Shakespeare's Characters: A
Please note that uppercase type indicates the stressed syllable.
Aaron the Moor - [AIR-un] Titus Andronicus
Abbess - [AB-iss] The Comedy of Errors
Abbot of Westminister - Richard II
Abergavenny, George [ab-er-GHEN-ee] - Henry VIII
Abhorson - [ab-HOR-sun] Measure for Measure
Abram - Romeo and Juliet
Achilles - [ah-KILL-eez] Troilus and Cressida
Adam - As You Like It
Adrian (Volsce) - Coriolanus
Adrian - The Tempest
Adriana - [ay-dree-ANN-uh] The Comedy of Errors
Aedile - [E-dial] Coriolanus
Aemilia (or Emilia) - [ih-MEEL-ee-yuh] The Comedy of Errors
Aemilius - [ih-MIL-ee-us] Titus Andronicus
Aeneas - [ih-NEE-yus] Troilus and Cressida
Agamemmon - [ag-uh-MEM-non] Troilus and Cressida
Agrippa, Vipsanius - Antony and Cleopatra
Ajax - [AY-jacks] Troilus and Cressida
Alarbus - [uh-LAHR-bus] Titus Andronicus
Albany - King Lear
Alcibiades - [al-sih-BIGH-uh-deez] Timon of Athens
Alencon, John - [uh-LEN-son] 1 Henry VI
Alexander - Troilus and Cressida
Alexas - Antony and Cleopatra
Alice - Henry V
Aliena - [ah-lee-E-nuh] As You Like It
Alonso, King - The Tempest
Ambassador(s) - Henry V
Ambassador - Hamlet
Ambassador - Antony and Cleopatra
Amiens [AM-yenz] - As You Like It
Aguecheek, Sir Andrew - [AY-gyoo-cheek] Twelfth Night
Andromache - [an-DROM-uh-kee] Troilus and Cressida
Andronicus, Marcus - [an-DRON-ih-kus] Titus Andronicus
Andronicus, Titus - Titus Andronicus
Angelo - The Comedy of Errors
Angelo - Measure for Measure
Angus - Macbeth
Anne (ie. Anne Boleyn) - Henry VIII
Anne (Page) - The Merry Wives of Windsor
Anne, Lady - Richard III
Antenor - [an-TEE-nur] Troilus and Cressida
Anthony - Romeo and Juliet
Antigonus - [an-TIG-uh-nus] The Winter's Tale
Antiochus - [an-TIGH-uh-kus] Pericles
Antipholus of Syracuse - [an-TIFF-uh-lus] The Comedy of Errors
Antipholus of Ephesus - The Comedy of Errors
Antonio - The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Antonio - The Tempest
Antonio - The Merchant of Venice
Antonio - Twelfth Night
Antonio - Much Ado About Nothing
Antony, Marc - [ANT-uh-nee] Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra
Apemantus - [app-ih-MAN-tus] Timon of Athens
Apothecary - [ah-POTH-ah-care-ee] Romeo and Juliet
Apparitions - Macbeth
Archbishop of Canterbury - Henry V
Archbishop of Canterbury (Thomas Cranmer) - Henry VIII
Archbishop of York (Scroop) - 1 and 2 Henry IV
Archbishop of York (Rotherham) - Richard III
Archidamus - [ark-ih-DAY-mus] The Winter's Tale
Arcite - [AHR-sight] The Two Noble Kinsmen
Ariel - [AIR-ee-el] The Tempest
Armado, Don Adriano de - [dohn ay-dree-AH-no day arm-AH-doh] Love's Labour's Lost
Aragon - The Merchant of Venice
Artemidorus - [ar-tih-mih-DOR-us] Julius Caesar
Artesius - [ahr-TEE-zhus] The Two Noble Kinsmen
Arthur, Prince - King John
Arviragus - [ar-vih-RAY-gus] Cymbeline
Asmath - [AZ-math] 2 Henry VI
Attendant(s) - Antony and Cleopatra
Attendant(s) - Cymbeline
Audrey - As You Like It
Aufidius, Tullus [aw-FID-ee-us] Coriolanus
Aumerle - [oh-MURL] Richard II
Austria, Limoges - King John
Auvergne - [oh-VURN] 1 Henry VI
Autolycus - [oh-TAWL-ih-kus] The Winter's Tale
Shakespeare Online's spelled pronunciation guide is based primarily on How to Pronounce the Names in Shakespeare by Theodora Ursula Irvine (1919). Note that the number of syllables in a name occasionally changes depending on metre and alternate pronunciations might be used depending on location (UK, southern US, etc.) and editor preference.
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