The Facts About Shakespeare

by William Allan Neilson; Ashley Horace Thorndike

This Index records the act and scene in which each character first speaks, not necessarily the same as that in which he first appears. Only persons who speak are included, except a few marked with asterisk.

• Aaron. TA. II. i.
• Abbess, Lady. CofE. V. i.
• Abergavenny, Lord. H8. I. i.
• Abhorson. Meas. IV. ii.
• Abraham. R&J. I. i.
• Achilles. T&C. II. i.
• Adam. AYLI. I. i.
• Adrian. Tmp. II. i.
• Adriana. CofE. II. i.
• Ædile, an. Cor. III. i.
• Ægeon. CofE. I. i.
• Æmilia. CofE. V. i.
• Æmilius. TA. IV. iv.
• Æneas. T&C. I. i.
• Agamemnon. T&C. I. iii.
• Agrippa. A&C. II. ii.
• Aguecheek, Sir Andrew. TwN. I. iii.
• Ajax. T&C. II. i.
• Alarbus. TA.*
• Albany, Duke of. Lear I. i.
• Alcibiades. Tim. I. i.
• Alençon, Duke of. 1H6. I. ii.
• Alexander. T&C. I. ii.
• Alexas. A&C. I. ii.
• Alice. H5. III. iv.
• Alonso. Tmp. I. i.
• Ambassadors:
  • Hml. V. ii;
  • H5. I. ii;
  • 1H6. V. i.
• Amiens. AYLI. II. i. v.
• Andromache. T&C. V. iii.
• Andronicus. See [Titus], [Marcus].
• Angelo. CofE. III. i.
• Angelo. Meas. I. i.
• Angus. Mcb. I. ii.
• Anne Bullen, Queen. H8. I. iv.
• Anne, Lady. R3. I. ii.
• Anne Page. MWW. I. i.
• Antigonus. WT. II. i.
• Antiochus, King of Antioch. Per. I. i.
• Antipholus of Ephesus. CofE. III. i.
• Antipholus of Syracuse. CofE. I. ii.
• Antonio. Merch. I. i.
• Antonio. MAdo. I. ii.
• Antonio. Tmp. I. i.
• Antonio. TGV. I. iii.
• Antonio. TwN. II. i.
• Antony.
  • JC. I. ii;
  • A&C. I. i.
• Apemantus. Tim. I. i.
• Apothecary. R&J. V. i.
• Apparitions. Mcb. IV. i.
• Archbishop. See [York], [Canterbury].
• Archidamus. WT. I. i.
• Ariel. Tmp. I. ii.
• Armado, Don. LLL. I. ii.
• Arragon, Prince of. Merch. II. ix.
• Artemidorus. JC. II. iii.
• Arthur, Duke of Bretagne. John II. i.
• Arviragus. Cym. III. iii.
• Astringer, Gentle. AWEW. V. i.
• Attendants.
  • A&C. I. ii;
  • Hml. IV. vi.
  • See [Servants].
• Audrey. AYLI. III. iii.
• Aufidius, Tullus. Cor. I. ii.
• Aumerle, Duke of. R2. I. iii.
• Austria, Archduke of.
  • John II. i.
  • See [Lymoges].
• Autolycus. WT. IV. iii.
• Auvergne, Countess of. 1H6. II. iii.

• Bagot. R2. II. ii.
• Balthasar. MAdo. II. iii.
• Balthazar. CofE. III. i.
• Balthazar. Merch. III. iv.
• Balthazar. R&J. I. i.
• Banditti. Tim. IV. iii.
• Banquo. Mcb. I. iii.
• Baptista. TofS. I. i.
• Bardolph.
  • 1H4. II. ii;
  • 2H4. II. i;
  • H5. II. i;
  • MWW. I. i.
• Bardolph, Lord. 2H4. I. i.
• Barnardine. Meas. IV. iii.
• Bassanio. Merch. I. i.
• Bassanius. TA. I. i.
• Basset. 1H6. III. iv.
• Bastard of Orleans. 1H6. I. ii.
• Bastard. See [Edmund], [Faulconbridge], and [Margarelon].
• Bates. H5. IV. i.
• Bawd.
  • Per. IV. ii.
  • See [Overdone].
• Beadles.
  • 2H4. V. iv;
  • 2H6. II. i.
• Beatrice. MAdo. I. i.
• Beaufort, Henry, Bishop of Winchester, and Cardinal.
  • 1H6. I. i;
  • 2H6. I. i.
• Beaufort, John, Duke of Somerset.
  • 1H6. II. iv;
  • 2H6. I. i.
• Beaufort, Thomas, Duke of Exeter.
  • H5. I. ii;
  • 1H6. I. i.
• Bedford, Duke of. H5. II. ii.
• Bedford, Duke of. 1H6. I. i.
• Belarius. Cym. III. iii.
• Belch, Sir Toby. TwN. I. iii.
• Benedick. MAdo. I. i.
• Benvolio. R&J. I. i.
• Berkeley. R3. I. iii.*
• Berkeley, Lord. R2. II. iii.
• Bernardo. Hml. I i.*
• Bertram, Count of Rousillon. AWEW. I. i.
• Bevis, George. 2H6. IV. ii.
• Bianca. Oth. III. iv.
• Bianca. TofS. I. i.
• Bigot, Lord. John IV. iii.
• Biondello. TofS. I. i.
• Biron. LLL. I. i.
• Blanche of Spain. John II. i.
• Blunt, Sir James. R3. V. ii.
• Blunt, Sir Walter. 1H4. I. iii.
• Boatswain. Tmp. I. i.
• Bolingbroke, Roger. 2H6. I. iv.
• Bolingbroke, afterwards King Henry IV. R2. I. i.
• Bona. 3H6. III. iii.
• Borachio. MAdo. I. iii.
• Bottom. MND. I. ii.
• Boult. Per. IV. ii.
• Bourbon, Duke of. H5. III. v.
• Bourchier, Cardinal. R3. III. i.
• Boyet. LLL. II. i.
• Boys:
  • H5. II. i;
  • 1H6. I. iv;
  • H8. V. i;
  • Mcb. IV. ii;
  • Meas. IV. i;
  • MAdo. II. iii;
  • R3. II. ii;
  • T&C. I. ii.
  • See [Pages].
• Brabantio. Oth. I. i.
• Brakenbury, Sir Robert. R3. I. i.
• Brandon. H8. I. i.
• Brothers, to Posthumus, ghosts. Cym. V. iv.
• Brutus, Decius. JC. II. i.
• Brutus, Junius. Cor. I. i.
• Brutus, Marcus. JC. I. ii.
• Buckingham, Duke of.
  • 2H6. I. i;
  • R3. I. iii.
• Buckingham, Duke of. H8. I. i.
• Bullcalf. 2H4. III. ii.
• Bullen, Anne. H8. I. iv.
• Burgundy, Duke of. H5. V. ii.
• Burgundy, Duke of. 1H6. II. i.
• Burgundy, Duke of. Lear I. i.
• Bushy. R2. I. iv.
• Butts, Doctor. H8. V. ii.

• Cade, John. 2H6. IV. ii.
• Cæsar. See [Julius] and [Octavius].
• Caithness. Mcb. V. ii.
• Caius. TA.*
• Caius, Doctor. MWW. I. iv.
• Caius Ligarius. JC. II. i.
• Caius Lucius. Cym. III. i.
• Caius Marcius (Coriolanus). Cor. I. i.
• Calchas. T&C. III. iii.
• Caliban. Tmp. I. ii.
• Calpurnia. JC. I. ii.
• Cambridge, Earl of. H5. II. ii.
• Camillo. WT. I. i.
• Campeius, Cardinal. H8. II. ii.
• Canidius. A&C. III. x.
• Canterbury, Archbishop of.
  • H5. I. i.
  • See [Bourchier], [Cranmer].
• Caphis. Tim. II. i.
• Captains:
  • A&C. IV. iv;
  • Cym. IV. ii, V. iii;
  • Hml. IV. iv;
  • 1H6. II. ii;
  • Lear V. iii;
  • Mcb. I. ii;
  • R2. II. iv;
  • TA. I. i.
  • See [Sea Captain].
• Capucius. H8. IV. ii.
• Capulet. R&J. I. i.
• Capulet, Lady. R&J. I. i.
• Capulet, second. R&J. I. v.
• Cardinal. See [Bourchier], [Winchester].
• Carlisle, Bishop of. R2. III. ii.
• Carpenter. JC. I. i.
• Carriers. 1H4. II. i.
• Casca. JC. I. ii.
• Cassandra. T&C. II. ii.
• Cassio. Oth. I. ii.
• Cassius. JC. I. ii.
• Catesby, Sir William. R3. I. iii.
• Cato, young. JC. V. iii.
• Celia. AYLI. I. ii.
• Ceres. Tmp. IV. i.
• Cerimon. Per. III. ii.
• Chamberlain. 1H4. II. i.
• Chamberlain, Lord. H8. I. iii.
• Chancellor, Lord. H8. V. iii.
• Charles, a wrestler. AYLI. I. i.
• Charles, the dauphin, later King of France. 1H6. I. ii.
• Charles VI, King of France. H5. II. iv.
• Charmian. A&C. I. ii.
• Chatillon, ambassador. John I. i.
• Chief Justice. 2H4. I. ii.
• Chiron. TA. I. i.
• Chorus.
  • H5;
  • Per;
  • R&J;
  • WT.
• Cicero. JC. I. iii.
• Cimber, Metellus. JC. II. i.
• Cinna, a conspirator. JC. I. iii.
• Cinna, a poet. JC. III. iii.
• Citizens.
  • Cor. I. i;
  • 2H6. IV. v;
  • John II. i;
  • R3. II. iii;
  • R&J. III. i.
• Clarence, George, Duke of.
  • 3H6. II. ii;
  • R3. I. i.
• Clarence, Thomas, Duke of. 2H4. IV. iv.
• Clarence, son and daughter of. R3. II. ii.
• Claudio. Meas. I. ii.
• Claudio. MAdo. I. i.
• Claudius, King of Denmark. Hml. I. ii.
• Claudius. JC. IV. iii.
• Cleomenes. WT. III. i.
• Cleon. Per. I. iv.
• Cleopatra. A&C. I. i.
• Clerk. 2H6. IV. ii.
• Clifford, Lord.
  • 2H6. IV. viii;
  • 3H6. I. i.
• Clifford, young, son of preceding. 2H6. V. i.
• Clitus. JC. V. v.
• Cloten. Cym. I. ii.
• Clowns:
  • A&C. V. ii;
  • AWEW. I. iii;
  • Hml. V. ii;
  • LLL. I. ii;
  • Oth. III. i;
  • TA. IV. iii;
  • WT. IV. iii.
  • See [Feste], [Peter], [Pompey], etc.
• Cobbler. JC. I. i.
• Cobweb. MND. III. i.
• Colville, Sir John. 2H4. IV. iii.
• Cominius. Cor. I. i.
• Commons. 2H6. III. ii.
• Conrade. MAdo. I. iii.
• Conspirators. Cor. V. vi.
• Constable (Dull). LLL. I. i.
• Constable of France. H5. II. iv.
• Constance. John II. i.
• Cordelia. Lear I. i.
• Corin. AYLI. II. iv.
• Coriolanus. Cor. I. i.
• Cornelius, a physician. Cym. I. v.
• Cornelius. Hml. I. ii.
• Cornwall, Duke of. Lear I. i.
• Costard. LLL. I. i.
• Court. H5. IV. i.
• Courtesan. CofE. IV. iii.
• Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury. H8. V. i.
• Cressida. T&C. I. ii.
• Crier. H8. II. iv.
• Cromwell. H8. III. ii.
• Cupid. Tim. I. ii.
• Curan. Lear II. i.
• Curio. TwN. I. i.
• Curtis. TofS. IV. i.
• Cymbeline, King. Cym. I. i.

• Dancer, A. 2H4. Epi.
• Dardanius. JC. V. v.
• Daughter of Antiochus. Per. I. iv.
• Dauphin. H5. II. iv.
• Davy. 2H4. V. i.
• Deiphobus. T&C. IV. i.
• Demetrius. A&C. I. i.
• Demetrius. MND. I. i.
• Demetrius. TA. I. i.
• Dennis. AYLI. I. i.
• Denny, Sir Anthony. H8. V. i.
• Derby, Earl of. R3. I. iii.
• Dercetas. A&C. IV. xiv.
• Desdemona. Oth. I. iii.
• Diana. Per.*
• Diana. AWEW. III. v.
• Dick, butcher. 2H6. IV. ii.
• Diomedes. T&C. II. iii.
• Diomedes. A&C. IV. xiv.
• Dion. WT. III. i.
• Dionyza. Per. I. iv.
• Doctor. Lear IV. iv.
• Doctor, English Mcb. IV. iii.
• Doctor, Scotch. Mcb. V. i.
• Dogberry. MAdo. III. iii.
• Dolabella. A&C. III. xii.
• Doll Tearsheet. 2H4. II. iv.
• Don Adriano de Armado. LLL. I. ii.
• Donalbain. Mcb. II. iii.
• Don John. MAdo. I. i.
• Don Pedro. MAdo. I. i.
• Dorcas. WT. IV. iv.
• Dorset, Marquis of. R3. I. iii.
• Douglas Archibald, Earl of. 1H4. IV. i.
• Drawers. 2H4. II. iv.
• Dromio of Ephesus. CofE. I. ii.
• Dromio of Syracuse. CofE. I. ii.
• Duke, in banishment. AYLI. II. i.
• Duke Frederick. AYLI. I. ii.
• Duke of Milan. TGV. II. iv.
• Dull. LLL. I. i.
• Dumain. LLL. I. i.
• Duncan, King. Mcb. I. ii.

• Edgar. Lear I. ii.
• Edmund. Lear I. i.
• Edmund, Earl of Rutland. 3H6. I. iii.
• Edward, Earl of March, later Edward IV.
  • 3H6. I. i;
  • R3. II. i.
• Edward IV, King.
  • 3H6. I. i;
  • R3. II. i.
• Edward V, King. R3. III. i.
• Edward, Prince of Wales, afterwards Edward V. R3. III. i.
• Edward Plantagenet, Prince of Wales. 3H6. I. i.
• Egeus. MND. I. i.
• Eglamour. TGV. IV. iii.
• Egyptian. A&C. V. i.
• Elbow. Meas. II. i.
• Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester. 2H6. I. ii.
• Eleanor, Queen. John I. i.
• Elizabeth, Queen (as L. Grey).
  • 3H6. III. ii;
  • R3. I. iii.
• Ely, Bishop of. H5. I. i.
• Ely, Bishop of. R3. III. iv.
• Emilia. Oth. II. ii.
• Emilia. WT. II. ii.
• Enobarbus. A&C. I. ii.
• Eros. A&C. III. v.
• Erpingham, Sir Thomas. H5. IV. i.
• Escalus, Prince. R&J. I. i.
• Escalus. Meas. I. i.
• Escanes. Per. II. iv.
• Essex, Earl of. John I. i.
• Euphronius. A&C. III. xii.
• Evans, Sir Hugh. MWW. I. i
• Executioners. John IV. i.
• Exeter (Beaufort), Duke of.
  • H5. I. ii;
  • 1H6. I. i.
• Exeter, Duke of. 3H6. I. i.
• Exton, Sir Pierce of. R2. V. iv.

• Fabian. TwN. II. v.
• Fairies.
  • MND. II. i;
  • MWW. V. iv.
• Falstaff, Sir John.
  • 1H4. I. ii;
  • 2H4. I. ii;
  • MWW. I. i.
• Fang. 2H4. II. i.
• Fastolfe, Sir John. 1H6. III. ii.
• Father that hath killed his son. 3H6. II. v.
• Faulconbridge, Lady. John I. i.
• Faulconbridge, Philip the Bastard. John I. i.
• Faulconbridge, Robert. John I. i.
• Feeble. 2H4. III. ii.
• Fenton. MWW. I. iv.
• Ferdinand. Tmp. I. ii.
• Ferdinand, King of Navarre. LLL. I. i.
• Feste. TwN. I. v.
• Fisherman. Per. II. i.
• Fitzwater, Lord. R2. IV. i.
• Flaminius. Tim. III. i.
• Flavius. JC. I. i.
• Flavius. Tim. I. ii.
• Fleance. Mcb. II. i.
• Florence, Duke of. AWEW. III. i.
• Florizel. WT. IV. iv.
• Fluellen. H5. III. ii.
• Flute. MND. I. ii.
• Fool.
  • Lear I. iv;
  • Tim. II. ii.
• Ford. MWW. II. i.
• Ford, Mistress. MWW. II. i.
• Forester.
  • AYLI. IV. ii;
  • LLL. IV. i.
• Fortinbras. Hml. IV. iv.
• France, King of. AWEW. I. ii.
• France, King of. Lear I. i.
• France, Princess of. LLL. II. i.
• Francis. 1H4. II. iv.
• Francisca. Meas. I. iv.
• Francisco. Hml. I. i.
• Francisco. Tmp. II. i.
• Frederick, Duke. AYLI. I. ii.
• Frenchman, A. Cym. I. iv.
• Friar Francis. MAdo. IV. i.
• Friar John. R&J. V. 2.
• Friar Lawrence. R&J. II. 3.
• Friar Peter. Meas. IV. vi.
• Friar Thomas. Meas. I. iii.
• Froth. Meas. II. i.

• Gadshill. 1H4. II. i.
• Gaolers:
  • CofE. I. i;
  • Cym. V. iv;
  • 1H6. II. v;
  • Merch. III. iii;
  • WT. II. ii.
• Gallus. A&C. V. i.
• Gardener. R2. III. iv.
• Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester. H8. V. i.
• Gargrave, Sir Thomas. 1H6. I. iv.
• Gaunt, John, Duke of Lancaster. R2. I. i.
• Gentleman Usher. H8. II. iv.
• Gentlemen:
  • AWEW. V. iii;
  • Cym. I. i;
  • Hml. IV. v;
  • 2H6. IV. i;
  • H8. II. i;
  • Lear I. v;
  • Meas. I. ii;
  • Per. III. ii;
  • Oth. II. i;
  • WT. V. ii.
• Gentlewomen.
  • Cor. I. iii;
  • Mcb. V. i.
• George, Duke of Clarence.
  • 3H6. II. ii;
  • R3. I. i.
• Gertrude, Queen of Denmark. Hml. I. ii.
• Ghosts of:
  • Cæsar, JC. IV. iii;
  • of Hamlet's father, Hml. I. v;
  • Sicilius Leonatus, wife, two sons, Cym. V. iv;
  • Banquo,* Mcb. III. iv;
  • Prince Edward, Henry VI, Clarence, Rivers, Grey, Vaughan, Hastings, two young princes,
    • Lady Anne, and Buckingham, R3. V. iii.
• Glansdale, Sir William. 1H6. I. iv.
• Glendower, Owen. 1H4. III.
• Gloucester, Humphrey, Duke of.
  • 2H4. IV. iv;
  • H5. III. vii;
  • 1H6. I. i;
  • 2H6. I. i.
• Gloucester, Richard, Duke of.
  • 3H6. I. i;
  • R3. I. i.
• Gloucester, Duchess of. 2H6. I. ii.
• Gloucester, Duchess of. R2. I. ii.
• Gloucester, Earl of. Lear I. i.
• Gobbo, Launcelot. Merch. II. ii.
• Gobbo, Old, father of Launcelot. Merch. II. ii.
• Goffe, Matthew. 2H6.*
• Goneril. Lear I. i.
• Gonzalo. Tmp. I. i.
• Goths. TA. V. i.
• Governor of Harfleur. H5. III. iii.
• Governor of Paris. 1H6. IV. i.
• Gower.
  • 2H4. II. i;
  • H5. III. ii.
• Gower, chorus. Per.
• Grandpré. H5. IV. ii.
• Gratiano. Merch. I. i.
• Gratiano. Oth. V. ii.
• Gravediggers. Hml. V. i.
• Green. R2. I. iv.
• Gregory. R&J. I. i.
• Gremio. TofS. I. i.
• Grey, Lady, later Queen Elizabeth.
  • 3H6. III. ii;
  • R3. I. iii.
• Grey, Lord. R3. I. iii.
• Grey, Sir Thomas. H5. II. ii.
• Griffith. H8. IV. ii.
• Grooms.
  • 2H4. V. v;
  • R2. V. v.
• Grumio. TofS. I. i.
• Guard. A&C. IV. xiv.
• Guiderius. Cym. III. iii.
• Guildenstern. Hml. II. ii.
• Guildford, Sir Henry. H8. I. iv.
• Gurney, James. John I. i.

• Haberdasher. TofS. IV. iii.
• Hamlet. Hml. I. ii.
• Harcourt. 2H4. IV. iv.
• Hastings, Lord. 2H4. I. iii.
• Hastings, Lord.
  • 3H6. IV. i;
  • R3. I. i.
• Hecate. Mcb. III. v.
• Hector. T&C. II. ii.
• Helen, an attendant. Cym. II. ii.
• Helen. T&C. III. i.
• Helena. AWEW. I. i.
• Helena. MND. I. i.
• Helenus. T&C. II. ii.
• Helicanus. Per. I. ii.
• Henry IV, King (Bolingbroke).
  • 1H4. I. i;
  • 2H4. III. i;
  • R2. I. i.
• Henry V, King (first, Henry, Prince of Wales).
  • 1H4. I. ii;
  • 2H4. II. ii;
  • H5. I. ii.
• Henry, Prince.
  • 1H4. I. ii;
  • 2H4. II. ii.
• Henry, Prince, son of King John. John V. vii.
• Henry VI, King.
  • 1H6. III. i;
  • 2H6. I. i;
  • 3H6. I. i.
• Henry VII, King, first Earl of Richmond.
  • 3H6.*
  • R3. V. iii.
• Henry VIII, King. H8. I. ii.
• Heralds.
  • Cor. II. i;
  • H5. III. vi, IV. viii;
  • 2H6. II. iv;
  • John II. i;
  • Lear V. iii;
  • Oth. II. ii;
  • R2. I. iii.
• Herbert, Sir Walter. R3. V. ii.
• Hereford, Duke of.
  • See [Henry IV].
  • R2. I. i.
• Hermia. MND. I. i.
• Hermione. WT. I. ii.
• Hero. MAdo. I. i.
• Hippolyta. MND. I. i.
• Holland, John. 2H6. IV. ii.
• Holofernes. LLL. IV. ii.
• Horatio. Hml. I. i.
• Horner, Roger. 2H6. I. iii.
• Hortensio. TofS. I. i.
• Hortensius. Tim. III. iv.
• Host. TGV. IV. ii.
• Host of the Garter Inn. MWW. I. iii.
• Hostess.
  • H5. II. i.
  • See [Quickly].
• Hostess. TofS. Ind.
• Hotspur.
  • 1H4. I. iii.
  • See [Percy].
• Hubert de Burgh. John III. iii.
• Hume, John. 2H6. I. ii.
• Humphrey of Gloucester.
  • 2H4. IV. iv;
  • H5. III. vii;
  • 1H6. I. i;
  • 2H6. I. i.
• Huntsmen.
  • 3H6. IV. v;
  • TofS. Ind.
• Hymen. AYLI. V. iv.

• Iachimo. Cym. I. iv.
• Iago. Oth. I. i.
• Iden, Alexander. 2H6. IV. x.
• Imogen. Cym. I. i.
• Interpreter. AWEW. IV. iii.
• Iras. A&C. I. ii.
• Iris. Tmp. IV. i.
• Isabel, Queen of France. H5. V. ii.
• Isabella. Meas. I. iv.
• Isadore, servant. Tim. II. ii.