A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play written by Shakespeare. It is set in Athens and a wood not far from it. It opens in a room in the palace of Theseus .
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Aaron is a moor in Titus Andronicus .
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The Abbot of Westminster is a character in King Richard II .
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Abhorson is an executioner in Measure for Measure .
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Abram is a servant to Montague in Romeo and Juliet .
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Achilles is a Grecian commander in Troilus and Cressida .
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Adam is a servant to Oliver in As You Like It .
Adrian is a lord in the tempest .
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Adriana is wife to Antipholus of Ephesus .
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Aegeon is a merchant of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors .
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Aemil Lepidus is a character in Julius Caesar .
Aemil Lepidus is a trimvir in Antony and Cleopatra .
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Aemilia is wife to Aegeon .
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Aemilius is a noble Roman in Titus Andronicus .
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Aeneas is a Trojan commander in Troilus and Cressida .
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Agamemnon is the Grecian general in Troilus and Cressida .
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Agrippa is a friend of Caesar in Antony and Cleopatra .
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Ajax is a Grecian commander in Troilus and Cressida .
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Alarbus is a son to Tamora in Titus Andronicus .
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Alcibiades is an Athenian captain in Timon of Athens .
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Alexander is servant to Cressida .
Alexander Iden is a Kentish gentleman in King Henry VI part II .
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Alexas is an attendant on Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra .
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Alice is a lady attending on Katharine in King Henry V.
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All's well that ends well is a play written by Shakespeare. It is set partly in France and partly in Tuscany . It opens in a room in the countesses palace in Rousillon.
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Alonso is the King of Naples in the Tempest .
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Amiens is a lord attending upon the exiled Duke in As You Like It .
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Andromache is wife to Hector in Troilus and Cressida .
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Angelo is the deputy in Measure for Measure .
Angelo is a goldsmith in The Comedy of Errors .
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Angus is a Scottish nobleman in Macbeth .
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Anne Bullen is Queen Katharine's maid of honour in King Henry VIII .
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Anne Page is the daughter of Page. She is in love with Fenton in the Merry Wives of Windsor .
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Antenor is a Trojan commander in Troilus and Cressida .
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Antigonus is a lord of Sicilia in The Winter's Tale .
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Antiochus is the King of Antioch in Pericles .
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Antipholus is the name of two twin brother; Antipholus of Ephesus and
Antipholus of Syracuse . They are sons of Aegeon and Aemilia .
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Antonio is the brother of Prospero . He is the usurping Duke of Milan .
Antonio is the father of Proteus .
Antonio is the brother of Leonato .
Antonio is The Merchant of Venice .
Antonio is a sea-captain and friend to Sebastian in Twelfth-Night .
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Antony and Cleopatra is a play written by Shakespeare. It is set in several parts of the Roman empire . It opens in a room in Cleopatra's palace in alexandria .
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Apemantus is a churlish philosopher in Timon of Athens .
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The Archbisop of Canterbury is a character in King Henry V .
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Archibald is the Earl of Douglas in King Henry IV part 1.
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Archidamus is a lord of Bohemia in The Winter's Tale .
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Ariel is an airy spirit serving the magician Prospero in the Tempest .
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Artemidorus is a sophist of Cnidos in Julius Caesar .
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Arthur is Duke of Bretagne in King John .
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Arviragus is son to Cymberline disguised under the name of Cadwal.
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As you like it is a play written by Shakespeare. It is set first near oliver ' s house; afterwards, in the usurper's court , and in the forest of Arden . It opens in an orchard near oliver's house whereupon enter orlando and adam.
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Audrey is a country wench in As You Like It .
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Autolycus is a rogue in The Winter's Tale .
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Bagot is a creature to King Richard II .
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Balthasar is servant to Romeo in Romeo and Juliet .
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Balthazar is a merchant in The Comedy of Errors .
Balthazar is a servant to Don Pedro .
Balthazar is a servant to Portia .
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Banquo is a general in the King's army in Macbeth . After his murder at the hands of Macbeth , he returns in the play as a ghost to haunt his killer.
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Baptista is a rich gentleman of Padua in The Taming of The Shrew .
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Bardolph is a follower of Falstaff .
Bardolph is a character in King Henry IV part 1 and in King Henry IV part II and in King Henry V.
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Barnardine is a dissolute prisoner in Measure for Measure .
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Bassanio is a friend to Antonio The Merchant of Venice . He is also Portias's lover and successful wooer.
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Basset is a character in King Henry VI part I .
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Bassianus is brother to Saturnius in Titus Andronicus .
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The bastard of Orleans is a character in King Henry VI part I .
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Bates is a soldier in King Henry V.
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Beatrice is the niece of Leonato .
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Belarius is a banished lord disguised under the name of Morgan in Cymbeline .
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Benedick is a young lord of Padua in Much Ado About Nothing . Although he scoffs at the idea of marriage, he ends up marrying Beatrice .
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Benvolio is a friend to Romeo in Romeo and Juliet .
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Bernardo is an officer in Hamlet.
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Bertram is Count of Rousillon in All's Well That Ends Well .
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Bianca is a daughter to Baptista .
Bianca is mistress to Cassio in Othello .
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Biondello is a servant to Lucentio in The Taming of The Shrew .
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Biron is a lord attending on Ferdinand in Love's Labour's Lost .
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The Bishop of Carlisle is a character in King Richard II .
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The Bishop of Ely is a character in King Henry V.
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The Bishop of Lincoln is a character in King Henry VIII .
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Blanch is the daughter of Alphonso King of Castile .
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Bolingbroke is a conjurer in King Henry VI part II .
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Bona is sister to the French Queen in King Henry VI part III .
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Borachio is a follower of John in Much Ado About Nothing .
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Bottom is a weaver in A Midsummer Night's Dream .
Boult is servant to the pander in Pericles .
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Boyet is a lord attending on the Princess of France in Love's Labour's Lost .
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Brabantio is a senator in Othello .
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Bull-calf is a recruit in King Henry IV part II .
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Bushy is a creature to King Richard II .
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