Monologues for auditions

Dramatic monologues

Hamlet, Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Juliet, Portia, Shylock, Emilia. The situation explained, the text in full, the scene around it ready to rehearse.

Hamlet · William Shakespeare

Hamlet: "To be, or not to be"

To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea…

Hamlet · 275 words · 2 min spoken

Hamlet · William Shakespeare

Hamlet: "O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I"

Ay, so, God b’ wi’ ye. Now I am alone. O what a rogue and peasant slave am I! Is it not monstrous that this player here, But in a fiction, in a dream of…

Hamlet · 459 words · 4 min spoken

Macbeth · William Shakespeare

Macbeth: "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow"

She should have died hereafter. There would have been a time for such a word. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,…

Macbeth · 90 words · 1 min spoken

Macbeth · William Shakespeare

Macbeth: "Is this a dagger which I see before me"

Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee:— I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal…

Macbeth · 232 words · 2 min spoken

Macbeth · William Shakespeare

Lady Macbeth: "Come, you spirits"

The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements. Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And…

Lady Macbeth · 128 words · 1 min spoken

Romeo and Juliet · William Shakespeare

Juliet: "Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds"

Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds, Towards Phoebus’ lodging. Such a waggoner As Phaeton would whip you to the west And bring in cloudy night immediately.…

Juliet · 261 words · 2 min spoken

The Merchant of Venice · William Shakespeare

Portia: "The quality of mercy is not strain’d"

The quality of mercy is not strain’d, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest, It blesseth him that gives and him…

Portia · 172 words · 1 min spoken

The Merchant of Venice · William Shakespeare

Shylock: "Hath not a Jew eyes?"

To bait fish withal; if it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge. He hath disgrac’d me and hind’red me half a million, laugh’d at my losses, mock’d…

Shylock · 194 words · 1 min spoken

Othello · William Shakespeare

Emilia: "But I do think it is their husbands’ faults"

Yes, a dozen; and as many to the vantage as would store the world they played for. But I do think it is their husbands’ faults If wives do fall: say that they…

Emilia · 175 words · 1 min spoken

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