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