Shakespeare's Characters: L
Please note that uppercase type indicates the stressed syllable.
Lady - Richard II
Lady - Timon of Athens
Lady - Cymbeline
Lady Macbeth - Macbeth
Lady Faulconbridge - [FAWL-kuhn-brij] King John
Lady - The Winter's Tale
Lady Macduff - Macbeth
Lady Mortimer - [MOHR-tih-mur] 1 Henry IV
Lady Northumberland - [north-UHM-ber-lund] 2 Henry IV
Lady Percy - 1/2 Henry IV
Laertes - [lay-UR-teez] Hamlet
Lafeu - [lah-FYOO] (spelled Lafew in Folio version) All's Well that Ends Well
Lamprius - [LAMP-ree-us] Antony and Cleopatra
Lartius, Titus - [LAR-shus] Coriolanus
Launce - [lance or lawnss] The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Launcelot - [lan-seh-lawt or lawn-seh-lawt] The Merchant of Venice
Laurence, Friar - [LOH-rens] Romeo and Juliet
Lavatch - [lah-VATCH] All's Well that Ends Well
Lavinia - [luh-VIN-ee-yuh] Titus Andronicus
Lawyer - 1 Henry VI
Le Beau - [luh-BOH] As You Like It
Lear - King Lear
Legate - [LEG-et] 1 Henry VI
Lennox - [LEN-uks] Macbeth
Leonardo - The Merchant of Venice
Leonato - Much Ado About Nothing
Leonine - [LEE-oh-nine] Pericles
Leontes - [lee-ON-teez] The Winter's Tale
Lepidus, Marcus - [LEP-ih-dus] Julius Caesar
Lewis, the Dauphin - King John
Lewis, the Dauphin - Henry V
Lewis, King of France - 3 Henry VI
Licio - [LISH-ee-yoh] (The Folio has Litio) The Taming of the Shrew
Lieutenant - 2 Henry VI
Lieutenant - 3 Henry VI
Lieutenant - Coriolanus
Ligarius, Caius - [ligh-GAY-ree-us] Julius Caesar
Lincoln - Henry VIII
Litio (Licio) - The Taming of the Shrew
Lodovico - [loh-doh-VEE-koh] Othello
Lodowick - [LOH-doh-wik] Measure for Measure
Longaville - [LONG-guh-vill] Love's Labour's Lost
Lord - Richard II
Lord - Much Ado About Nothing
Lord - As You Like It
Lord - Hamlet
Lord - All's Well That Ends Well
Lord - Macbeth
Lord - Timon of Athens
Lord - Pericles
Lord - The Winter's Tale
Lord - Cymbeline
Lord Bardolph - 2 Henry IV
Lord Chamberlain - Henry VIII
Lord Chancellor - Henry VIII
Lord Marshal - Henry VIII
Lorenzo - [lo-WREN-zoh] The Merchant of Venice
Lovell, Sir Francis - Richard III
Lovell, Sir Thomas - Henry VIII
Luce - [loos] The Comedy of Errors
Lucentio - [loo-CHEN-seeo] The Taming of the Shrew
Lucetta - [loo-SET-uh] The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Luciana - [loo-shee-AH-nuh] The Comedy of Errors
Lucianus - [loo-shee-AH-nus] The Murder of Gonzago (in Hamlet)
Lucilius - [loo-SIL-ee-us] Julius Caesar
Lucilius - [loo-SIL-ee-us] Timon of Athens
Lucillius - [loo-SIL-ee-us] Antony and Cleopatra
Lucio - [LOO-sheeo] Measure for Measure
Lucius - [LOO-shus] Julius Caesar
Lucius - Titus Andronicus
Lucius - Timon of Athens
Lucius' Servant - Timon of Athens
Lucrece - [LOO-kreess or loo-KREESS] The Rape of Lucrece
Lucretius - [loo-CREE-shus] The Rape of Lucrece
Lucullus - [loo-KUL-us] Timon of Athens
Lucy, Sir William - 1 Henry VI
Lychorida -[ligh-COR-ih-duh] Pericles
Lysander - [ligh-SAN-der] A Midsummer Night's Dream
Lysimachus - [ligh-SIM-uh-kus] Pericles
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.
_________
Related Articles
Romeo and Juliet Character Guide
Hamlet Character Guide
Macbeth Character Guide
Othello Character Guide
King Lear Character Guide
Julius Caesar Character Guide
Shakespeare Quotations (by Play)
Shakespeare Quotations (by Theme)
Quotations About William Shakespeare
|