hears Casca's account of strange portents, in Julius Caesar. Metellus Cimber (hist) is one of the conspirators in Julius Caesar. Cinna: Cinna (hist) is one of the conspirators against Caesar in Julius Caesar. Cinna is a poet, mistaken for the conspirator Cinna in Julius Caesar. Realising they have the wrong man, the mob "kill him for his bad verses". Citizen: A citizen of Antium briefly meets the disguised Coriolanus, and directs him to Aufidius' house. A mob of citizens, seven of them speaking roles, appear both in opposition and in support of the title character in several scenes of Coriolanus. Speaking as one, the mob's speech prefix is Plebeians. Three citizens debate the succession of Edward V, in Richard III. See also Plebeians. Clarence: George, Duke of Clarence (hist) is the younger brother of Edward and the elder brother of Richard in Henry VI, part 3 and Richard III. He is often known as "perjured Clarence", having broken his oath to Warwick and fighting instead for his brother's faction. He is eventually drowned in a butt of malmesy wine. Thomas, Duke of Clarence (hist) is Hal's younger brother, who appears in Henry IV, Part 2 and Henry V. Claudio: Claudio is a friend to Benedick and a follower of Don Pedro, in Much Ado About Nothing. He falls in love with Hero but is persuaded, wrongly, that she has been unfaithful. Claudio, brother to Isabella, is sentenced to death for fornication in Measure for Measure. Claudius: Claudius and Varro are guards in Brutus' tent, in Julius Caesar. They do not see Caesar's ghost. King Claudius (myth) is the uncle and stepfather of the title character in Hamlet. He has murdered his brother Old Hamlet, has taken over his crown, and has married his queen, Gertrude. Cleomines is a courtier to Leontes, who, with Dion delivers the oracle from Delphos in The Winter's Tale. Cleon is governor of Tarsus in Pericles, Prince of Tyre. Pericles brings food to save Cleon's starving people, and later trusts his new-born daughter into Cleon's care. Cleopatra (hist) is the lover of Antony in Antony and Cleopatra. She commits suicide using a poisonous asp. Emmanuel the Clerk of Chatham (fict) is murdered by Jack Cade's rebels in Henry VI, Part 2. Clifford: Clifford (sometimes called Young Clifford) (hist) is a staunch Lancastrian, and is the Yorkists most hated enemy — as the killer of Rutland —