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The English-Speaking Union Education. Scholarship. Understanding.

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The English-Speaking Union National Shakespeare Competition

2014 SUGGESTED MONOLOGUES PACKET

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These monologues are taken from the Folger Shakespeare Library Editions (Simon & Schuster, 2003-2013) and meet the line limit requirements. Students can play any part listed below (male or female). Play Category Character Gender Page All’s Well That Ends Well Comedy Helena Female 3 All’s Well That Ends Well Comedy King Male 4 Anthony and Cleopatra Tragedy Anthony Male 5 Anthony and Cleopatra Tragedy Cleopatra Female 6 As You Like It Comedy Duke Senior Male 7 As You Like It Comedy Phoebe Female 8 The Comedy of Errors Comedy Adriana Female 9 The Comedy of Errors Comedy S. Antipholus Male 10 Coriolanus Tragedy Volumnia Female 11 Coriolanus Tragedy Coriolanus Male 12 Cymbeline Romance Imogen Female 13 Cymbeline Romance Posthumus Male 14 Hamlet Tragedy Hamlet Male 15 Hamlet Tragedy Gertrude Female 16 Henry IV, Part 1 History Henry Male 17 Henry IV, Part 1 History Lady Percy Female 18 Henry IV, Part 2 History Rumor 19 Henry IV, Part 2 History Hostess Female 20 Henry V History Hostess Female 21 Henry V History King Henry Male 22 Henry VI, Part 1 History Joan de Pucelle Female 23 Henry VI, Part 1 History King Henry Male 24 Henry VI, Part 2 History Queen Margaret Female 25 Henry VI, Part 2 History Young Clifford Male 26 Henry VI, Part 3 History Queen Margaret Female 27 Henry VI, Part 3 History Son Male 28 Henry VIII History Buckingham Male 29 Henry VIII History Queen Katherine Female 30 Julius Caesar Tragedy Portia Female 31 Julius Caesar Tragedy Caesar Male 32 King John History Constance Female 33 King John History Lewis Male 34 King Lear Tragedy Cordelia Female 35 King Lear Tragedy King Lear Male 36 Love’s Labour’s Lost Comedy Berowne Male 37 Love’s Labour’s Lost Comedy Roaslind Female 38

The English-Speaking Union Education. Scholarship. Understanding.

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The English-Speaking Union National Shakespeare Competition

2014 SUGGESTED MONOLOGUE PACKET

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Play Category Character Gender Page Macbeth Tragedy Lady Macbeth Female 39 Macbeth Tragedy Macbeth Male 40 Measure for Measure Comedy Angelo Male 41 Measure for Measure Comedy Isabella Female 42 The Merchant of Venice Comedy Shylock Male 43 The Merchant of Venice Comedy Portia Female 44 The Merry Wives of Windsor Comedy Falstaff Male 45 The Merry Wives of Windsor Comedy Mistress Page Female 46 A Midsummer Night’s Dream Comedy Puck Male 47 A Midsummer Night’s Dream Comedy Helena Female 48 Much Ado About Nothing Comedy Benedick Male 49 Much Ado About Nothing Comedy Hero Female 50 Othello Tragedy Iago Male 51 Othello Tragedy Desdemona Female 52 Pericles Romance Pericles Male 53 Pericles Romance Marina Female 54 Richard II History Duchess Female 55 Richard II History King Richard Male 56 Richard III History Richard III Male 57 Richard III History Lady Anne Female 58 Romeo and Juliet Tragedy Juliet Female 59 Romeo and Juliet Tragedy Romeo Male 60 The Taming of the Shrew Comedy Petruchio Male 61 The Taming of the Shrew Comedy Katherina Female 62 The Tempest Romance Miranda Female 63 The Tempest Romance Prospero Male 64 Timon of Athens Tragedy Timon Male 65 Timon of Athens Tragedy Flavius Male 66 Titus Andronicus Tragedy Tamora Female 67 Titus Andronicus Tragedy Aaron Male 68 Troilus and Cressida Tragedy Troilus Male 69 Troilus and Cressida Tragedy Cressida Female 70 Twelfth Night Comedy Viola Female 71 Twelfth Night Comedy Sebastian Male 72 The Two Gentlemen of Verona Comedy Proteus Male 73 The Two Gentlemen of Verona Comedy Silvia Female 74 The Two Noble Kinsmen Romance Jailer’s Daughter Female 75 The Winter’s Tale Romance Leontes Male 76 The Winter’s Tale Romance Hermione Female 77

The English-Speaking Union Education. Scholarship. Understanding.

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The English-Speaking Union National Shakespeare Competition

2014 SUGGESTED MONOLOGUE PACKET

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Helena

All’s Well That Ends Well 1.1.84-103

The English-Speaking Union Education. Scholarship. Understanding.

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King

All’s Well That Ends Well 2.3.162-178 w/cuts

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Antony

Antony and Cleopatra 4.12.12-32 w/cuts

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Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra 4.15.86-105

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Duke Senior

As You Like It 2.1.1-17

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Phoebe

As You Like It 3.5.9-28

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Adriana

The Comedy of Errors 2.1.92-106

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Antipholus of Syracuse

The Comedy of Errors 3.2.31-49

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Volumnia

Coriolanus 3.2.68-85

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Coriolanus

Coriolanus 3.3.150-165

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Imogen

Cymbeline 1.6.167-181

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Posthumus

Cymbeline 5.5.246-264

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Hamlet

Hamlet 3.3.77-98 w/cuts

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Gertrude

Hamlet 4.7.190-208

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Henry

Henry IV, Part 1 1.2.204-222 w/cuts

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Lady Percy

Henry IV, Part 1 2.3.49-67

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Rumor

Henry IV, Part 2 1.1.1-20 w/cuts

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Hostess

Henry IV, Part 2 2.1.89-107 w/cuts

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Hostess

Henry V 2.3.9-24 w/cuts

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King Henry

Henry V 4.3.43-61

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Joan de Pucelle

Henry VI, Part 1 1.2.73-91

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King Henry

Henry VI, Part 1 4.1.135-152

Queen Margaret, Henry VI Part 2, 3.2.76-95

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Queen Margaret

Henry VI, Part 2 3.2.76-95

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Young Clifford

Henry VI, Part 2 5.2. 31-52 w/cuts

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Queen Margaret

Henry VI, Part 3 1.4.93-109

Son, Henry VI Part 3, 2.

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Son

Henry VI, Part 3 2.5.55-72

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Buckingham

Henry VIII 2.1.136-154 w/cuts

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Queen Katherine

Henry VIII 2.4.30-47 w/cuts

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Portia

Julius Caesar 2.1.257-276 w/cuts

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Caesar

Julius Caesar 3.1.64-79

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Constance

King John 3.4.45-61

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Lewis

King John 5.2.79-98 w/cuts

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Cordelia

King Lear 1.1.100-115

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King Lear

King Lear 1.4.289-303

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Berowne

Love’s Labour’s Lost 4.3.1-19

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Rosalind

Love’s Labour’s Lost 5.2.914-927

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Lady Macbeth

Macbeth 1.5.45-61

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Macbeth

Macbeth 5.5.20-31

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Angelo

Measure for Measure 2.4.168-184

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Isabella

Measure for Measure 2.4.185-201

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Shylock

The Merchant of Venice 1.3.121-139

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Portia

The Merchant of Venice 4.1.190-208 w/cuts

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Falstaff

The Merry Wives of Windsor 3.5.3-18

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Mistress Page

The Merry Wives of Windsor 2.1.1-31 w/cuts

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Puck/Robin Goodfellow

A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2.1.44-60

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Helena

A Midsummer Night’s Dream 3.2.148-164

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Benedick

Much Ado About Nothing 2.3.22-36 w/cuts

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Hero

Much Ado About Nothing 3.1.72-91

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Iago

Othello 1.3.429-447 w/cuts

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Desdemona

Othello 4.2.175-193

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Pericles

Pericles 1.1.13-25

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Marina

Pericles 5.1.95-111

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Duchess

Richard II 1.2.60-76

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King Richard

Richard II 4.1.170-185

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Richard III

Richard III 5.3.194-213

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Lady Anne

Richard III 1.2.51-71 w/cuts

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Juliet

Romeo and Juliet 2.5.1-17

Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, 3.3.31-45

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Romeo

Romeo and Juliet 3.3.31-45

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Petruchio

The Taming of the Shrew 4.1.190-209

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Katherina

The Taming of the Shrew 5.2.177-195

Miranda, The Tempest, 1.2.1-13

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Miranda

The Tempest 1.2.1-13

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Prospero

The Tempest Epilogue 1-20

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Timon

Timon of Athens 4.1.25-41 w/cuts

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Flavius

Timon of Athens 4.2.36-56 w/cuts

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Tamora

Titus Andronicus 1.1.104-20

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Aaron

Titus Andronicus 5.1.127-146

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Troilus

Troilus and Cressida 1.1.49-64

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Cressida

Troilus and Cressida 3.2.117-133

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Viola

Twelfth Night 2.2.17-36

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Sebastian

Twelfth Night 4.3.1-22 w/cuts

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Proteus

The Two Gentlemen of Verona 2.4.202-220

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Silvia

The Two Gentlemen of Verona 4.3.20-38

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Jailor’s Daughter

Two Noble Kinsmen 2.6.1-17 w/cuts

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Leontes

The Winter’s Tale 2.1.47-63 w/cuts

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Hermione

The Winter’s Tale 3.2.98-115 w/cuts

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