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Fitzwater | 'King Richard The Second' Lord Fitzwater. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Flaminius | 'The Life of Timon of Athens' | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Flavius | 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar' A tribune. 'The Life of Timon of Athens' Steward to Timon. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Fleance | 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' Banquo's son. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Florence | 'All's Well That Ends Well.' Duke of Florence. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Florizel | 'The Winter's Tale' Prince of Bohemia and son to Florizel, King of Bohemia. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Fluellen | 'King Henry V' Officer in the King's army. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Flute | 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Flute, a bellows-mender, acts as Thisby in the play within the play. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Ford | 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' A Gentleman of Windsor. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Fortinbras | 'Hamlet, Prince of Denmark' Prince of Norway. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
France | 'All's Well That Ends Well.' The King of France. 'Tragedy of King Lear' King of France. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Francis | 'King Henry IV, Part 2' Francis Feeble, a country soldier. 'King Henry IV, Part 2' A drawer. 'Much Ado About Nothing' Friar Francis. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Francisco | 'Hamlet, Prince of Denmark' A soldier. 'The Tempest' A lord. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Frederick | 'As You Like It' Brother to Duke, and usurper of his dominions. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Froth | 'Measure for Measure' A foolish gentleman. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Gallus | 'Antony and Cleopatra'. Friend to Caesar. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Gardiner | 'King Henry the Eighth' Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
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Gargrave | 'Henry VI, Part 1' Sir Thomas Gargrave. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Gaunt | 'Henry IV, 1 & 2' Prince John. 'Henry VI, 1' John Talbot. 'King Henry VI, III' Sirs John Mortimer, Montgomery, and Somerville. 'King John'. 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' Sir John Falstaff. 'Much Ado About Nothing' Don John. 'Richard II' John of Gaunt. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Geffrey | 'King John' Late Duke of Britaine, King John's brother. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
George | 'Henry VI, Part 2' George Bevis. 'King Henry the Sixth, Part III' George, son of Richard Plantagenet and afterwards Duke of Clarence. 'King Richard IN', George, Duke of Clarence, brother to Edward IV. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Glansdale | 'Henry VI, Part 1' Sir William Glansdale. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Gloucester | 'Henry V' Duke of Gloucester, King's brother, uncle to 'Henry VI'. 'Henry VI, III' Richard Plantagenet's son, later Duke of Gloucester. 'Henry IV, II' Prince Humphrey. 'Tragedy of King Lear' Earl of Gloucester. 'King Richard II' Duke of Gloucester. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Gobbo | 'The Merchant of Venice' Launcelot Gobbo, a clown, servant to Shylock. Also Old Gobbo, Launcelot's father. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Goffe | 'Henry VI, Part 2' Matthew Goffe. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Gonzalo | 'The Tempest' An honest old counsellor. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Gower | 'King Henry IV, Part 2' One of the King's party. 'King Henry V' Officer in the King's army. 'Pericles, Prince of Tyre' Acts as chorus. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Grandpre | 'King Henry V' A French Lord. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Gratiano | 'The Merchant of Venice' Friend to Antonio and Bassanio. 'The Tragedy of Othello' Nobleman of Venice, brother of Brabantio. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Green | 'King Richard The Second' A favorite of King Richard. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Gregory | 'The Tragedy of Romeo And Juliet' Servant to Capulet. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Gremio | 'The Taming of the Shrew' A suitor to Bianca. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Grey | 'King Henry V' Sir Thomas Grey, conspirator against the King. 'King Richard III' Lord Grey, son of Edward's Queen. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
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Griffith | 'King Henry the Eighth' Entleman-usher to Queen Katharine. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Grumio | 'The Taming of the Shrew' A servant to Petruchio. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Guiderius | 'Cymbeline' Son to Cymbeline, disguised under the name of Polydore, a supposed son to Belarius. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Guildenstern | 'Hamlet, Prince of Denmark' A courtier. Osric | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Guildford | 'King Henry IV, 1 & 2' King. Also Hal, king's son and Prince of Wales, who becomes Henry V. 'King Henry VI, III' King Henry VI. Also Henry, Earl of Richmond, a youth. 'King Henry VIII' King Henry. Also Sir Henry Guildford. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Gurney | 'King John' James Jurney, servant to Lady Faulconbridge. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Hal | 'King Henry IV, Part 1' Nickname of Henry, Prince of Wales and son to King Henry the Fourth. Hal becomes Henry, and King at the end of Part 2. King in King Henry V | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Hamlet | 'Hamlet, Prince of Denmark' Son to the former King, whose ghost appears to Hamlet demanding he avenge his father's death by killing Claudius, the present king and brother of the former. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Harcourt | 'King Henry IV, Part 2' One of the King's party. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Harfleur | 'King Henry V' Governor of Harfleur. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Hastings | 'King Henry IV, Part 2' Lord Hastings, retainer of Northumberland and opposite against King Henry IV. 'King Henry the Sixth, Part III' Lord Hastings. 'King Richard III' Lord Hastings. 'King Richard III' A pursuivant. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Hector | 'The History of Troilus and Cressida' King Priam's son. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Helenus | 'The History of Troilus and Cressida' King Priam's son. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Helicanus | 'Pericles, Prince of Tyre' Lord of Tyre. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Henry | 'Richard II' Henry Bolingbroke, later 'Henry IV" Hal, later 'Henry V'. 'Henry VI'. Henry, Earl of Richmond. 'Henry VIII' King, & Sir Henry Guildford. 'King John' Prince Henry. 'Henry IV' & 'Richard II' Henry Percy, Hotspur. 'Richard III' Henry VII. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Herbert | 'King Henry IV, Part 1' Sir Walter Blunt. 'Henry VI, Part 2' Walter Whitmore. 'King Richard III' Sir Walter Herbert. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
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Holland | 'Henry VI, Part 2' John Holland. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Holofernes | 'Love's Labours Lost' A schoolmaster. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Horatio | 'Hamlet, Prince of Denmark' Friend to Hamlet. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Horner | 'King Henry IV, Part 2' Duke of Clarence, Son to Henry IV. 'King Henry IV, Part 2' Thomas Wart, a country soldier. 'Henry VI, Part 2' Thomas Horner, an armourer. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Hortensio | 'The Taming of the Shrew' A suitor to Bianca. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Hortensius | 'The Life of Timon of Athens' Timon's servant. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Hotspur | 'King Henry IV, Part 1' and 'King Richard The Second' Henry Percy, surnamed Hotspur, son of the Earl of Northumberland. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Hubert | 'King John' Hubert De Burgh. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Hugh | 'King Henry the Sixth, Part III' Sir Hugh Mortimer, uncle to the Duke of York. 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' Sir Hugh Evans, a Welsh parson. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Hume | 'Henry VI, Part 2' John Hume, a priest. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Humphrey | 'King Henry IV, Part 2' Prince Humphrey of Gloucester, son to Henry IV 'Henry VI, Part 2' Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester is Henry VI's uncle. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Iden | 'Henry VI, Part 2' Alexander Iden, a Kentish gentleman. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Illyria | 'Twelfth Night', also called 'What You Will' Orsino, Duke of Illyria. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
Jack | 'Henry VI, Part 2' Jack Cade, a rebel. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
James | 'King John' James Jurney, servant to Lady Faulconbridge. 'King Richard III' Sir James Tyrrel. 'King Richard III' Sir James Blount. | Male | Shakespearean | - |