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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