Shakespearean Characters Bingo Cards

Shakespeare Characters Bingo Card

These cards are about Shakespeare Characters. William Shakespeare wrote tragedies, comedies and histories. Here are characters from some of his best known plays. These include words like Antony, Cressida, Henry V, Katherina , and Petruchio.

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Words List For Shakespeare Characters Bingo Cards

Antony Baptista Bianca Cassio Cleopatra
Cressida Dauphin Desdemona Gremio Hamlet
Henry V Horatio Iago Juliet Julius Caesar
Katherina King Lear Macbeth Ophelia Othello
Petruchio Romeo Titus Andronicus Troilus Tybalt



How To Play Shakespearean Characters Bingo

  1. Print out your free Shakespeare Characters bingo boards, or make custom ones with Bingo Card Creator. Click here to get started.
  2. Give one card to each player.
  3. Call off words randomly (you can read them left to right, top to bottom off a card yourself if that helps you). You can either just say a word, like "Iago", or you can make up a more involved clue involving Iago.
  4. When a word is called, each player should find it and mark it.
  5. The first player(s) to clear five words in any direction (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) wins a small prize.

Notes: How long a bingo game lasts depends on what pace you read the clues at and how many players you have. If you read faster, such as for older or more experienced students, or if you have more players, the game tends to end more quickly. In general, I suggest allocating between twenty and thirty minutes to a bingo game. Since they can potentially end as early as the fourth word called, though that is quite rare, I encourage you to keep playing in the event of the game being over earlier than you expected it to be.