Shakespeare's Monologues
Making it easier to find monologues since 1997


Built for actors.
Used by everyone.


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The links above lead to a complete list of the plays categorized alphabetically by comedy, history and tragedy. This site provides a complete list of Shakespeare's plays categorized alphabetically by comedy, history and tragedy. Each monologue entry includes the character's name, the first line of the speech, is marked as verse or prose and gives the location within the play where the monologue is found. Each entry provides a link to the full text of the scene as well as a link to a PDF file, double-spaced for scansion and transcription. The PDFs are provided courtesy The Inexplicable Dumb Show (formerly "The Mirror Up To Nature.")
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