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Shakespeare's Characters: P
Painter - Timon of Athens Palamon - [PAL-ah-mon] The Two Noble Kinsmen Pandar - [PAN-der] Pericles Pandarus - [PAN-dah-rus] Troilus and Cressida Pandulph - [PAN-dulf] King John Panthino - [pan-THEE-noh (TH as in thin)] Two Gentlemen of Verona Paris - Romeo and Juliet Paris - Troilus and Cressida Parolles - [pa-ROHL-iz] All's Well that Ends Well Patience - Henry VIII Patroclus - [pah-TROH-klass] Troilus and Cressida Paulina - The Winter's Tale Peaseblossom - [PEEZ-blawss-um] A Midsummer Night's Dream Pedant - Taming of the Shrew Pedro, Don - Much Ado About Nothing Pembroke, William - 3 Henry VI Pembroke - King John Penker, Friar - [PEHNG-ker] Richard III Percy, Henry - Richard II Percy, Henry - Richard II Percy, Thomas - 1 Henry IV Percy, Lady - 1/2 Henry IV Perdita - [PER-dih-tah] The Winter's Tale Pericles - [PEAR-ih-kleez] Pericles Peter - 2 Henry VI Peter - Romeo and Juliet Peter - The Taming of the Shrew Peter of Pomfret - King John Peter, Friar - Measure for Measure Peto - [PEE-toh] 1/2 Henry IV Petruchio (Ghost) - [peh-TROOK-ee-oh] Romeo and Juliet Petruchio - [peh-TROOK-ee-oh] The Taming of the Shrew Phebe - [FEE-bee] As You Like It Philario - [fih-LAH-reeoh] Cymbeline Philemon - [fih-LEE-mawn sometimes fih-LEE-mun] Pericles Philip - The Taming of the Shrew Philip Augustus - King John Philip the Bastard - King John Philo - [FIGH-loh] Antony and Cleopatra Philostrate - [FILL-ah-strayt] A Midsummer Night's Dream Philotus - [FIGH-loh-tus] Timon of Athens Phrynia - [FRIN-nee-ah] Timon of Athens Pilch - [pilsh] Pericles Pinch, Dr. - The Comedy of Errors Pindarus - [PIN-dar-us] Julius Caesar Pirates - Pericles Pirithous - [pigh-RITH-oh-us] The Two Noble Kinsmen Pisanio - [pee-ZAH-nee-oh] Cymbeline Pistol - 2 Henry IV/Henry V/Merry Wives of Windsor Plantagenet, Richard - [plan-TAJ-ah-net] 1 Henry VI Plantagenet, Richard - King John Player King - Murder of Gonzago (in Hamlet) Player Queen - Murder of Gonzago (Hamlet) Players - The Taming of the Shrew Players - Hamlet Plebeians - [plih-BEE-anz] Julius Caesar Plebeians - Coriolanus Poet - Julius Caesar Poet - Timon of Athens Poins, Ned - [poinz] 1/2 Henry IV Polixenes - [poh-LICKS-ah-neez] The Winter's Tale Polonius - [poh-LOHN-ee-us sometimes poh-LOHN-yus] Hamlet Pompey, Bum - Measure for Measure Pompey - Antony and Cleopatra Popilius Lena - [poh-PIL-ee-us LEE-nah sometimes poh-PIL-yus] Julius Caesar Porter - 1 Henry VI Porter - 2 Henry VI Porter - Macbeth Porter - Henry VIII Portia - [POR-shah] Julius Caesar Portia - [POR-shah] The Merchant of Venice Post - 2 henry VI Post - 3 Henry VI Posthumus - [PAWSS-tyoo-mus] Cymbeline Potpan - Romeo and Juliet Prentice - 2 Henry VI Priam - Troilus and Cressida Priest - Richard III Priest - Twelfth Night Priest - Hamlet Prince Escalus - Romeo and Juliet Prince Hal - 1/2 Henry IV Prince Henry - King John Prince of Wales - 3 Henry VI Prince of Wales - Richard III Prince of Wales - 1/2 Henry IV Princess of France - Love's Labour's Lost Princess Katharine - Henry V Proculeius, Caius - [proh-kyoo-LEE-us] Antony and Cleopatra Prologue - Henry V Prologue - Troilus and Cressida Prologue - Henry VIII Prologue - The Two Noble Kinsmen Prospero - The Tempest Proteus - [PROH-tee-us] The Two Gentlemen of Verona Provost - Measure for Measure Publius - [PUB-lee-us] Titus Andronicus Puck - A Midsummer Night's Dream Pursuivant (a herald) - [PER-swih-vant] Richard III/2 Henry VI Pyrrhus - [PIH-rus] mentioned in Hamlet and Troilus and Cressida Shakespeare Online's spelled pronunciation guide is based primarily on How to Pronounce the Names in Shakespeare by Theodora Ursula Irvine (1919). Note that the number of syllables in a name occasionally changes depending on metre and alternate pronunciations might be used depending on location (UK, southern US, etc.) and editor preference.
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