Shakespeare Monologues

56 free shakespeare pieces, ready for auditions, class and rehearsal.

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56 monologues

O that I were a man (Much Ado About Nothing)

O that I were a man for his sake!

Themes Change, Classical, Comedy, Determination, Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare, Teenager

Length 30 Seconds

Gender Female

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Is this a dagger which I see before me (Macbeth)

Is this a dagger which I see before me,

Themes Change, Classical, Macbeth, Relationships, Rivalry, Shakespeare

Length 2 Minutes

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Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! (King Lear)

Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!

Themes Classical, Death, Dramatic, King Lear, Loss, Misfortune, Shakespeare

Length 1 Minute

Gender Male

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A sister kind and fair, but most unkind and foul (Twelfth Night)

A sister kind and fair, but most unkind and foul

Themes Classical, Comedy, Shakespeare, Siblings, Twelfth Night

Length 1 Minute

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Let the sky rain potatoes! (The Merry Wives of Windsor)

Let the sky rain potatoes!

Themes Classical, Comedy, Desire, Power, Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor

Length 1 Minute

Gender Male

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The Nature of Power and Death (Hamlet)

How all occasions do inform against me,

Themes Classical, Death, Hamlet, Power, Shakespeare

Length 1 Minute

Gender Male

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The Banter of Beatrice (Much Ado About Nothing)

He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man:

Themes Classical, Comedy, Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare

Length 30 Seconds

Gender Female

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The Joy of Disguise (As You Like It)

O, how full of briers is this working-day world!

Themes As You Like It, Classical, Comedy, Shakespeare

Length 1 Minute

Gender Female

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The Depths of Desire (Othello)

Excellent wretch! Perdition catch my soul,

Themes Classical, Desire, Dramatic, Othello, Shakespeare

Length 1 Minute

Gender Male

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The Desire for Power (Macbeth)

If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well

Themes Classical, Desire, Dramatic, Macbeth, Shakespeare

Length 30 Seconds

Gender Male

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