| anti-hero | anti-heroine |
| bit part | cameo |
| character part | chorus |
| comic relief | co-star |
| dame | deuteragonist |
| extra | feed |
| figurant | harlequin |
| hero | heroine |
| ingénue | lead |
| love interest | nayaka |
| Pantaloon | pantomime horse |
| Pierrot | principal boy |
| principal girl | prologue |
| protagonist | Punch |
| Punchinello | soubrette |
| spear carrier | star |
| stock character | super |
| supernumerary | title role |
| tritagonist | underpart |
| understudy | villain |
| walking gentleman | walking lady |
| walk-on |