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12Night Twelfth Night
2Gents Two Gentlemen of Verona
Ado Much Ado about Nothing
Antony Antony and Cleopatra
AWW All's Well That Ends Well
AYLI As You Like It
Caesar Julius Caesar
Coriolanus Coriolanus
Cymbeline Cymbeline
Errors Comedy of Errors
Hamlet Hamlet
Henry4p1 Henry IV, Part I
Henry4p2 Henry IV, Part II
Henry5 Henry V
Henry6p1 Henry VI, Part I
Henry6p2 Henry VI, Part II
Henry6p3 Henry VI, Part III
Henry8 Henry VIII
John King John
Lear King Lear
LLL Love's Labour's Lost
Macbeth Macbeth
Measure Measure for Measure
Merchant Merchant of Venice
MND Midsummer Night's Dream
Othello Othello
Pericles Pericles
Richard2 Richard II
Richard3 Richard III
Romeo Romeo and Juliet
Shrew Taming of the Shrew
Tempest Tempest
Timon Timon of Athens
Titus Titus Andronicus
Troilus Troilus and Cressida
Wives Merry Wives of Windsor
WT Winter's Tale

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57 Aaron Titus
2 Abbot Richard2
13 Abhorson Measure
5 Abraham Romeo
74 Achilles Troilus
10 Adam AYLI
9 Adrian Tempest
79 Adriana Errors
10 Aedile Coriolanus
17 Aegeon Errors
16 Aemilia Errors
5 Aemilius Titus
44 Aeneas Troilus
52 Agamemnon Troilus
28 Agrippa Antony
55 Ajax Troilus
39 Alcibiades Timon
8 Alexander Troilus
9 Alexander Iden Henry6p2
15 Alexas Antony
22 Alice Henry5
1 All Richard2
16 All Coriolanus
2 All MND
13 All Macbeth
1 All Merchant
2 All Othello
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12 All Henry6p2
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1 All Henry6p1
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1 All Henry8
9 All Caesar
1 All Wives
1 All Citizens Coriolanus
2 All Conspirators Coriolanus
1 All Ladies Timon
1 All Lords Timon
3 All Lords Coriolanus
7 All Servants Timon
1 All the Goths Titus
1 All The People Coriolanus
40 Alonso Tempest
1 Ambassador Hamlet
10 Amiens AYLI
6 Andromache Troilus
31 Angelo Errors
83 Angelo Measure
4 Angus Macbeth
18 Anne Bullen Henry8
19 Anne Page Wives
1 Another Richard3
19 Antigonus WT
12 Antiochus Pericles
76 Antipholus of Ephesus Errors
103 Antipholus of Syracuse Errors
57 Antonio Tempest
47 Antonio Merchant
23 Antonio Ado
11 Antonio 2Gents
26 Antonio 12Night
253 Antony Antony, Caesar
100 Apemantus Timon
4 Apothecary Romeo
21 Archbishop Cranmer Henry8
18 Archbishop of Canterbury Henry5
30 Archbishop Scroop Henry4p1, Henry4p2
7 Archidamus WT
45 Ariel Tempest
4 Artemidorus Caesar
23 Arthur John
46 Arviragus Cymbeline
1 Attendant Cymbeline
2 Attendant Antony
1 Attendant Macbeth
1 Attendants Antony
12 Audrey AYLI
67 Autolycus WT
6 Bagot Richard2
11 Balthasar Ado
12 Balthasar Romeo
1 Balthasar Merchant
5 Balthazar Errors
4 Banditti Timon
33 Banquo Macbeth
68 Baptista Minola Shrew
14 Bardolph Wives
46 Bardolph Henry4p2, Henry5
7 Barnardine Measure
73 Bassanio Merchant
7 Basset Henry6p1
14 Bassianus Titus
12 Bastard of Orleans Henry6p1
7 Bates Henry5
43 Bawd Pericles
1 Beadle Henry6p2
106 Beatrice Ado
58 Belarius Cymbeline
134 Benedick Ado
64 Benvolio Romeo
19 Bernardo Hamlet
102 Bertram AWW
15 Bianca Othello
29 Bianca Shrew
39 Biondello Shrew
159 Biron LLL
2 Bishop Lincoln Henry8
6 Bishop of Carlisle Richard2
12 Bishop of Ely Henry5
9 Blanch John
3 Blunt Richard3
11 Blunt Henry4p1, Henry4p2
12 Boatswain Tempest
7 Bolingbroke Henry6p2
4 Bona Henry6p3
38 Borachio Ado
3 Both Coriolanus
1 Both Henry8
3 Both Richard3
2 Both AWW
1 Both Henry6p2
1 Both Pericles
7 Both Timon
1 Both Citizens Coriolanus
4 Both Tribunes Coriolanus
59 Bottom MND
38 Boult Pericles
16 Boy Henry5
2 Boy Henry6p1
2 Boy Ado
7 Boy Richard3
3 Boy Troilus
80 Boyet LLL
30 Brabantio Othello
6 Brandon Henry8
1 Brothers Henry4p2
194 Brutus Caesar
13 Bushy Richard2
42 Caesar Caesar
3 Caithness Macbeth
25 Caius Lucius Cymbeline
4 Calchas Troilus
50 Caliban Tempest
6 Calpurnia Caesar
72 Camillo WT
10 Canidius Antony
14 Caphis Timon
5 Captain Henry6p1
1 Captain Titus
10 Captain 12Night
5 Captain Lear
1 Captain Antony
11 Captain Henry6p2
2 Captain Richard2
5 Capucius Henry8
51 Capulet Romeo
2 Cardinal Bourchier Richard3
14 Cardinal Campeius Henry8
23 Cardinal Pandulph John
79 Cardinal Wolsey Henry8
1 Carrier Henry4p1
39 Casca Caesar
13 Cassandra Troilus
110 Cassio Othello
140 Cassius Caesar
108 Celia AYLI
4 Ceres Tempest
23 Cerimon Pericles
6 Chamberlain Henry4p1
8 Charles AYLI
41 Charles, King of France Henry6p1
63 Charmian Antony
5 Chatillon John
3 Children Richard3
30 Chiron Titus
2 Chorus Henry8
2 Chorus Romeo
1 Chorus Troilus
6 Chorus Henry5
24 Christopher Sly Shrew
2 Christopher Urswick Richard3
4 Cicero Caesar
11 Cinna Caesar
8 Cinna the Poet Caesar
3 Citizen Coriolanus
17 Citizens Coriolanus
2 Citizens Caesar
125 Claudio Ado
35 Claudio Measure
102 Claudius Hamlet
2 Claudius Caesar
7 Cleomenes WT
19 Cleon Pericles
204 Cleopatra Antony
1 Clerk Merchant
2 Clerk of Chatham Henry6p2
8 Clitus Caesar
77 Cloten Cymbeline
12 Clown Titus
8 Clown Antony
58 Clown AWW
14 Clown Othello
64 Clown WT
4 Cobweb MND
67 Cominius Coriolanus
2 Commons Henry6p2
23 Conrade Ado
40 Constable of France Henry5
36 Constance John
31 Cordelia Lear
24 Corin AYLI
189 Coriolanus Coriolanus
1 Cornelius Hamlet
13 Cornelius Cymbeline
83 Costard LLL
87 Countess AWW
13 Countess of Auvergne Henry6p1
1 Court Henry5
11 Courtezan Errors
152 Cressida Troilus
3 Crier Henry8
21 Cromwell Henry8
1 Cupid Timon
4 Curan Lear
4 Curio 12Night
20 Curtis Shrew
81 Cymbeline Cymbeline
1 Dancer Henry4p2
3 Dardanius Caesar
1 Daughter of Antiochus Pericles
14 Davy Henry4p2
12 Decius Brutus Caesar
2 Deiphobus Troilus
48 Demetrius MND
39 Demetrius Titus
2 Demetrius Antony
2 Dennis AYLI
5 Dercetas Antony
165 Desdemona Othello
44 Diana AWW
1 Diana Pericles
24 Dick the Butcher Henry6p2
54 Diomedes Troilus
7 Diomedes Antony
4 Dion WT
19 Dionyza Pericles
8 Doctor Lear
20 Doctor Macbeth
4 Doctor Butts Henry8
49 Doctor Caius Wives
52 Dogberry Ado
23 Dolabella Antony
31 Doll Tearsheet Henry4p2
113 Domitius Enobarus Antony
102 Don Adriano de Armado LLL
40 Don John Ado
135 Don Pedro Ado
3 Donalbain Macbeth
11 Dorcas WT
63 Dromio of Ephesus Errors
99 Dromio of Syracuse Errors
4 Duchess of Gloucester Richard2
43 Duchess of York Richard3
28 Duchess of York Richard2
32 Duke AYLI
18 Duke Merchant
58 Duke of Albany Lear
18 Duke of Alencon Henry6p1
38 Duke of Aumerle Richard2
24 Duke of Bedford Henry5, Henry6p1
4 Duke of Bourbon Henry5
26 Duke of Buckingham Henry8
115 Duke of Buckingham Henry6p2, Richard3
25 Duke of Burgundy Henry5, Henry6p1
5 Duke of Burgundy Lear
53 Duke of Cornwall Lear
46 Duke of Exeter Henry5, Henry6p1, Henry6p3
6 Duke of Florence AWW
285 Duke of Gloucester Henry5, Henry6p1, Henry6p2, Richard3
48 Duke of Milan 2Gents
48 Duke of Norfolk Henry8
11 Duke of Norfolk Henry6p3, Richard3
29 Duke of Orleans Henry5
30 Duke of Suffolk Henry8
3 Duke of Surrey Richard2
25 Duke of Venice Othello
1 Duke of York Henry5
52 Duke/Earl of Somerset Henry6p1, Henry6p2, Henry6p3
15 Dull LLL
54 Dumain LLL
18 Duncan Macbeth
5 Earl of Cambridge Henry5
19 Earl of Douglas Henry4p1
118 Earl of Gloucester Lear
127 Earl of Kent Lear
15 Earl of Northumberland Henry6p3
66 Earl of Northumberland Henry4p1, Henry4p2, Richard2
23 Earl of Salisbury Henry5, Henry6p1, Henry6p2
3 Earl of Salisbury Richard2
108 Earl of Suffolk Henry6p1, Henry6p2
1 Earl of Surrey Richard3
24 Earl of Surrey Henry8
182 Earl of Warwick Henry4p2, Henry5, Henry6p1, Henry6p2, Henry6p3
39 Earl of Westmoreland Henry4p1, Henry4p2, Henry5, Henry6p3
6 Earl of Westmoreland Henry6p3
35 Earl of Worcester Henry4p1
14 Earl Oxford Henry6p3, Richard3
98 Edgar Lear
7 Edmond, Earl of Rutland Henry6p3
79 Edmund Lear
9 Edmund Mortimer Henry6p1, Henry6p3
54 Edmund of Langley Richard2
64 Edward Poins Henry4p1, Henry4p2
7 Egeus MND
8 Eglamour 2Gents
2 Egyptian Antony
28 Elbow Measure
21 Eleanor Henry6p2
4 Emilia WT
103 Emilia Othello
1 English Herald John
27 Eros Antony
78 Escalus Measure
2 Escanes Pericles
1 Essex John
5 Euphronius Antony
51 Fabian 12Night
4 Fairy MND
471 Falstaff Henry4p1, Henry4p2, Henry5, Wives
7 Fang Henry4p2
4 Father Henry6p3
6 Father John Hume Henry6p2
15 Father's Ghost Hamlet
4 Faulconbridge John
20 Fenton Wives
117 Ferdinand LLL
31 Ferdinand Tempest
104 Feste 12Night
1 Fifth Citizen Coriolanus
2 First Ambassador Henry5
1 First Apparition Macbeth
3 First Attendant Antony
5 First Bandit Timon
4 First Beadle Henry4p2
2 First British Captain Cymbeline
2 First Brother Cymbeline
8 First Carrier Henry4p1
18 First Citizen Caesar
1 First Citizen Henry6p2
3 First Citizen Romeo
7 First Citizen Richard3
33 First Citizen Coriolanus
10 First Citizen John
34 First Clown Hamlet
1 First Commoner Caesar
3 First Conspirator Coriolanus
2 First Executioner John
15 First Fisherman Pericles
9 First Gaoler Cymbeline
2 First Gaoler Henry6p1
34 First Gentleman Henry8
4 First Gentleman Henry6p2
10 First Gentleman Cymbeline
10 First Gentleman Pericles
7 First Gentleman AWW
6 First Gentleman WT
12 First Gentleman Measure
1 First Gentleman Othello
4 First Goth Titus
1 First Groom Henry4p2
11 First Guard Antony
1 First Herald Richard2
4 First Huntsman Shrew
7 First Keeper Henry6p3
2 First Knight Pericles
2 First Lady Cymbeline
1 First Lady Timon
4 First Lady WT
4 First Lord Coriolanus
6 First Lord AYLI
28 First Lord Timon
14 First Lord WT
9 First Lord Pericles
2 First Lord LLL
48 First Lord AWW
15 First Lord Cymbeline
3 First Merchant Errors
1 First Messenger Henry6p3
33 First Murderer Richard3
21 First Murderer Macbeth
4 First Murderer Henry6p2
10 First Musician Romeo
5 First Musician Othello
1 First Neighbour Henry6p2
3 First Officer Othello
4 First Officer Coriolanus
5 First Officer 12Night
11 First Outlaw 2Gents
3 First Page AYLI
3 First Petitioner Henry6p2
2 First Pirate Pericles
8 First Player Hamlet
1 First Roman Coriolanus
4 First Sailor Pericles
2 First Secretary Henry8
27 First Senator Timon
33 First Senator Coriolanus
2 First Senator Cymbeline
8 First Senator Othello
1 First Sentinel Henry6p1
7 First Servant Timon
2 First Servant WT
4 First Servant Antony
4 First Servant Romeo
2 First Servant Wives
6 First Servant Shrew
3 First Servant Pericles
5 First Serving-Man Henry6p1
19 First Servingman Coriolanus
1 First Soldier Henry6p1
4 First Soldier Caesar
14 First Soldier Antony
37 First Soldier AWW
8 First Soldier Coriolanus
4 First Stranger Timon
1 First Traveller Henry4p1
3 First Tribune Cymbeline
2 First Warder Henry6p1
6 First Watchman Romeo
6 First Watchman Ado
5 First Watchman Henry6p3
23 First Witch Macbeth
10 Flaminius Timon
41 Flavius Timon
5 Flavius Caesar
2 Fleance Macbeth
45 Florizel WT
68 Fluellen Henry5
18 Flute MND
9 Fool Timon
58 Fool Lear
99 Ford Wives
4 Forester LLL
6 Fortinbras Hamlet
16 Fourth Citizen Caesar
3 Fourth Citizen Coriolanus
1 Fourth Gentleman Othello
1 Fourth Lord AWW
3 Fourth Lord Timon
1 Fourth Messenger Richard3
3 Fourth Soldier Antony
18 Francis Henry4p1, Henry4p2
7 Francis Feeble Henry4p2
2 Francisca Measure
8 Francisco Hamlet
2 Francisco Tempest
20 Frederick AYLI
1 French Herald John
10 French Soldier Henry5
7 Frenchman Cymbeline
16 Friar Francis Ado
4 Friar John Romeo
55 Friar Laurence Romeo
7 Friar Peter Measure
3 Friar Thomas Measure
8 Froth Measure
17 Gadshill Henry4p1
1 Gallus Antony
6 Gaoler WT
1 Gaoler Errors
6 Gardener Richard2
22 Gardiner Henry8
1 Garter Henry8
1 General Henry6p1
1 Gentleman Othello
41 Gentleman Lear
5 Gentleman WT
9 Gentleman AWW
2 Gentleman Hamlet
3 Gentleman Henry8
1 Gentleman Richard3
1 Gentlemen Hamlet
1 Gentlemen Richard3
11 Gentlewoman Macbeth
1 Gentlewoman Coriolanus
9 George Bevis Henry6p2
72 George Plantagenet (Duke of Clarence) Henry6p3, Richard3
70 Gertrude Hamlet
3 Girl Richard3
23 Glendower Henry4p1
53 Goneril Lear
52 Gonzalo Tempest
1 Governor of Harfleur Henry5
31 Gower Henry4p2, Henry5
8 Gower Pericles
1 Grandpre Henry5
48 Gratiano Merchant
20 Gratiano Othello
10 Green Richard2
16 Gregory Romeo
58 Gremio Shrew
13 Griffith Henry8
4 Groom Richard2
63 Grumio Shrew
2 Guard Antony
62 Guiderius Cymbeline
29 Guildenstern Hamlet
1 Haberdasher Shrew
358 Hamlet Hamlet
1 Harcourt Henry4p2
2 Hecate Macbeth
57 Hector Troilus
17 Helen Troilus
36 Helena MND
109 Helena AWW
1 Helenus Troilus
37 Helicanus Pericles
154 Henry IV Henry4p1, Henry4p2, Richard2
377 Henry V Henry4p1, Henry4p2, Henry5
183 Henry VI Henry6p1, Henry6p2, Henry6p3, Richard3
81 Henry VIII Henry8
1 Herald Henry6p2
1 Herald Othello
2 Herald Coriolanus
4 Herald Lear
1 Herald Henry5
48 Hermia MND
35 Hermione WT
44 Hero Ado
14 Hippolyta MND
54 Holofernes LLL
109 Horatio Hamlet
70 Hortensio Shrew
6 Hortensius Timon
46 Host Wives
16 Host 2Gents
3 Hostess Shrew
158 Hostess Quickly Henry4p1, Henry4p2, Henry5, Wives
114 Hotspur (Henry Percy) Henry4p1, Richard2
52 Hubert de Burgh John
2 Huntsman Henry6p3
1 Hymen AYLI
77 Iachimo Cymbeline
272 Iago Othello
118 Imogen Cymbeline
18 Iras Antony
4 Iris Tempest
129 Isabella Measure
61 Jack Cade Henry6p2
1 James Gurney John
4 Jamy Henry5
13 Jaquenetta LLL
57 Jaques (lord) AYLI
2 Jaques (son) AYLI
26 Jessica Merchant
4 Jeweller Timon
46 Joan la Pucelle Henry6p1
10 John Holland Henry6p2
6 John Morton Richard3
28 John of Gaunt Richard2
1 Joseph Shrew
107 Julia 2Gents
118 Juliet Romeo
7 Juliet Measure
91 Junius Brutus Coriolanus
2 Juno Tempest
1 Jupiter Cymbeline
3 Justice Measure
25 Katharine LLL
33 Katharine Henry5
82 Katherina Shrew
4 Keeper Richard2
5 Keeper Henry8
144 King Edward IV (Plantagenet) Henry6p2, Henry6p3, Richard3
95 King John John
21 King Lewis XI Henry6p3
5 King of France Lear
19 King of France Henry5
87 King of France AWW
43 King Phillip John
98 King Richard II Richard2
5 Knight Lear
3 Knights Pericles
8 Lady Cymbeline
6 Lady Richard2
51 Lady Anne Richard3
45 Lady Capulet Romeo
5 Lady Faulconbridge John
59 Lady Macbeth Macbeth
19 Lady Macduff Macbeth
2 Lady Montague Romeo
2 Lady Northumberland Henry4p2
18 Lady Percy Henry4p1, Henry4p2
62 Laertes Hamlet
97 Lafeu AWW
68 Launce 2Gents
44 Launcelot Gobbo Merchant
15 Lavinia Titus
2 Lawyer Henry6p1
14 Le Beau AYLI
188 Lear Lear
1 Legate Henry6p1
21 Lennox Macbeth
2 Leonardo Merchant
120 Leonato Ado
12 Leonine Pericles
125 Leontes WT
33 Lepidus Antony, Caesar
29 Lewis John
31 Lewis the Dauphin Henry5
4 Lieutenant Coriolanus
1 Lieutenant Henry6p3
5 Ligarius Caesar
33 Lodovico Othello
40 Longaville LLL
2 Lord AYLI
3 Lord Hamlet
4 Lord WT
17 Lord Shrew
6 Lord Cymbeline
4 Lord Pericles
3 Lord Macbeth
1 Lord Richard2
1 Lord Ado
29 Lord (Earl) Rivers Henry6p3, Richard3
5 Lord Abergavenny Henry8
35 Lord Bardolph Henry4p1, Henry4p2
2 Lord Berkeley Richard2
6 Lord Bigot John
38 Lord Chamberlain Henry8
7 Lord Chancellor Henry8
56 Lord Chief Justice Henry4p2
52 Lord Clifford Henry6p2, Henry6p3
6 Lord Fitzwater Richard2
6 Lord Grey Richard3
56 Lord Hastings Henry6p3, Richard3
17 Lord Hastings Henry4p2
2 Lord Lovel Richard3
10 Lord Marshal Richard2
14 Lord Mayor of London Henry6p1, Richard3
18 Lord Mowbray Henry4p2
11 Lord Ross Richard2
17 Lord Sands Henry8
13 Lord Say Henry6p2
2 Lord Scales Henry6p2
5 Lord Scroop Henry5
70 Lord Talbot/Earl of Shrewsbury Henry6p1
8 Lord Willoughby Richard2
3 Lords Richard3
3 Lords Macbeth
2 Lords WT
47 Lorenzo Merchant
7 Luce Errors
61 Lucentio Shrew
48 Lucetta 2Gents
43 Luciana Errors
13 Lucilius Timon
10 Lucilius Caesar
111 Lucio Measure
51 Lucius Titus
24 Lucius Caesar
6 Lucullus Timon
4 Lychorida Pericles
16 Lymoges John
50 Lysander MND
40 Lysimachus Pericles
146 Macbeth Macbeth
59 Macduff Macbeth
4 Macmorris Henry5
40 Malcolm Macbeth
87 Malvolio 12Night
13 Mamillius WT
6 Man Henry8
37 Marcellus Hamlet
63 Marcus Andronicus Titus
7 Mardian Antony
3 Margarelon Troilus
26 Margaret Ado
1 Margaret Jourdain Henry6p2
59 Maria 12Night
22 Maria LLL
24 Mariana Measure
5 Mariana AWW
63 Marina Pericles
3 Mariner WT
1 Mariners Tempest
15 Marquess of Montague Henry6p3
10 Marquis of Dorset Richard3
1 Marshal Pericles
10 Martius Titus
6 Marullus Caesar
1 Master Henry6p2
2 Master Tempest
2 Master-Gunner Henry6p1
2 Mayor of Saint Alban's Henry6p2
3 Mayor of York Henry6p3
16 Mecaenas Antony
3 Melun John
35 Menas Antony
2 Menecrates Antony
11 Menelaus Troilus
162 Menenius Agrippa Coriolanus
5 Menteith Macbeth
3 Mercade LLL
8 Merchant Timon
62 Mercutio Romeo
20 Messala Caesar
42 Messenger Antony
4 Messenger Henry5
2 Messenger Henry8
12 Messenger Coriolanus
1 Messenger Lear
1 Messenger Shrew
6 Messenger Timon
1 Messenger Titus
1 Messenger Pericles
1 Messenger Caesar
2 Messenger Othello
5 Messenger Henry6p2
6 Messenger Macbeth
1 Messenger Measure
6 Messenger Henry4p1
13 Messenger Richard3
6 Messenger Henry6p3
17 Messenger Ado
3 Messenger Hamlet
9 Messenger John
14 Messenger Henry6p1
1 Messenger Henry4p2
2 Messenger Cymbeline
5 Metellus Cimber Caesar
3 Michael Henry6p2
49 Miranda Tempest
85 Mistress Ford Wives
15 Mistress Overdone Measure
101 Mistress Page Wives
10 Montague Romeo
24 Montano Othello
11 Montjoy Henry5
13 Mopsa WT
13 Mortimer Henry4p1
6 Morton Henry4p2
78 Moth LLL
2 Moth MND
3 Mother Cymbeline
5 Mustardseed MND
3 Mutius Titus
1 Myrmidons Troilus
4 Nathaniel Shrew
36 Nerissa Merchant
38 Nestor Troilus
1 Nicholas Shrew
1 Nobleman Henry6p3
7 Norwegian Captain Hamlet
10 Nurse Titus
90 Nurse Romeo
33 Nym Henry5, Wives
29 Oberon MND
13 Octavia Antony
117 Octavius Antony, Caesar
1 Officer Coriolanus
11 Officer Errors
1 Officer Henry6p1
5 Officer WT
10 Old Athenian Timon
19 Old Gobbo Merchant
14 Old Lady Henry8
9 Old Man Lear
4 Old Man Macbeth
42 Old Shepherd WT
37 Oliver AYLI
118 Olivia 12Night
58 Ophelia Hamlet
120 Orlando AYLI
59 Orsino 12Night
25 Osric Hamlet
1 Ostler Henry4p1
38 Oswald Lear
274 Othello Othello
1 Outlaws 2Gents
3 Page Richard3
75 Page Wives
4 Page Romeo
1 Page AWW
4 Page Timon
1 Page Henry8
17 Page Henry4p2
8 Page Shrew
30 Painter Timon
10 Pandar Pericles
153 Pandarus Troilus
14 Panthino 2Gents
23 Paris Romeo
27 Paris Troilus
141 Parolles AWW
3 Patience Henry8
3 Patrician Coriolanus
37 Patroclus Troilus
59 Paulina WT
4 Peaseblossom MND
20 Pedant Shrew
20 Pembroke John
25 Perdita WT
121 Pericles Pericles
2 Peter Shrew
9 Peter Henry6p2
13 Peter Romeo
5 Peter Bullcalf Henry4p2
1 Peter of Pomfret John
8 Peto Henry4p1, Henry4p2
158 Petruchio Shrew
23 Phebe AYLI
14 Philario Cymbeline
1 Philemon Pericles
1 Philip Shrew
89 Philip the Bastard John
2 Philo Antony
6 Philostrate MND
6 Philotus Timon
4 Phrynia Timon
6 Pinch Errors
5 Pindarus Caesar
58 Pisanio Cymbeline
122 Pistol Henry4p2, Henry5, Wives
3 Player Shrew
4 Player King Hamlet
4 Player Queen Hamlet
1 Players Shrew
3 Poet Caesar
30 Poet Timon
57 Polixenes WT
86 Polonius Hamlet
60 Pompey Measure
41 Pompey Antony
2 Popilius Caesar
4 Porter Macbeth
2 Porter Henry4p2
10 Porter Henry8
1 Porter Henry6p1
16 Portia Caesar
117 Portia Merchant
9 Post Henry6p3
1 Post Henry6p2
77 Posthumus Leonatus Cymbeline
6 Priam Troilus
1 Priest 12Night
1 Priest Richard3
2 Priest Hamlet
35 Prince Edward Henry6p3, Richard3
16 Prince Escalus Romeo
8 Prince Henry John
11 Prince Humphrey Henry4p2
31 Prince John Henry4p1, Henry4p2
4 Prince of Arragon Merchant
7 Prince of Morocco Merchant
13 Prince Thomas Henry4p2
1 Princes Richard3
102 Princess of France LLL
10 Proculeius Antony
115 Prospero Tempest
147 Proteus 2Gents
65 Provost Measure
2 Publius Caesar
5 Publius Titus
33 Puck MND
3 Pursuivant Richard3
25 Queen Richard2
27 Queen Cymbeline
22 Queen Elinor John
129 Queen Elizabeth Henry6p3, Richard3
5 Queen Isabel Henry5
50 Queen Katharine Henry8
169 Queen Margaret Henry6p1, Henry6p2, Henry6p3, Richard3
40 Quince MND
11 Quintus Titus
5 Ralph Mouldy Henry4p2
5 Rambures Henry5
73 Regan Lear
24 Reignier Henry6p1
13 Reynaldo Hamlet
246 Richard III Henry6p3, Richard3
172 Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester) Henry6p1, Henry6p2, Henry6p3, Richard3
6 Richard Plantagenet the Younger Henry6p2
14 Richmond (Henry VII) Richard3
136 Robert Shallow Henry4p2, Wives
6 Robin Wives
59 Roderigo Othello
10 Roman Coriolanus
4 Roman Captain Cymbeline
163 Romeo Romeo
201 Rosalind AYLI
75 Rosaline LLL
48 Rosencrantz Hamlet
39 Ross Macbeth
9 Rugby Wives
1 Rumour Henry4p2
2 Sailor Hamlet
2 Sailor Othello
18 Salanio Merchant
27 Salarino Merchant
6 Salerio Merchant
36 Salisbury John
20 Sampson Romeo
49 Saturninus Titus
12 Scarus Antony
2 Scout Henry6p1
2 Scribe Henry8
1 Scrivener Richard3
31 Sebastian 12Night
67 Sebastian Tempest
2 Second Apparition Macbeth
1 Second Attendant Antony
4 Second Bandit Timon
2 Second British Captain Cymbeline
2 Second Brother Cymbeline
2 Second Capulet Romeo
6 Second Carrier Henry4p1
6 Second Citizen Richard3
18 Second Citizen Coriolanus
18 Second Citizen Caesar
12 Second Clown Hamlet
6 Second Commoner Caesar
2 Second Conspirator Coriolanus
2 Second Drawer Henry4p2
12 Second Fisherman Pericles
1 Second Gaoler Cymbeline
9 Second Gentleman Measure
5 Second Gentleman Othello
37 Second Gentleman Henry8
9 Second Gentleman Cymbeline
1 Second Gentleman Henry6p2
10 Second Gentleman Pericles
5 Second Gentleman AWW
4 Second Gentleman WT
1 Second Goth Titus
1 Second Groom Henry4p2
4 Second Guard Antony
1 Second Herald Richard2
2 Second Huntsman Shrew
9 Second Keeper Henry6p3
1 Second Knight Pericles
3 Second Lady WT
20 Second Lord Cymbeline
2 Second Lord AYLI
29 Second Lord Timon
4 Second Lord Pericles
3 Second Lord Coriolanus
57 Second Lord AWW
13 Second Merchant Errors
1 Second Messenger Richard3
5 Second Messenger Coriolanus
2 Second Messenger Antony
1 Second Messenger Henry6p3
1 Second Murderer Henry6p2
30 Second Murderer Richard3
6 Second Murderer Macbeth
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Twelfth Night, Or What You Will

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Act II, Scene 2

A street.

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[Enter VIOLA, MALVOLIO following]

* Malvolio. Were not you even now with the Countess Olivia?

* Viola. Even now, sir; on a moderate pace I have since
arrived but hither. 660

* Malvolio. She returns this ring to you, sir: you might have
saved me my pains, to have taken it away yourself.
She adds, moreover, that you should put your lord
into a desperate assurance she will none of him:
and one thing more, that you be never so hardy to 665
come again in his affairs, unless it be to report
your lord's taking of this. Receive it so.

* Viola. She took the ring of me: I'll none of it.

* Malvolio. Come, sir, you peevishly threw it to her; and her
will is, it should be so returned: if it be worth 670
stooping for, there it lies in your eye; if not, be
it his that finds it.

[Exit]

* Viola. I left no ring with her: what means this lady?
Fortune forbid my outside have not charm'd her! 675
She made good view of me; indeed, so much,
That sure methought her eyes had lost her tongue,
For she did speak in starts distractedly.
She loves me, sure; the cunning of her passion
Invites me in this churlish messenger. 680
None of my lord's ring! why, he sent her none.
I am the man: if it be so, as 'tis,
Poor lady, she were better love a dream.
Disguise, I see, thou art a wickedness,
Wherein the pregnant enemy does much. 685
How easy is it for the proper-false
In women's waxen hearts to set their forms!
Alas, our frailty is the cause, not we!
For such as we are made of, such we be.
How will this fadge? my master loves her dearly; 690
And I, poor monster, fond as much on him;
And she, mistaken, seems to dote on me.
What will become of this? As I am man,
My state is desperate for my master's love;
As I am woman,—now alas the day!— 695
What thriftless sighs shall poor Olivia breathe!
O time! thou must untangle this, not I;
It is too hard a knot for me to untie!

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