The Tempest Characters List

See below for a full list of all Shakespeare’s The Tempest characters:

ALONSO, King of Naples

SEBASTIAN, his Brother

PROSPERO, the right Duke of Milan

ANTONIO, his Brother, the usurping Duke of Milan

MIRANDA, Daughter to Prospero

ARIEL, an airy Spirit

CALIBAN, a savage and deformed Slave

FERDINAND, Son to the King of Naples

GONZALO, an honest old Counsellor

ADRIAN, FRANCISCO, Lords

TRINCULO, a Jester

STEPHANO, a drunken Butler

Master of a Ship, Boatswain, Mariners

IRIS, CERES, JUNO, Nymphs, Reapers, presented by Spirits

Other Spirits attending on Prospero

SYCORAX,  an unseen presence


Michael Blake as Caliban in The Tempest play
Michael Blake as Caliban in The Tempest play

See characters in Shakespeare’s other plays

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