Kill Richard III.
Consider it done.
Chairman Mao.
Off Topic:
Using what criterion does Margaret of Anjou qualify for this accolade?
My apologies for interrupting the proceedings.
By law the actress playing Margaret must be at least 582 lbs., hence making her the biggest Shakespearean role.
Huh. I’d have expected the Lennon figure to come with no accessories. (No religion, too.)
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…query–do the people have to be dead?..
Nope. Living or dead, either is fine.
And not obscure. Ian Paisley and Margaret of Anjou … I mean, really, couldn’t you have suggested Marilyn Monroe, Coco Chanel or Emperor Hirohito?
Or Chairman Mao, fer chrissakes…
Chaiman Mao: comes with little red book, and wardrobe of identical unisex tunics. Push his button and he takes a great leap forward
Charles Darwin
It’s not an obscure person, you just know him by his alias. St. Francis Xavier ring a bell?
Half of the people named were complete unknowns to me; many have got descriptions with a remark about googling for it.
(Sorry for continuing the hijack, but! Fighting ignorance – or just satisfying curiousity – even when off-topic!)
She has more lines than any other character in the canon (going by lines of verse/prose, so a 17-line speech counts as 17, rather than 1). Not sure if she’s got the most in a one-speech-one-line comparison, as once she gets going she tends to get going, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it were true as well.
Strange.
I have Hamlet at No. 1 with 1,569 lines followed by Richard III with 1,161. The only other characters with more than 1,000 lines seem to be Iago and Henry V.
Of the female characters I have Rosalind on top followed by Cleopatra and Imogen (Cymbeline). I can’t find any reference to the loquacity of Margaret of Anjou.
Charles Darwin.
Well, this is considering that she has four plays (the three Henry VIs plus Richard III) through which to yak it up – where are you getting your figures? If they’re just by play, rather than by character, that’s probably where the discrepancy is – I think (although I’m not certain) that Falstaff is one of the other top characters for the same reason, that he’s got the two Henry IVs and Merry Wives and is not exactly taciturn in any of them.
Yes, that’s the difference. My figures are by play and not by character.
Thanks. 
Charles Darwin.
The Charles Darwin action figure comes with a complete miniature print of the Origin of species, and with a double barrel action gun to shoo away zombie ID’ers and creationists. Action figurine set of finches and the action playset with the “beagle” sold separeately.
Horatio Nelson
Horatio Nelson comes complete with full military dress attire, Fanny Nesbit (his wife) and Emma Hamilton (mistress) and a action play set of the Battle of Trafalgar.
Adolf Hitler
Defective model.
Guarantee states it lasts for a thousand years but claim reportedly untrue. Shoots itself if stressed.
Alfred Hitchcock.
Look for its brief appearances in all your other playsets! Companion icy blonde doll sold separately.
Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald
Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald come floating in their own Bathtub Full o’ Gin ™. Purchaser must present ID when purchasing these action figures; not for sale to minors.
King George III.
Increasingly disassociated with the American Colonies playset and, indeed, with reality in general. Pull his string and he pees blue!
Joseph Heller.
The Joseph Heller action figure comes with unruly hair, a denim shirt, a fountain pen and a sheaf of paper. If you want it, you can’t buy it! But if you don’t want it, you can. Funny how that works…
Barack Obama.