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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
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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
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Helena
All’s Well That Ends Well 1.1.84-103
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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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