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| Jamy | 'King Henry V' Officer in the King's army. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Jaques | 'As You Like It' Lord attending on the banished Duke. 'As You Like It' Son of Sir Rowland de Boys. Orlando | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| John | 'Henry IV' Prince. 'Henry VI' John Talbot. 'King Henry VI, III' John Mortimer, Montgomery, & Somerville. 'King John'. 'Merry Wives of Windsor' John Falstaff. 'Much Ado About Nothing' Don John. 'Richard II' John of Gaunt. 'Romeo And Juliet' Friar. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Julius | 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar' Julius Caesar, Roman statesman and general. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Junius | 'The Tragedy of Coriolanus.' Junius Brutus, Tribune of the People. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Kent | 'King Henry IV, Part 2' Earl of Kent, one of the King's party. 'Tragedy of King Lear' Earl of Kent. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| lachimo | 'Cymbeline' An Italian friend to Philario. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Laertes | 'Hamlet, Prince of Denmark' Son to Polonius, the Lord Chamberlain. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Lafeu | 'All's Well That Ends Well.' An old lord. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| lago | 'The Tragedy of Othello, Moor of Venice' Ensign to Othello. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Lancaster | 'King Henry IV, Part 1 and 2' Prince John of Lancaster, son to the King. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Langley | 'King Henry IV, 1' Earl of March. 'King Henry VI, IN' Edmund, Earl of Rutland and son to Richard Plantagenet. 'Tragedy of King Lear' Edmund, bastard son to Gloucester. 'King Richard The Second' Edmund Langley, Duke of York and uncle to the King. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Lartius | 'The Tragedy of Coriolanus.' Titus Lartius, a general against the Volscians. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Launce | 'Two Gentlemen of Verona' The like to Proteus. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Laurence | 'The Tragedy of Romeo And Juliet' Friar Laurence, Franciscan. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Lavache | 'All's Well That Ends Well.' A clown and servant to the Countess of Rousillon. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Le Beau | 'As You Like It' A courtier attending upon Frederick. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
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| Lear | 'Tragedy of King Lear' Lear, King of Britain. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Lena | 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar' A senator. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Lennox | 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' A nobleman of Scotland. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Leonardo | 'The Merchant of Venice' Servant to Bassanio. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Leonato | 'Much Ado About Nothing' Governor of Messina. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Leonatus | 'Cymbeline' Posthumus Leonatus, a gentleman and husband to Imogen. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Leonine | 'Pericles, Prince of Tyre' Servant to Dionyza. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Leontes | 'The Winter's Tale' King of Sicilia. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Lepidus | 'Antony and Cleopatra' and 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar'. Aemilius Lepidus, Roman triumvir. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Lewis | 'King Henry V' The Dauphin. 'King Henry the Sixth, Part III' Lewis XI, King of France. 'King John' Lewis, the Dauphin. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Ligarius | 'Cymbeline' Caius Lucius, General of the Roman Forces. 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar' Caius Ligarius, a conspirator against Caesar. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Lincoln | 'King Henry the Eighth' Bishop of Lincoln. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Lion | 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Snug, a joiner. Acts as Lion in the play within the play. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Lodovico | 'The Tragedy of Othello' Nobleman of Venice, kinsman of Brabantio. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Longaville | 'Love's Labours Lost' Lord attending on King Ferdinand. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Lord Scroop is a c | Variant of Edmund: 'King Henry IV, Part 1' Earl of March. Scroop | Male | Shakespearean | - |
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| Lorenzo | 'The Merchant of Venice' A young man in love with Jessica, Shylock's daughter. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Lovel | 'King Richard IN' Lord Lovel. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Lovell | '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. 'King Henry the Eighth' Sir Thomas Lovell. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Lucentio | 'The Taming of the Shrew' Lucentio, son to Vincentio, in love with Bianca. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Lucilius | 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar' Supportor of Brutus. 'The Life of Timon of Athens' | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Lucio | 'Measure for Measure' A fantastic. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Lucius | 'Cymbeline' Caius Lucius, General of the Roman Forces. 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar' A servant to Brutus. 'The Life of Timon of Athens' 'The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus' Son to Titus Andronicus. Also Young Lucius, a boy, his son. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Lucullus | 'The Life of Timon of Athens' | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Lucy | 'Henry VI, Part 1' Sir William Lucy. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Lymoges | 'King John' Duke of Austria. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Lysander | 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' In love with Hermia. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Lysimachus | 'Pericles, Prince of Tyre' Governor of Mytilene. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Macbeth | 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' Thane of Glamis and Cawdor, a general in the King's army, who murders King Duncan and takes his crown. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Macduff | 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' Macduff, Thane of Fife, a nobleman of Scotland who finally kills Macbeth. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Macmorris | 'King Henry V' Officer in the King's army. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Maecenas | 'Antony and Cleopatra'. Friend to Caesar. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
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| Malcolm | 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' Elder son of King Duncan. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Malvolio | 'Twelfth Night', also called 'What You Will' Steward to Olivia. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Mamillius | 'The Winter's Tale' Leontes' son, the young Prince of Sicilia. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Marcade | 'Love's Labours Lost' Lord attending on the Princess of France. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Marcellus | 'Hamlet, Prince of Denmark' An officer. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| March | 'King Henry IV, Part 1' Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March. 'King Henry the Sixth, Part IN' Edward, Earl of March and son to Richard Plantagenet, afterwards King Edward IV. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Marcius | 'The Tragedy of Coriolanus.' Caius Marcius Coriolanus, and also Young Marcius, son to Coriolanus. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Marcus | The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. 'The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus' Marcus Andronicus, Tribune of the People, and brother to Titus. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Mardian | 'Antony and Cleopatra'. Attendant on Cleopatra. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Margarelon | 'The History of Troilus and Cressida' A bastard son of King Priam. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Margaret F | 'Henry VI, Part 2' Queen to King Henry VI. 'Antony and Cleopatra' and 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.' Mark Antony, roman triumvir and Cleopatra's lover. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Martext | 'As You Like It' Son of Sir Rowland de Boys. 'As You Like It' Sir Oliver Martext, a vicar. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Martius | 'The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus' Son to Titus Andronicus. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Marullus | 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar' A tribune. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Matthew | 'Henry VI, Part 2' Matthew Goffe. | Male | Shakespearean | - |