List of Shakespearean characters (A–K)

This article is an index of characters appearing in the plays of William Shakespeare whose names begin with the letters A to K. Characters with names beginning with the letters L to Z may be found here.

NOTE: Characters who exist outside Shakespeare are marked "(hist)" where they are historical, and "(myth)" where they are mythical. Where that annotation is a link (e.g. (hist)), it is a link to the page for the historical or mythical figure. The annotation "(fict)" is only used in entries for the English history plays, and indicates a character who is fictional.

Contents: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Sources | Links

A

Statue of William Shakespeare, who, according to legend, played Adam in his own play As You Like It.

B

Théodore Chassériau (1819–1856), The Ghost of Banquo, 1855

C

The Death of Cleopatra by Reginald Arthur

D

Desdemona by Frederic Leighton
The twin Dromios in a Carmel Shake-speare Festival production at the Forest Theater in Carmel, California. September, 2008

E

The historical Edward IV, a character in Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part 1, Henry VI, Part 2, and Richard III.
Edward IV (Travis Brazil), in a Carmel Shake-speare Festival production of Henry VI, Part 3, 2004

F

G

Goneril and Regan by Edwin Austin Abbey

H

Edwin Booth (1833–1894), as Hamlet, c. 1870. Booth is in the position on the throne where he is said to have begun the monologue: To be or not to be, that is the question. (Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1, line 64).[4]
Washington Allston's 1818 painting Hermia and Helena
Henry VI (Jeffrey T. Heyer) and the young Earl of Richmond (Ashley Rose Miller) in the West Coast premiere of The Plantagenets: The Rise of Edward IV, based on Henry VI, Part 3, staged by Pacific Repertory Theatre in 1993.

I

Iago and Othello in an illustration from Charles and Mary Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare.

J

Joan of Arc, slandered by Shakespeare, who presented her as a whore and a witch in Henry VI, Part 1.

K

Detail from King Lear mourns Cordelia's death by James Barry.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Anne Barton (ed.) New Penguin Shakespeare "The Tempest"
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 T. W. Craik (ed.) The Arden Shakespeare (3rd series) "King Henry V"
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 P. H. Davison (ed.) New Penguin Shakespeare "Henry IV Part One
  4. Based on the description in the Library of Congress for this photo, labeled: "Edwin Booth [as] Hamlet 'to be or not to be, that is the question', CALL NUMBER: LOT 13714, no. 125 (H) [P&P]."
  5. 1 2 Edward Burns (ed.) The Arden Shakespeare (3rd series) "King Henry VI Part 1"
  6. 1 2 Andrew S. Cairncross (ed.) The Arden Shakespeare (2nd series) "King Henry VI Part 3"

Bibliography

  • Anne Barton (ed.) New Penguin Shakespeare "The Tempest"
  • Edward Burns (ed.) The Arden Shakespeare (3rd series) "King Henry VI Part 1"
  • Andrew S. Cairncross (ed.) The Arden Shakespeare (2nd series) "King Henry VI Part 3"
  • John D. Cox and Eric Rasmussen (eds.) The Arden Shakespeare (3rd series) "King Henry VI Part 3"
  • T. W. Craik (ed.) The Arden Shakespeare (3rd series) "King Henry V"
  • P. H. Davison (ed.) New Penguin Shakespeare "Henry IV Part One"
  • P. H. Davison (ed.) New Penguin Shakespeare "Henry IV Part Two"
  • Philip Edwards (ed.) New Penguin Shakespeare "Pericles"
  • Bertrand Evans (ed.) The Signet Classic "The Two Gentlemen of Verona"
  • Barbara Everett (ed.) Penguin Shakespeare "All's Well That Ends Well"
  • R. A. Foakes (ed.) Penguin Shakespeare "Much Ado About Nothing"
  • R. A. Foakes (ed.) Penguin Shakespeare "Troilus and Cressida"
  • Charles R. Forker (ed.) The Adren Shakespeare (3rd series) "King Richard II"
  • Antony Hammond (ed.) The Arden Shakespeare (2nd series) "King Richard III"
  • Robert B. Heilman (ed.) The Signet Classic "The Taming of the Shrew"
  • G. R. Hibbard (ed.) Penguin Shakespeare "Coriolanus"
  • G. R. Hibbard (ed.) Penguin Shakespeare "Timon of Athens"
  • E. A. J. Honigman (ed.) New Penguin Shakespeare "Richard III"
  • E. A. J. Honigman (ed.) The Arden Shakespeare (2nd series) "King John"
  • A. R. Humphreys (ed.) The Arden Shakespeare (2nd series) "King Henry IV Part 1"
  • A. R. Humphreys (ed.) The Arden Shakespeare (2nd series) "King Henry IV Part 2"
  • G. K. Hunter (ed.) New Penguin Shakespeare "Macbeth"
  • G. K. Hunter (ed.) New Penguin Shakespeare "King Lear"

  • David Scott Kastan (ed.) The Arden Shakespeare (3rd series) "King Henry IV Part 1"
  • John Kerrigan (ed.) Penguin Shakespeare "Love's Labour's Lost"
  • Ronald Knowles (ed.) The Arden Shakespeare (3rd series) "King Henry VI Part II"
  • M. M. Mahood (ed.) New Penguin Shakespeare "Twelfth Night"
  • Sonia Massai (ed.) Penguin Shakespeare "Titus Andronicus"
  • Gordon McMullan (ed.) The Arden Shakespeare (3rd series) "King Henry VIII"
  • Giorgio Melchiori (ed.) The Arden Shakespeare (3rd series) "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
  • E. Moelwyn Merchant (ed.) New Penguin Shakespeare "The Merchant of Venice"
  • Kenneth Muir (ed.) New Penguin Shakespeare "Othello"
  • Kenneth Muir (ed.) The Arden Shakespeare (2nd series) "Macbeth"
  • J. M. Nosworthy (ed.) New Penguin Shakespeare "Measure for Measure"
  • H. J. Oliver (ed.) New Penguin Shakespeare "As You Like It"
  • John Pitcher (ed.) Penguin Shakespeare "Cymbeline"
  • Lois Potter (ed.) The Arden Shakespeare (3rd series) "The Two Noble Kinsmen"
  • Norman Sanders (ed.) New Penguin Shakespeare "Julius Caesar"
  • Ernest Schanzer (ed.) New Penguin Shakespeare "The Winter's Tale"
  • T. J. B. Spencer (ed.) New Penguin Shakespeare "Romeo and Juliet"
  • T. J. B. Spencer (ed.) New Penguin Shakespeare "Hamlet"
  • Peter Ure (ed.) The Arden Shakespeare (2nd series) "King Richard II"
  • Virginia Mason Vaughan and Alden T. Vaughan (eds.) The Arden Shakespeare (3rd series) "The Tempest"
  • Stanley Wells (ed.) Penguin Shakespeare "The Comedy of Errors"
  • Stanley Wells (ed.) New Penguin Shakespeare "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
  • John Wilders (ed.) The Arden Shakespeare (3rd Series) "Antony and Cleopatra"

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