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| Bernardo | 'Hamlet, Prince of Denmark' An officer. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Berowne | 'Love's Labours Lost' Lord attending on King Ferdinand. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Bertram | 'All's Well That Ends Well.' Count of Rousillon. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Bevis | 'Henry VI, Part 2' George Bevis. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Bigot | 'King John' Lord Bigot. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Biondello | 'The Taming of the Shrew' A servant to Lucentio. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Blount | 'King John' James Jurney, servant to Lady Faulconbridge. 'King Richard III' Sir James Tyrrel. 'King Richard III' Sir James Blount. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Blunt | 'King Henry IV, Part 1' Sir Walter Blunt. 'King Henry IV, Part 2' One of the King's party. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Bolingbroke | 'Henry VI, Part 2' Roger Bolingbroke, a conjurer. 'King Richard II' Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Hereford, later 'King Henry IV" | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Borachio | 'Much Ado About Nothing' Follower of Don John. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Bottom | 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Bottom, a weaver, acts as Pyramus in the play within the play. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Boult | 'Pericles, Prince of Tyre' Servant to the Pander. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Bourbon | 'King Henry V' Duke of Bourbon. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Bourchier | 'King Richard III' Cardinal Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Boyet | 'Love's Labours Lost' Lord attending on the Princess of France. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Brabantio | 'The Tragedy of Othello' Venetian Senator, father of Desdemona. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Brakenbury | 'King Henry IV, Part 2' Robert Shallow, a country justice. 'King John' Robert Faulconbridge, and his father, Sir Robert Faulconbridge. 'King Richard III' Sir Robert Brakenbury, Lieutenant of the Tower. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
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| Brandon | 'Henry VI, 2' Sir John Stanley. 'Henry VI, Part III' Sir William Stanley. 'As You Like It' A country fellow, in love with Audrey. 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' A boy, son to Page. 'Richard III' Sir William Catesby. 'Richard III' Sir William Brandon. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Britaine | 'King Henry V' and 'King John' Arthur, Duke of Britaine. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Brutus | 'The Tragedy of Coriolanus.' Junius Brutus, Tribune of the People. 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar' Decius Brutus, a conspirator against Caesar. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Buckingham | 'Henry VI, Part 2' and 'King Henry the Eighth' Duke of Buckingham. 'King Richard III' Duke of Buckingham. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Bullcalf | 'King Henry IV, Part 2' Peter Bullcalf, a country soldier. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Burgundy | 'King Henry V' and 'Henry VI, Part 1' and 'Tragedy of King Lear' Duke of Burgundy. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Bushy | 'King Richard The Second' A favorite of King Richard. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Butts | 'King Henry the Eighth' Doctor Butts, physician to the King. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Cade | 'Henry VI, Part 2' Jack Cade, a rebel. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Caesar | 'Antony and Cleopatra'. Octavius Caesar, Roman triumvir. 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar' Julius Caesar, Roman statesman and general. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Caithness | 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' A nobleman of Scotland. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Caius | 'Cymbeline' Caius Lucius, General of the Roman Forces. 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar' Caius Ligarius, a conspirator against Caesar. 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' Doctor Caius, a French physician. 'The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus' Kinsman to Titus. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Calchas | 'The History of Troilus and Cressida' A Trojan priest, taking part with the Greeks. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Caliban | 'The Tempest' A savage and deformed slave. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Cambridge | 'King Henry V' Earl of Cambridge, a conspirator against the King. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Camillo | 'The Winter's Tale' Lord of Sicilia. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
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| Canidius | 'Antony and Cleopatra'. Lieutenant-General to Mark Antony. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Canterbury | 'King Henry V' Archbishop of Canterbury. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Caphis | 'The Life of Timon of Athens' Timon's servant. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Capucius | 'King Henry the Eighth' Ambassador from the Emperor Charles V | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Capulet | 'The Tragedy of Romeo And Juliet' Juliet's Father, head of the Capulet house, at variance with the Montagues. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Carlisle | 'King Richard The Second' Bishop of Carlisle. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Casca | 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar' A conspirator against Caesar. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Cassio | 'The Tragedy of Othello, Moor of Venice' Lieutenant to Othello. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Cassius | 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar' Instigator of the conspiracy against Caesar. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Catesby | 'Henry VI, Part 2' Sir John Stanley. 'King Henry the Sixth, Part IN' Sir William Stanley. 'As You Like It' A country fellow, in love with Audrey. 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' A boy, son to Page. 'King Richard III' Sir William Catesby. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Cato | 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar' Supportor of Brutus. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Cerimon | 'Pericles, Prince of Tyre' A lord of Ephesus. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Chamberlain | 'King Henry the Eighth' Lord Chamberlain. Chancellor | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Charles | 'King Henry V' Charles the sixth, Dauphin and afterwards King of France. 'As You Like It' Wrestler to Frederick. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Chatillon | 'King John' Ambassador from France to King John. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Chiron | 'The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus' Son to Tamora. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
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| Christopher | 'King Richard III' Christopher Urswick, a priest. 'The Taming of the Shrew' Christopher Sly, a tinker. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Cicero | 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar' A senator. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Cimber | 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar' A conspirator against Caesar. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Cinna | 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar' A conspirator against Caesar. A poet. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Clarence | 'Henry VI, Part 2' George Bevis. 'King Henry the Sixth, Part III' George, son of Richard Plantagenet and afterwards Duke of Clarence. 'King Richard III', George, Duke of Clarence, brother to Edward IV. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Claudio | 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar' A servant to Brutus. 'Measure for Measure' A young gentleman. 'Much Ado About Nothing' A young lord of Florence. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Claudius | 'Hamlet, Prince of Denmark' King of Denmark. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Cleomenes | 'The Winter's Tale' Lord of Sicilia. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Cleon | 'Pericles, Prince of Tyre' Governor of Tharsus | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Clifford | 'Henry VI, Part 2' Lord Clifford. Also Young Clifford, son to Lord Clifford. 'King Henry the Sixth, Part III' Lord Clifford. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Clitus | 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar' A servant to Brutus. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Cloten | 'Cymbeline' The Queen's son by a former husband. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Cobweb | 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' A fairy. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Colville | 'King Henry IV, Part 2' Sir John Colville. | Male | Shakespearean | - |
| Cominius | 'The Tragedy of Coriolanus.' Titus Lartius, a general against the Volscians. | Male | Shakespearean | - |