Where do you find play monologues?
Suggested sites for finding monologues on the web for free:
- Monologue Archive. An assortment of public domain monologues taken from classic plays organized by gender and type.
- Shakespeare’s Monologues.
- Audition Monologues by Stage Agent.
- The Monologue Database.
- Ace Your Audition Monologues.
Is all the counsel that we two have shared?
Is all the counsel that we two have shared, The sisters’ vows, the hours that we have spent, When we have chid the hasty-footed time For parting us,–O, is it all forgot? All school-days’ friendship, childhood innocence? And will you rent our ancient love asunder, To join with men in scorning your poor friend?
When was a Midsummer Night’s Dream written?
Probably written between 1594 and 1596, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays.
What is Shakespeare’s longest monologue?
The last 71 lines of Act 3, scene 2 of Henry VI: Part 3 comprise the longest soliloquy in all of Shakespeare. Spoken by Richard, Duke of Gloucester, the speech sees Richard outline all those in line to the throne before him, and then set his mind to causing chaos and using duplicity to win the crown for himself.
What is Shakespeare’s most famous speech?
The most famous speech in As You Like It is the Seven Ages of Man, which begins ‘All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players’ (Act 2, Scene 7). Michael Horden playing Jaques, the character in As You Like It who delivers the ‘Seven Ages of Man’ speech.
How do you find a good audition monologue?
10 Tips for Choosing Your Audition Monologue
- Choose material that fits you right now.
- Choose a monologue that’s active.
- Don’t do experimental, nonlinear work.
- Choose a piece that showcases your acting, not some other skill.
- Don’t do a monologue from a production you’ve performed.
What does Hermia call Helena?
painted maypole
But Hermia’s words are also barbed. When she calls Helena a “painted maypole,” she comments on her height as well as her use of cosmetics, implying that any beauty Helena has comes from makeup.
What scene does Helena betray Hermia?
In Act 3, Scene 2, Helena accuses Hermia of conspiring with both Lysander and Demetrius in mocking her. In other words, Helena does not believe that either Lysander or Demetrius are being sincere when they proclaim they love her.
Who wrote A Midsummer’s Night Dream?
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night’s Dream/Playwrights
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, comedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, written about 1595–96 and published in 1600 in a quarto edition from the author’s manuscript, in which there are some minor inconsistencies.