Shakespeare Monologue

References

WOMEN:
(Mostly Romantic/Comic/Light pieces)

LOVERS:
Juliet ROMEO & JULIET
Miranda TEMPEST
Rosaline LOVE’S LABOR’S LOST
Beatrice MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Cressida TROILUS & CRESSIDA
Olivia TWELFTH NIGHT
Portia MERCHANT OF VENICE
Julia TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
Jailer’s Daughter TWO NOBLE KINSMAN
Helena MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Desdemona OTHELLO
Hero MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Viola TWELFTH NIGHT
Sylvia TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
Adriana COMEDY OF ERRORS

WOMEN DRESSED AS MEN:

Viola TWELFTH NIGHT
Rosalind AS YOU LIKE IT
Julia TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
Portia MERCHANT OF VENICE
Imogen CYMBELLINE

INNOCENT VICTIMS:
Ophelia HAMLET
Julia TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
Cordelia KING LEAR
Helena MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Jailer’s Daughter TWO NOBLE KINSMAN
Portia MERCHANT OF VENICE
Desdemona OTHELLO
Portia JULIUS CAESAR
Isabella MEASURE FOR MEASURE
Lavinia TITUS ANDRONICUS
Marina PERICLES
Helena ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL

BEST FRIENDS:
Hero MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Julia TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
Silvia TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
Emilia OTHELLO
Helena MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Hermia MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Celia AS YOU LIKE IT
CLOWNS & BAWDS:
Maria TWELFTH NIGHT
Jailer’s Daughter TWO NOBLE KINSMAN
Phoebe AS YOU LIKE IT
Mistress Quickly HENRY V/MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
Doll Tearsheet HENRY IV PART TWO

FAIRIES:
Puck MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Titania MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
First Fairy MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Ariel TEMPEST
(Mostly serious, dark pieces)

FIGHTERS:
Lady Percy HENRY IV PART 1
Lady Percy HENRY IV PART 2
Juliet ROMEO & JULIET
Lady Anne RICHARD III
Helena MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Joan La Pucelle HENRY VI PART 1
Kate TAMING OF THE SHREW

SCHEMERS:
Lady Macbeth MACBETH
Goneril KING LEAR
ROYALTY:
Princess of France LOVE’S LABOR’S LOST
Queen Isabella RICHARD II
MESSENGERS, HERALDS:
Chorus (Prologues) HENRY V
Rumor HENRY VI
Chorus ROMEO & JULIET
Time WINTER’S TALE
Dancer HENRY IV part 2
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References

MEN:
(Mostly Romantic/Comic/Light pieces)

LOVERS:
Berowne LOVE’S LABOR’S LOST
Romeo ROMEO & JULIET
Benedick MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Lysander MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Florizel WINTER’S TALE
Valentine TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
Ferdinand THE TEMPEST
Duke Orsino TWELFTH NIGHT
Sebastian TWELFTH NIGHT
Henry V HENRY V
Bassanio MERCHANT OF VENICE
Proteus TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
Fenton MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
Lorenzo MERCHANT OF VENICE

INNO CENT VICTIM S:

Prince Hal HENRY IV PART 1
Prince Hal HENRY IV PART 2
Edgar KING LEAR
Claudio MEASURE FOR MEASURE
Orlando AS YOU LIKE IT
BEST FRIEND S:
Antonio TWELFTH NIGHT
Sebastian TWELFTH NIGHT
Laertes HAMLET
Horatio HAMLET
Claudio MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Longaville/Dumaine LOVE’S LABOR’S LOST

FAIRIES, GHO STS & M O NSTERS:

Puck MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Ariel THE TEMPEST
Oberon MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Caliban THE TEMPEST
Horatio HAMLET

CLO W NS:
Fool KING LEAR
Trinculo THE TEMPEST
Launcelot Gobbo MERCHANT OF VENICE
Launce TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
Speed TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
Dromio (of Syracuse) COMEDY OF ERRORS
Touchstone AS YOU LIKE IT
Grumio TAMING OF THE SHREW
Lucio MEASURE FOR MEASURE
Shepherd WINTER’S TALE
Gratiano MERCHANT OF VENICE
Feste TWELFTH NIGHT
Costard LOVE’S LABOR’S LOST
Boyet LOVE’S LABOR’S LOST
SO LD IERS & FIGHTERS: (Mostly serious, dark pieces)
Prince Hal Henry IV PART 1
Hotspur Henry IV PART 1
Prince Hal Henry IV PART 2
Henry V HENRY V
Prince EDWARD III
Petruchio TAMING OF THE SHREW
Hamlet HAMLET
Laertes HAMLET
Tyrell RICHARD III
Troilus TROILUS & CRESSIDA
Gloucester HENRY VI part 3
Mercutio ROMEO & JULIET
Benvolio ROMEO & JULIET
Macbeth MACBETH
Octavius ANTONY & CLEOPATRA
Young Clifford HENRY VI part 2
Son HENRY VI Part 3
Marc Antony JULIUS CAESAR
Marullus JULIUS CAESAR
Cassius JULIUS CAESAR
Albany LEAR
Edgar LEAR
SCHEM ERS:
Iago OTHELLO
Edmund KING LEAR
Edgar LEAR
Proteus TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
Gloucester HENRY VI PART 3
Richard III RICHARD III
Philip of Falconbridge KING JOHN
Bertram ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
Malcolm MACBETH
Casca JULIUS CEASAR

RO YALTY:
Prince Hal Henry IV PART 1
Prince Hal Henry IV PART 2
Henry V HENRY V
Hamlet HAMLET
Richard II RICHARD II
Prince EDWARD III

M ESSENGERS, HERALD S:
Chorus (Prologues) HENRY V
Rumor HENRY VI
Chorus ROMEO & JULIET
Time WINTER’S TALE
Dancer HENRY IV part 2
Siward MACBETH
Melun KING JOHN
English Herald KING JOHN

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