Text	Circles	Dramatis Personae	Synopsis	All Definitions
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