Shakespeare was a master character creator, and he invented and brought to life hundreds of Shakespeare characters in his many plays. This site section is a work in progress, as we work to build out in-depth character studies for all of Shakespeare’s major characters. Want a run-down of Shakespeare’s characters in one of his play?
Click on the play below to find the full list of characters Shakespeare created and brought to life in each of his plays.
Shakespeare’s Top Characters
Interested in a deeper look at Shakespeare’s characters? If so, have a read of Shakespeare’s top villains, or Shakespeare’s most powerful women, or look at our in-depth character studies below of Shakespeare’s most searched for characters:
Banquo, Macbeth
Caliban, The Tempest
Claudius, Hamlet
Desdemona, Othello
Falstaff
Fortinbras, Hamlet
Friar Laurence, Romeo & Juliet
Lady Macbeth, Mabeth
Laertes, Hamlet
Lucio, Measure for Measure
Lysander, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Macduff, Macbeth
Malvolio, Twelfth Night
Mercutio, Romeo & Juliet
Oberon, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Ophelia, Hamlet
Osric, Hamlet
Perdita, The Winter’s Tale
Polonius, Hamlet
Prospero, The Tempest
Discover Shakespeare’s Characters By Play
Characters in All’s Well That Ends Well
Characters in Antony and Cleopatra
Characters in As You Like It
Characters in The Comedy Of Errors
Characters in Coriolanus
Characters in Cymbeline
Characters in Hamlet
Characters in Henry IV Part 1
Characters in Henry IV Part 2
Characters in Henry V
Characters in Henry VI Part 1
Characters in Henry VI Part 2
Characters in Henry VI Part 3
Characters in Henry VIII
Characters Julius Caesar
Characters in King John
Characters in King Lear
Characters in Love’s Labour’s Lost
Characters in Macbeth
Characters in Measure for Measure
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Hi, I’m studying Melodrama in my Drama lesson and I would like to know, is there a Shakespeare play were ALL the actors are male?
Back then, women weren’t allowed to act so men/young boys who didn’t hit puberty yet often played lady leads. That means Juliet was played by a man.
Yes all of them were
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It is said that Shakespeare finally “understood” tragedy once his only son died at the age of 11. This left him heartbroken and therefore he knew how to create a tragic play.
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