1.
Hamlet
Prince of Denmark. Must be cruel only to be kind...
42 points - added 14 years ago by plink - 1 comment
Comments:
nice
Added 7 years ago by guest, 1 point
2.
Iago
Oh, so evil.
35 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
3.
King Lear
"Come not between the dragon and his wrath."
32 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
4.
Lady MacBeth
"Out damn spot!" ...MacBeth likely wouldn't have done any of what he did if it wasn't for her..
31 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
5.
Richard III
Deformed and evil, he tells the audience exactly what he's going to do before he does it...part of why we love him so...
29 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
6.
MacBeth
"Not in the legions of horrid hell can come a devil more damn'd in evils to top MacBeth..."
26 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
7.
Mercutio
"Men's eyes were made to look and let them gaze." Also, total badass.
23 points - added 12 years ago by guest - 1 comment
Comments:
As an actor, Mercutio is one of the most fun characters to preform on stage. So witty, and so bad ass.
Added 11 years ago by guest, 1 point
8.
Rosalind
"No jewel is like Rosalind..."
23 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
9.
Shylock
"...hath not a jew eyes?"
20 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
10.
Tybalt
17 points - added 12 years ago by guest - 1 comment
Comments:
easily the most exacting character
Added 10 years ago by guest, 0 points
11.
Brutus
"Et tu?"
14 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
12.
Nick Bottom
"Nay, let me play the lion too...." - A Midsummer Night's Dream
14 points - added 14 years ago by plink - 1 comment
Comments:
Everyone has some of Bottom's foolishness.
Added 13 years ago by guest, 1 point
13.
Malvolio
With his yellow stockings and cross garters....
12 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
14.
Prince Hal (aka Henry V)
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers..."
11 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
15.
Prospero
The ultimate magician, maybe representing Shakespeare himself...
10 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
16.
Beatrice
"If men were books I'd burn them." - Beatrice, Much Ado About Nothing
9 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
17.
Falstaff
Shakespeare's most frequent player...
9 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
18.
Puck
The mischievous spirit from A Midsummer Night's Dream
8 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
19.
Othello
8 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
20.
Aaron Hilliard
Because he is the most burliest grownest Shakespeare character ever created, boi.
7 points - added 12 years ago by guest -
21.
Portia
from Merchant of Venice
7 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
22.
Katherine
Taming of the Shrew
4 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
23.
Jacques
"can suck melancholy out of a song as a weasel sucks eggs" - As You Like It
2 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
24.
Cleopatra
1 point - added 12 years ago by guest -
25.
henry v
hes the best
0 points - added 7 years ago by guest -
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