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Shakespeare's Characters: S


Please note that uppercase type indicates the stressed syllable.

Sailor(s) - Hamlet

Sailor - Othello

Sailor(s) - Pericles

Salarino - [sal-ah-REE-noh] The Merchant of Venice

Salerio - [sah-LEHR-yoh] The Merchant of Venice

Salisbury, Earl of - Richard II

Salisbury, Earl of - 2 Henry VI

Salisbury, Earl of - 1 Henry VI and Henry V

Salisbury, Earl of - King John

Sampson - Romeo and Juliet

Sands, Lord - Henry VIII

Saturninus - [saht-er-NIGH-nus] Titus Andronicus

Say, Lord - 2 Henry VI

Scales, Lord Thomas - 2 Henry VI

Scarus - [SKAY-rus] Antony and Cleopatra

Schoolmaster - Antony and Cleopatra

Schoolmaster - The Two Noble Kinsmen

Scout - 1 Henry VI

Scribe - Henry VIII

Scrivener, The - [SKRIV-ner] Richard III

Scroop, Henry - Henry V

Scroop, Richard - 1,2 Henry IV

Scroop, Stephen - Richard II

Seacoal, George - [SEE-kohl] Much Ado About Nothing

Sebastian - [suh-BAS-chun] The Tempest

Sebastian - [suh-BAS-chun] Twelfth Night

Sebastian - [suh-BAS-chun] The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Second Murderer - Macbeth

Second Murderer - Richard III

Second Murderer - 2 Henry VI

Secretary - Henry VIII

Seleucus - [seh-LYOO-kus] Antony and Cleopatra

Sempronius - [sem-PROH-nigh-us] Titus Andronicus

Sempronius - [sem-PROH-nigh-us] Timon of Athens

Senator(s) - Othello

Senator(s) - Coriolanus

Senator(s) - Timon of Athens

Senator(s) - Cymbeline

Senior - As You Like It

Sentry(ies) - 1 Henry VI

Sentry - Antony and Cleopatra

Sergeant - 1 Henry VI

Sergeant - Macbeth

Sergeant - Henry VIII

Servant - The Comedy of Errors

Servant - 1 Henry VI

Servant - 2 Henry VI

Servant(s) - Henry VIII

Servant - Romeo and Juliet

Servant(s) - The Taming of the Shrew

Servant(s) - Richard II

Servant - 1 Henry IV

Servant(s) - King Lear

Servant(s) - The Merry Wives of Windsor

Servant(s) - Julius Caesar

Servant(s) - Macbeth

Servant(s) - Pericles

Servant(s) - Troilus and Cressida

Servant - Twelfth Night

Servant(s) - The Winter's Tale

Servilius - Timon of Athens

Serving-man - 1 Henry VI

Serving-man - Romeo and Juliet

Serving-man - Coriolanus

Serving-man - The Merchant of Venice

Serving-man - The Taming of the Shrew

Servitor(s) - Antony and Cleopatra

Sexton - Much Ado About Nothing

Seyton - [SEE-tun] Macbeth

Shaw - Richard III

Shadow, Simon - 2 Henry IV

Shallow, Robert - 2 Henry IV and The Merry Wives of Windsor

Shepherd - 1 Henry VI

Shepherd - The Winter's Tale

Sheriff - 2 Henry VI

Sheriff - 1 Henry IV

Sheriff - Richard III

Shylock - The Merchant of Venice

Sicilius Leonatus - [sih-SIL-ee-us lee-oh-NAH-tus] Cymbeline

Sicinius - [sih-SIN-ee-us] Coriolanus

Silence - 2 Henry IV

Silius - [SIL-yus] Antony and Cleopatra

Silvia - [SIL-vee-ah] The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Silvius - [SIL-vee-us] As You Like It

Simonides - [sigh-MOHN-ee-deez] Pericles

Simpcox, Saunder - [SIM-kawks] 2 Henry VI

Simple, Peter - The Merry Wives of Windsor

Siward - [SEE-werd rarely SEE-erd] Macbeth

Slender, Abraham - The Merry Wives of Windsor

Sly, Christopher - The Taming of the Shrew

Smith - 2 Henry VI

Snare - 2 Henry IV

Sneak - 2 Henry IV

Snout, Tom - A Midsummer Night's Dream

Snug - A Midsummer Night's Dream

Solanio - [soh-LAHN-ee-oh] The Merchant of Venice

Soldier(s) - 1 Henry VI

Soldier - 3 Henry VI

Soldier(s) - Antony and Cleopatra

Soldier - All's Well that Ends Well

Soldier(s) - Coriolanus

Soldier(s) - Julius Caesar

Soldier - Timon of Athens

Soldier(s) - Troilus and Cressida

Solinus - [soh-LIGH-nus] The Comedy of Errors

Somerset, Duke of - 1 Henry VI

Somerset, Duke of - 2 Henry VI

Somerset, Duke of - 3 Henry VI

Somerville, Sir John - 3 Henry VI

Son - Macbeth

Son - 3 Henry VI

Soothsayer - Antony and Cleopatra

Soothsayer - Cymbeline

Soothsayer - Julius Caesar

Soundpost, James - Romeo and Juliet

Spaniard - Cymbeline

Speed - The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Stafford, Lord - 3 Henry VI

Stafford, Sir - 2 Henry VI

Stafford, Sir William - 2 Henry VI

Stanley, Sir John - 2 Henry VI

Stanley, Sir William - 3 Henry VI

Stanley, Sir Thomas - Richard III

Starveling, Robin - A Midsummer Night's Dream

Stephano - [stef-AH-noh] The Merchant of Venice

Stephano - [STEF-ah-noh] The Tempest

Steward - All's Well that Ends Well

Steward - Timon of Athens

Strato - [STRAY-toh] Julius Caesar

Strewer(s) - 2 Henry IV

Suffolk, Earl of - [SUFF-uk] Henry V

Suffolk, Duke of - [SUFF-uk] Henry VIII

Suffolk, Earl of - [SUFF-uk] 2 Henry VI

Sugarsop - The Taming of the Shrew

Surrey, Earl of - 2 Henry IV

Surrey, Earl of - Henry VIII

Surrey, Earl of - Richard III

Surveyor - Henry VIII


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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