Than our earth’s wonder, more than earth divine. Less in your knowledge and your grace you show not Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.Īntipholus: Sweet mistress, what your name is else I know not, Is second childishness and mere oblivion, Turning again toward childish treble, pipesĪnd whistles in his sound. His youthful hose well sav’d, a world too wideįor his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice, With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side, With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut,Īnd so he plays his part. In fair round belly, with good capon lin’d, Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,Įven in the cannon’s mouth. Then, a soldier,įull of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Then, the whining school-boy, with his satchelĪnd shining morning face, creeping like snail They have their exits and their entrances,Īnd one man in his time plays many parts, Away with ‘t!Īnd all the men and women merely players. Out with ‘t! Within the year it will make itself two, which is a goodly increase, and the principal itself not much the worse. Keep it not you cannot choose but loose by’t. Besides, virginity is peevish, proud, idle, made of self-love which is the most inhibited sin in the canon.
Virginity breeds mites, much like a cheese consumes itself to the very paring, and so dies with feeding his own stomach. He that hangs himself is a virgin virginity murthers itself, and should be buried in highways out of all sanctified limit, as a desperate offendress against nature. To speak on the part of virginity, is to accuse your mothers which is most infallible disobedience. There’s little can be said in’t ’tis against the rule of nature. Virginity, by being once lost may be ten times found by being ever kept it is ever lost. That you were made of is mettel to make virgins. Loss of virginity is rational increase, and there was never virgin got till virginity was first lost. It is not politic in the commonwealth of nature to preserve virginity. Parolles: Virginity being blown down man will quicklier be blown up marry, in blowing him down again, with the breach yourselves made you lose your city.
COMEDIC MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN WITH NO CURSING FULL
Though there are many more wonderful monologues across his plays we felt these were the most engaging and exciting for performance.Ĭlick the boxes below to reveal the full monologue text. Here is our list of Shakespeare’s greatest monologues for men. List of Great Male Shakespeare Monologues Another helpful trick is to reference the original first folio punction and use that as a guide for performance.
The Arden, RSC or Cambridge Shakespeare editions are what we would recommend, but use your instincts and ignore punctuation where necessary. If you are using a monologue from this list we recommend you cross reference it with a published hard copy version. As Shakespeare didn’t use punctuation in the way we do today, we have punctuated the text ourselves. It’s usually good to pick one comic/lighter piece and one serious/dramatic piece. If you are auditioning we recommend you choose two contrasting monologues to show your versatility. We also have monologues that are both comic and dramatic. This list of Shakespeare monologues features speeches that cover all ages from the teenage Romeo to King Lear. If you are auditioning for a drama school or simply looking to work on some great text, this list should be very useful.
We have chosen monologues from a range of Shakespeare plays, and all the monologues are of varying styles. This is our list of the Best Male Shakespeare monologues.