
Ancient Pistol	Henry V
Ancient Pistol	The Merry Wives of Windsor
King Polixenes	The Winter's Tale
Polonius	Hamlet
Pompey Bum	Measure For Measure
Popilius Lena	Julius Caesar
Posthumus Leonatus	Cymbeline
Priam	Troilus and Cressida
Prospero	The Tempest
Proteus	The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Publius	Julius Caesar
Publius	Titus Andronicus
Puck	A Midsummer Night's Dream	(Robin)
Quintus	Titus Andronicus
Ralph Mouldy	Henry IV (2)
Lord Rambures	Henry V	(David)
Reignier of Anjou	Henry VI (1)	(René)
Reynaldo	All's Well That Ends Well
Reynaldo	Hamlet
Richard II	Richard II
Richard III	Richard III
Richard, Duke of York	Richard III
Richard, Earl of Cambridge	Henry V
Sir Richard Grey	Richard III	(Gray)
Richard Plantagenet	Henry VI (2)
Richard Plantagenet	Henry VI (3)
Richard Plantagenet	Henry VI (1)
Richard Plantagenet	Henry VI (2)
Richard Plantagenet	Henry VI (3)
Sir Richard Ratcliff	Richard III
Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York	Henry IV (1)
Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York	Henry IV (2)
Sir Richard Vernon	Henry IV (1)
Richard Woodvile	Henry VI (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 Starveling	A Midsummer Night's Dream
Roderigo	Othello
Lord Roger Bigot	King John
Roger Bolingbroke	Henry VI (2)
Romeo	Romeo and Juliet
Rosencrantz	Hamlet
Lord Ross	Richard II	(William)
Rosse	Macbeth	(Ross)
Sir Rowland de Bois	As You Like It
Salarino	The Merchant of Venice	(Salerio)
Salisbury	Henry V	(Thomas)
Sampson	Romeo and Juliet	(Samson)
Saturninus	Titus Andronicus
Saunder Simpcox	Henry VI (2)	(Sander)
Scarus	Antony and Cleopatra	(Marcus)
Sebastian	The Tempest
Sebastian	Twelfth Night
Seleucus	Antony and Cleopatra
Sempronius	Timon of Athens
Sempronius	Titus Andronicus
Servilius	Timon of Athens
Sextus Pompey	Antony and Cleopatra
Seyton	Macbeth
Shylock	The Merchant of Venice
Sicilius Leonatus	Cymbeline
Sicinius Velutus	Coriolanus	(Lucius)
Silence	Henry IV (2)
Silius	Antony and Cleopatra
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 Scrope	Richard II
Strato	Julius Caesar
Lord Talbot	Henry VI (1)	(John)
Taurus	Antony and Cleopatra	(Titus)
Thersites	Troilus and Cressida
Theseus	A Midsummer Night's Dream
Thidias	Antony and Cleopatra
Friar Thomas	Measure for Measure
Thomas, Duke of Clarence	Henry IV (2)
Lord Thomas Bardolf	Henry IV (2)
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)
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
Timon	Timon of Athens
Titinius	Julius Caesar
Titus	Timon of Athens
Titus Andronicus	Titus Andronicus
Titus Larcius	Coriolanus
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)
Trebonius	Julius Caesar	(Gaius)
Trinculo	The Tempest
Troilus	Troilus and Cressida
Tubal	The Merchant of Venice
Tullus Aufidius	Coriolanus	(Attius)
Tybalt	Romeo and Juliet
Ulysses	Troilus and Cressida	(Odysseus)
Valentine	The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Valentine	Titus Andronicus
Valentine	Twelfth Night
Varrius	Antony and Cleopatra
Varrius	Measure For Measure
Varro	Julius Caesar	(Varrus)
Varro	Timon of Athens
Vaux	Henry VI (2)
Ventidius	Antony and Cleopatra	(Publius)
Ventidius	Timon of Athens
Verges	Much Ado About Nothing
Vernon	Henry VI (1)
Duke Vincentio	Measure For Measure
Vincentio	Taming of the Shrew
Voltimand	Hamlet	(Valtemand)
Volumnius	Julius Caesar	(Publius)
Sir Walter Blunt	Henry IV (1)
Lord Walter Fitzwalter	Richard II
Sir Walter Herbert	Richard III
Walter Whitmore	Henry VI (2)
Warwick	Henry V	(Richard)
Westmoreland	Henry V	(Ralph)
William	As You Like It
Sir William Brandon	Richard III
Sir William Catesby	Richard III
Sir William Glansdale	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
Yorick	Hamlet