Duologues

Short duologues

Under 500 words, so three to four minutes at a spoken pace. Enough to show a scene without asking a panel for five minutes of their morning.

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Much Ado About Nothing · William Shakespeare

Beatrice and Benedick: "a kind of merry war"

I wonder that you will still be talking, Signior Benedick: nobody marks you.

Beatrice, Benedick · 225 words · 2 min spoken

Macbeth · William Shakespeare

Macbeth and Lady Macbeth: "If we should fail?"

How now! what news?

Macbeth, Lady Macbeth · 467 words · 4 min spoken

Hamlet · William Shakespeare

Hamlet and Ophelia: "Get thee to a nunnery"

Good my lord, How does your honour for this many a day?

Hamlet, Ophelia · 406 words · 3 min spoken

Twelfth Night · William Shakespeare

Viola and Olivia: "Make me a willow cabin at your gate"

Good madam, let me see your face.

Viola, Olivia · 482 words · 4 min spoken

Duologues for two females · Comedy duologues · Dramatic duologues · Shakespeare duologues

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