Best Shakespeare Characters

After our recent poll we felt it was time we put together a list of best Shakespeare characters. The Bard created some of the most interesting and unique characters, and so we thought we would throw them all together in one simple list. A number of Shakespeare’s great villains appear on the list as well as some of his larger than life comic characters. Please let us know your favourite character in a comment below.

• Iago
  1
  

  Othello

• Lady Macbeth
  2
  

  Macbeth

• Beatrice
  3
  

  Much Ado About Nothing

• Viola
  4
  

  Twelfth Night

• Shylock
  5
  

  The Merchant of Venice 

• King Lear
  6
  

  King Lear 

• Falstaff
  7
  

  Henry IV and The Merry Wives of Windsor

• Prospero
  8
  

  The Tempest 

• Hamlet
  9
  

  Hamlet

• Titania
  10
  

  A Midsummer Night’s Dream