Shakespeare's Characters: E
Please note that uppercase type indicates the stressed syllable.
Edgar - King Lear
Edmund - King Lear
Edward IV - 2/3 Henry VI/Richard III
Egeon - [ee-JEE-un] The Comedy of Errors
Egeus - [ee-JEE-us (sometimes EE-jee-us)] A Midsummer Night's Dream
Eglamour - [EGG-lah-moor] The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Egyptian - Antony and Cleopatra
Elbow - Measure for Measure
Eleanor (Queen) - [EL-ih-nur] 2 Henry VI
Elizabeth I - Henry VIII
Elizabeth (Woodville) - 3 Henry VI/Richard III
Ely (Bishop) - [EE-lee] Henry V
Ely, John - [EE-lee] Richard III
Emilia - [ih-MEEL-yuh] The Comedy of Errors
Emilia - The Winter's Tale
Emilia - Othello
Emilia - The Two Noble Kinsmen
Emmanuel - [ee-MAHN-yoo-ehl] 2 Henry VI (only in 4.2)
Enobarbus - [ee-noh-BAR-bus] Antony and Cleopatra
Eros - [EHR-ohss] Antony and Cleopatra
Erpingham, Sir Thomas - [UR-ping-hum] Henry V
Escalus, Prince - [ES-kah-lus] Romeo and Juliet
Escalus - [ES-kah-lus] Measure for Measure
Escanes - [ES-kah-neez] Pericles
Essex - King John
Euphronius - [yoo-FROH-nee-us] Antony and Cleopatra
Evans, Sir Hugh - The Merry Wives of Windsor
Executioner - King John
Executioner - The Comedy of Errors
Executioner - The Two Noble of Kinsmen
Exeter (Duke of) - [ECK-sih-tur] 3 Henry VI
Exeter (Duke of) - [ECK-sih-tur] 1 Henry VI/Henry V
Exton, Sir Piers - [ECK-stun] Richard II
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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