List of Shakespearean characters (A–K)

Characters appearing in the plays of William Shakespeare whose names begin with the letters A to K include the following.

Characters who exist outside Shakespeare are marked "(hist)" where they are historical, and "(myth)" where they are mythical.

Where that annotation is a link (e.g. (hist)), it is a link to the page for the historical or mythical figure.

The annotation "(fict)" is only used in entries for the English history plays, and indicates a character who is fictional.

Statue of William Shakespeare , who, according to legend, played Adam in his own play As You Like It .
Théodore Chassériau (1819–1856), The Ghost of Banquo , 1855
The Death of Cleopatra by Reginald Arthur
Desdemona by Frederic Leighton
The twin Dromios in a Carmel Shake-speare Festival production at the Forest Theater in Carmel, California. September, 2008
The historical Edward IV , a character in Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part 1 , Henry VI, Part 2 , and Richard III .
Edward IV (Travis Brazil), in a Carmel Shake-speare Festival production of Henry VI, Part 3 , 2004
Falstaff by Eduard von Grützner
Goneril and Regan by Edwin Austin Abbey
Edwin Booth (1833–1894), as Hamlet , c. 1870. Booth is in the position on the throne where he is said to have begun the monologue: To be or not to be, that is the question. ( Hamlet , Act III, Scene 1, line 64). [ 6 ]
Washington Allston 's 1818 painting Hermia and Helena
Henry VI (Jeffrey T. Heyer) and the young Earl of Richmond (Ashley Rose Miller) in the West Coast premiere of The Plantagenets: The Rise of Edward IV , based on Henry VI, Part 3 , staged by Pacific Repertory Theatre in 1993.
Iago and Othello in an illustration from Charles and Mary Lamb 's Tales from Shakespeare .
Joan of Arc Henry VI, Part 1 .
Detail from King Lear mourns Cordelia's death by James Barry .
Michael D Jacobs as King Lear , in a Carmel Shake-speare Festival production at the Forest Theater , Carmel , Ca, 1999