Character | Speaker | Gender |
ALL | Singers | male |
ANTONIO | ANTONIO, a merchant of Venice | male |
ARRAGON | THE PRINCE OF ARRAGON | male |
BALTHASAR | BALTHASAR, servant of Portia | male |
BASSANIO | BASSANIO, his friend, suitor of Portia | male |
CLERK | CLERK | male |
DUKE | THE DUKE OF VENICE | male |
GOBBO | OLD GOBBO, father of Launcelot | male |
GRATIANO | GRATIANO [Graziano] | male |
JESSICA | JESSICA, daughter of Shylock | female |
LAUNCELOT | LAUNCELOT GOBBO, servant of Shylock [Clown; Lancelot] | male |
LEONARDO | LEONARDO, servant of Bassanio | male |
LORENZO | LORENZO, in love with Jessica | male |
MAN | Man, servant of Antonio | male |
MESSENGER | MESSENGER | male |
MOROCCO | THE PRINCE OF MOROCCO | male |
NERISSA | NERISSA, Portia's waiting-woman [later, disguised as Clerk] | female |
PORTIA | PORTIA, the Lady of Belmont [later, disguised as Balthasar] | female |
SALERIO | SALERIO | male |
SERVINGMAN | SERVINGMAN | male |
SHYLOCK | SHYLOCK, a Jew of Venice | male |
SINGER | Singers | |
SOLANIO | SOLANIO [Solarino; Salarino; Salaryno] | male |
STEPHANO | STEPHANO [Stefano] | male |
TUBAL | TUBAL, a Jew of Venice, Shylock's friend | male |