party, in Julius Caesar. Celia is Rosalind's companion and cousin, and is daughter to Duke Frederick in As You Like It. Ceres (myth) is presented by a masquer in The Tempest. Cerimon is a lord of Ephesus in Pericles, Prince of Tyre. He opens the chest in which Thaisa had been buried at sea and, being skilled in medicine, he realises that she is not dead and nurses her back to health. For Cesario see Viola, who calls herself Cesario in her male disguise, and her brother Sebastian who is sometimes called Cesario, being mistaken for his sister. The Lord Chamberlain, in Henry VIII (hist & hist) is a conflation of two historical Lords Chamberlain, one of them Lord Sandys, who is also a character in the play. The Lord Chancellor (hist) – historically Sir Thomas More, although not identified as such in the play – is among the Privy Counsellors who accuse Cranmer in Henry VIII. Charles: Charles is a wrestler, defeated by Orlando, in As You Like It. The Dauphin, later King Charles VII of France (hist) leads the French forces, with Joan, in Henry VI, Part 1. Charmian (hist) is the main attendant to Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra and dies by snakebite. Emmanuel the Clerk of Chatham (fict) is murdered by Jack Cade's rebels in Henry VI, Part 2. Chatillion is an ambassador from France to England in King John. The Lord Chief Justice (hist) is a dramatic foil to Falstaff in Henry IV, Part 2. Chiron and Demetrius, are two sons of Tamora in Titus Andronicus. They rape and mutilate Lavinia, and are eventually killed and cooked by Titus, who serves them to Tamora to eat. Chorus: The Chorus speaks the opening prologue in Romeo and Juliet, and a further prologue at the beginning of the second act. The Chorus (fict) is the second most major character, after the king himself, in Henry V. He speaks a lengthy prologue to each of the five acts, and an epilogue. See also John Gower, Rosalind, Rumour and Time, each of whom act as a chorus in their play. See also Prologue. Christopher: Christopher Sly is a drunken tinker in the induction to The Taming of the Shrew. He is gulled into believing he is a lord. Christopher Urswick (hist) is a minor character: a priest acting as messenger for Lord Stanley, in Richard III. Cicero, a senator,