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SPEECHES IN ORDER
TIME
SPEECHES BY GENDER
COMEDY OF ERRORS
#'s 1 - 3: The Duke And The Merchant
1/ Duke {Solinus} Merchant of Siracusa, plead no more .
2/a Merchant In Syracusa was I borne, and wedde
/b Merchant A league from Epidamium had we saild
3/ Duke Haplesse Egeon whom the fates have markt
#'s 4: Mistaken Identity In General
4/ Local Dromio Return'd so soone, rather approacht too late :
#'s 5 - 7: Woman In Waiting
5/ Adriana Patience unmov'd, no marvel though she pause,
6/ Local Dromio Why Mistresse, sure my Master is horne mad.
7/ Adriana His company must do his minions grace,
#'s 8 - 12: Mistaken Identity And Love Complications
8/ Adriana I, I, Antipholus, looke strange and frowne,
9/ Antipholus V. To mee shee speakes, shee moves mee . . .
10/ Luciana And may it be that you have quite forgot
11/ Antipholus V. Sweete Mistris, what your name is else I know not;
12/ Dromio Visitor . . . she's the Kitchin wench, & al grease,
#'s 13 - 14: Mistaken Identity's Effect On The Locals
13/ Curtizan Now out of doubt Antipholus is mad,
14/ Abbesse And thereof came it, that the man was mad .
Speech #(s)
SPEECHES FOR WOMEN (6)
Luciana Traditional & Today: young woman, younger than her sister Adrianna #10
Adriana Traditional & Today: youngish/early middle age woman, older than to
sister Luciana #4, #7, #8
Curtizan Traditional & Today: a woman of the town, so attractive as to keep a
young man away from his wife #13
Abbesse Traditional & Today: since it turns out that she is the merchant Egeus'
long lost wife and mother of both Antipholi, has and should be played
as a woman of sufficiently old to have had 23 year old twins #14
SPEECHES FOR EITHER GENDER (0)
SPEECHES FOR MEN (8)
Duke {Solinus} Traditional: older male , usually asn authority figure
Today: with the above proviso, any gender, any age #1, #3
Merchant (Egeus) Traditional & Today: older male (father of two 23 year old sons) #2a, 2b
Local Dromio Traditional: younger clown-style performer, probably well-versed in commedia
Today: any age, gender, provided part of Egeon's speech #2 (which refer to
the Dromio twins as being the same age/sex as the two Antipholi) is
struck or rewritten, and the speech, though not necessarily the role,
can be explored without the commedia skills #5, #6
Antipholus V. Traditional & Today: young male approximately 23 years old #9, #11
Dromio V. Traditional & Today: as local Dromio above #12
SPEECHES IN ORDER
SPEECHES BY GENDER
TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
#'s 1 - 3: Young Men In/About Love & The Strange Things They Do
1/ Valentine I Protheus, but that life is alter'd now,
2/ Protheus I will ./Even as one heate, another heate expels,
3/ Protheus To leave my Julia ; shall I be forsworne ?
#'s 4: Interference Of Older Men
4/ Duke Why Phaeton (for thou art Merops sonne)
#'s 5 - 9: Young Women In And About Love
5/ Julia Nay, would I were so angred with the same :
6/ Julia Oh, know'st Ø not, his looks are my soules food ?
7/ Julia How many women would doe such a message ?
8/ Julia A vertuous gentlewoman, milde, and beautifull .
9/ Silvia Oh Eglamoure, thou art a Gentleman :
#'s 10 - 11: A Servant's Dilemmas
10/ Launce Nay, 'twill bee this howre ere I have done weeping:
11/ Launce When a mans servant shall play the Curre with him
Speech #(s)
SPEECHES FOR WOMEN (5)
Julia Traditional & Today: young woman #5, #6, #7, #8
Silvia Traditional & Today: young woman #9
SPEECHES FOR EITHER GENDER (3)
Launce Traditional: clown male, any age Today: clown, any gender, any age #10, #11
Duke Traditional: older male Today: any gender with adult daughter #4
SPEECHES FOR MEN (3)
Valentine Traditional & Today: young romantic male #1,
Protheus Traditional & Today: young romantic male #2, #3
SPEECHES IN ORDER
SPEECHES BY GENDER
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
#'s 1: The Set Up To The Play Within The Play
1/ Lord or Servant Oh Noble Lord, bethinke thee of thy birth,
#'s 2 - 3: The Problem Facing The Suitors Wanting To Marry Bianca
2/ Baptista Gentlemen, importune me no farther,
3/ Gremio You may go to the divels dam .
#'s 4 - 5: Lucentio's Arrival And Falling In Love
4/ Lucentio Tranio, since for the great desire I had
5/ Lucentio Oh Tranio, till I found it to be true,
#'s 6 - 9: Petruchio, The Answer To Hortensio's And Gemios's Prayers
6/ Petruchio Signior Hortensio, thus it stands with me,
7/ Petruchio But will {I} woo this Wilde-cat ?
8/ Petruchio Now by the world, it is a lustie Wench,
9/ Petruchio Father, 'tis thus, your selfe and all the world
#'s 10 - 11: The Winning Of Bianca
10/ Gremio First, as you know, my house within the City
11/ Bianca Now let mee see if I can conster it .
#'s 12 - 14: Petruchio's Machiavellian Testosterone Behaviour
12/ Gremio A bridegroome say you ?
13/ Petruchio O Kate content thee, prethee be not angry .
14/ Petruchio Thus have I politickely begun my reigne,
#'s 15: Kate's Stunning Triumph Over All, Including Petruchio
15/ Kate Fie, fie, unknit that thretaning unkinde brow,
Speech #(s)
SPEECHES FOR WOMEN (2)
Bianca Traditional & Today: young woman, younger sister to Kate #11,
Kate Traditional & Today: young woman #15
SPEECHES FOR EITHER GENDER (2)
Servant Traditional: male, any age Today: any gender, any age #1
Baptista Traditional: older male, parent to two daughters of marriageable age #2
Today: with the age proviso, any gender
SPEECHES FOR MEN (11)
Lucentio Traditional & Today: young lover #4, #5
Petruchio Traditional & Today: young male #6, #7, #8, #9, #13, #14
Traditional & Today: an older male, listed as a 'Pantelowne', viz. the
Commed'ia figure known a 'lustful and avaricious old man' #3, #10. #12
SPEECHES IN ORDER
SPEECHES BY GENDER
LOVES LABOUR'S LOST
#'s 1: Ferdinand's Achademe
1/ Ferdinand Let Fame, that all hunt after in their lives,
#'s 2- 4: Breaking The Oath #1: Young Men Falling In Love
2/ Boyet If my observation (which very seldome lies . . .
3/ Berowne O, and I forsooth in love,
4/ Berowne The King he is hunting the Deare,
's 5- 7: Breaking The Oath #2: Recriminations And Absolution
5/ King Come sir, you blush : as his, your case is such,
6/ Berowne Now step I forth to whip hypocrisie .
7/ Berowne O 'tis more then neede.
#'s 8- 11: Young Women In Love
8/ Queene Good L . Boyet, my beauty though but mean,
9/ 1. Lady I know {Longavill}; at a marriage feast,
10/ 2. Lady The yong Dumaine, a well accomplisht youth,
11/ Rosaline Another of these Students at that time,
#'s 12- 14: Unmercifull Teasing Of The Oath Breakers
12/ Queene And will they so ? the Gallants shall be taskt :
13/ Rosaline We are wise girles to mocke our Lovers so.
14/ Berowne Thus poure the stars down plagues for perjury .
#'s 15- 16: Entertainment
15/ Braggart I doe affect the very ground (which is base)
16/ Braggart Sir, it is the Kings most sweet pleasure . . .
#'s 17: Reality Intrudes
17/ Queene A time me thinkes too short,
Speech #(s)
SPEECHES FOR WOMEN (7)
Queene Traditional & Today: young woman of marriageable age #8, #12, #17
Maria/{Lady 1} Traditional & Today: young woman of marriageable age #9
Katherine/ {Lady 2} Traditional & Today: young woman of marriageable age #10
Rosaline Traditional & Today: young woman of marriageable age, from the text
slightly more experienced than the others #11. #13
SPEECHES FOR EITHER GENDER (0)
SPEECHES FOR MEN (10)
Ferdinand/King Traditional & Today: young man of marriageable age #1, #5
Boyet Traditional: older male acting as both chaperone and possibly match-maker: #2
the character is described by one of the young women as 'Cupids Grandfather'
Today: could be played by any gender and probably any age, though someone
older than the eight young people falling in love is usually preferred
Berowne Traditional & Today: young man of marriageable age #3, #4, #6, #7, #14
Braggart Traditional: older man, to separate him as much possible from the young
woman with whom he has fallen in love
Today: usually the same, but can be played younger if the 'foreigness' is followed
through to allow for the same distancing as described above #15, #16
SPEECHES IN ORDER
SPEECHES BY GENDER
MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM
#'s 1 - 5: The World Of Theseus
1/ Egeus Full of vexation, come I, with complaint
2/ Theseus What say you Hermia ? be advis'd faire Maide,
3/ Theseus More strange then true .
4/ Theseus Come now, what maskes, what dances shall we . . .
5/ Egeus A play there is, my Lord, some ten words long,
#'s 6 - 9: Lysander In Love
6/ Lysander I am my Lord, as well deriv'd as he,
7/ Lysander How now my love ? Why is your cheek so pale ?
8/ Lysander Transparent Helena, nature her shewes art,
9/ Lysander She sees not Hermia : Hermia sleepe thou there,
#'s 10 - 12: Demetrius In Love
10/ Demetrius You doe impeach your modesty too much,
11/ Demetrius O Helen, goddesse, nimph, perfect, divine,
12/ Demetrius My Lord, faire Helen told me of their stealth,
#'s 13 - 16: Hermia In Love
13/ Hermia My good Lysander,/I sweare to thee, by Cupids . . .
14/ Hermia {*} Lysander ; finde you out a bed,
15/ Hermia Helpe me Lysander, helpe me ; do thy best
16/ Hermia Puppet ? why so ? I, that way goes the game .
#'s 17 - 23: Helena In Love
17/ Helena Cal you me faire ? that faire againe unsay,
18/ Helena How happy some, ore othersome can be ?
19/ Helena You draw me, you hard-hearted Adamant ;
20/ Helena Your vertue is my priviledge :
21/ Helena O I am out of breath, in this fond chace,
22/ Helena O spight ! O hell ! I see you are all bent
23/ Helena Loe, she is one of this confederacy,
#'s 24 - 26: The Mechanicals Prepare Their Play
24/ Bottome A Lover that kills himselfe most gallantly for love ?
25/ Bottome Let mee play the Lyon too, I will roare that I . . .
26/ Bottome Masters, you ought to consider with your selves, to
#'s 27 - 29: The World Of The Lower Fairies
27/ {*}Fairie Whether wander I ?
28/ Robin Thou speak'st aright ;/I am that merrie wanderer
29/ Pucke My Fairie Lord, this must be done with haste,
#'s 30 - 34: The Fairy Quarrel
30/ Queene These are the forgeries of jealousie,
31/ Queene Set your heart at rest,/The Fairy land buyes not . . .
32/ Oberon My gentle Pucke come hither ; thou remembrest
33/ Oberon I know a banke where the wilde time blowes,
34/ Pucke Through the Forrest have I gone,
#'s 35 - 37: Titania In Love
35/ Pucke My Mistris with a monster is in love,
36/ Titania What Angell wakes me from my flowry bed ?
37/ Titania Out of this wood, do not desire to goe,
#'s 38 - 46: The Mechanicals And The Playing Of The Play
38/ Clowne When my cue comes, call me, and I will answer .
39/ {Quince as} Prologue If we offend, it is with our good will.
40/ {Quince as} Prologue Gentles, perchance you wonder at this show,
41/ {Snout as} Wall: In this same Interlude, it doth befall,
42/ {Snug as} Lyon: You Ladies, you (whose gentle harts do feare
43/ {Bottome as} Piramus: O grim lookt night, ¿ night with hue so blacke,
44/ {Bottome as} Piramus: Sweet Moone, I thank thee for thy . . .
45/ {Bottome as} Piramus O wherefore Nature, did'st thou Lions frame ?
46/ {Flute as} Thisby Asleepe my Love ?
#'s 47 - 48: The End
47/ Pucke Now the hungry Lyons rores,
48/ Robin If we shadowes have offended,
Speech #(s)
SPEECHES FOR WOMEN (16)
Hermia Traditional & Today: young woman of small stature & marriageable age #13, #14, #15, #16
Helena Traditional & Today: tall young woman of marriageable age #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22,
#23
Fairie Traditional & Today: (usually) woman of any age #27
Titiania/Queene Traditional: young woman or child #30, #31, #36,
Today: (sometimes) woman of any age #37
SPEECHES FOR EITHER GENDER (12)
Egeus Traditional: male, with teenage daughter Today: any gender #1, #5
Pucke/Robin Traditional: young man or child
Today: often any gender but, because of the mistakes made throughout
the play, usually still young #28, #29, #34#35, #47, #48
Quince Traditional: male of any age #39, #40
Today: any age, and, if his given name 'Peter' is changed to 'Petra' or 'Mistress', any gender
Snowt {Wall} Traditional & Today: character actor of any age #41
Snug {Lyon} Traditional & Today: character actor of any age #42
SPEECHES FOR MEN (20)
Theseus Traditional & Today: male of some authority #2, #3, #4
Lysander Traditional & Today: young man of marriageable age #6, #7, #8, #9
Demetrius Traditional & Today: young man of marriageable age #10, #11, #12
Bottome Traditional: usually a man of early middle-age on up
Today: man of any age #24, #25, #26, #38, #43, #44, #45
Oberon Traditional: usually a man of early middle-age on up capable of playing the Fairy King
Today: man of any age capable of playing the Fairy King #32, #33
Flute {Thisbie} Traditional & Today: young man that has 'a beard comming' #46
SPEECHES IN ORDER
SPEECHES BY GENDER
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
#'s 1- 3: The Friends Of And Character Of Anthonio
1/ Solanio You minde is tossing on the Ocean,
2/ Anthonio Marke you this Bassanio,
3/ Anthonio But little : I am arm'd and well prepar'd .
#'s 4- 6: Bassanio In Love
4/ Bassanio Tis not unknowne to you Anthonio
5/ Bassanio In my schoole dayes, when I had lost one shaft
6/ Bassanio In Belmont is a Lady richly left,
#'s 7- 9: Portia's Dilemma: The Foolish Suitors
7/ Portia What warmth is there in {my} affection . . .
8/ Morochus Let's see once more this saying grav'd in gold.
9/ Arragon I am enjoynd by oath to observe three things ;
#'s 10- 15: Love Eventually Triumphs
10/ Portia I pray you tarrie, pause a day or two
11/ Portia Away then, I am lockt in one of them,
12/ Bassanio What finde I here ? /Faire Portias counterfeit .
13/ Portia You see my Lord Bassiano where I stand,
14/ Lorenzo How sweet the moone-light sleepes . . .
15/ Lorenzo The reason is, your spirits are attentive :
#'s 16- 17: Those Refusing To Stay With Shylocke
16/ Clowne Certainely, my conscience will serve me to run
17/ Jessica I am sorry thou wilt leave my Father so,
#'s 18- 21: The Character Of Shylocke
18/ Shylocke Anthonio is a good man . My meaning in saying
19/ Jew How like a fawning publican he lookes .
20/ Shylocke Signior Anthonio, many a time and oft
21/ Shylocke What's{a man's flesh} good for ?
#'s 22: Anthonio's Dilemma
22/ Jew Jaylor, looke to him, tell not me of mercy,
#'s 23- 26: The Trial
23/ Duke Make roome, and let him stand before our face .
24/ Jew I have possest your grace of what I purpose,
25/ Portia The quality of mercy is not strain'd,
26/ Portia Tarry a little, there is something else,
Speech #(s)
SPEECHES FOR WOMEN (7)
Portia Traditional & Today: young woman of marriageable age #7, #10, #11, #13, #25, #26
Jessica Traditional & Today: young Jewish woman of marriageable age #17
SPEECHES FOR EITHER GENDER (2)
Solanio Traditional: male, any age Today: any gender, any age, probably
close in age to Anthonio #1
Duke Traditional: older male Today: any gender, possessing great authority #23
SPEECHES FOR MEN (17)
Anthonio Traditional & Today: man of early middle age, older than Bassanio #2, #3
Bassanio Traditional & Today: young man of marriageable age #4, #5, #6, #12,
Morochus Traditional: a brash man of colour
Today: as above, the key to his failure and deserved mockery is his
testosterone driven behaviour rather than his race #8
Arragon Traditional & Today: older man, of academic bent #9
Lorenzo Traditional & Today: young-(early ?) middle age man #14, #15
Clowne Traditional & Today: male of any age (with father still alive) #16
Shylocke/Jew Traditional: initially a comedic figure, often with a red wig
Today: older Jewish male, with a daughter of marriageable age #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #24
SPEECHES IN ORDER
SPEECHES BY GENDER
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
#'s 1 - 4: Beatrice
1/ Beatrice There is a kind of merry war betwixt Signior
2/ Beatrice Lord, I could not endure a husband with a
3/ Beatrice The fault will be in the musicke cosin, if you
4/ Beatrice {You will} not tell me who told you so, nor . . .
#'s 5 - 7: Benedicke
5/ Benedicke I doe much wonder, that one man seeing
6/ Benedicke I noted not {the daughter of signior Leonato} , but
7/ Benedicke O she misusde me past the indurance of a block :
#'s 8 - 10: The Tricking Of Beatrice & Benedicke Into Love Once Again
8/ Benedicke This can be no tricke, the conference was sadly . . .
9/ Hero Good Margaret runne thee to the parlour,
10/ Hero {*} Doth not the {Benedicke}/Deserve as full a bed
#'s 11 - 13: Don John's Dastardly Devices
11/ Don John I wonder that thou (being as thou saist thou art,
12/ / -Bastard- My Lord and brother, God save you ./If . . .
13/ Claudio Father, by your leave,/Will you with free and . . .
#'s 14 - 17: Serious Differences Between One-Time Friends
14/ Beatrice Is not {Claudio} approved in the height a villaine,
15/ Benedicke Shall I speake a word in your eare ?
16/ Prince Ile tell thee how Beatrice prais'd thy wit . . .
17/ Leonato Tush, tush, man, never fleere and jest at me,
#'s 18 - 19: The Watch
18/ Dogberry Come hither neighbour Sea-coale, God hath . . .
19/ Dogberry/Kemp Gods my life, where's the Sexton ?
Speech #(s)
SPEECHES FOR WOMEN (7)
Beatrice Traditional & Today: young or very early middle-aged woman: - see also
'Background' to speech #1 #1, #2, #3, #4, #14
Hero Traditional & Today: Leonato's young daughter, of marriageable age #9, #10
SPEECHES FOR EITHER GENDER (0)
SPEECHES FOR MEN (12)
Benedicke Traditional & Today: young or early middle-aged man: - see also
'Background' to speech #1 #5, #6, #7, #8, #15
Don John/Bastard Traditional & Today: young or younger middle aged man #11, #12
Claudio Traditional & Today: a young man, hoping to be married #13
Don Pedro/Prince Traditional: male of some authority, often close in age to Leonato
Today: adult male of any age #16
Leonato Traditional & Today: older man of some authority, with a daughter of
marriageable age #17,
Dogberry/Kemp Traditional: the clown figure, middle aged man
Today: a clown type figure of any age, usually male #18, #19
SPEECHES IN ORDER
SPEECHES BY GENDER
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
#'s 1 - 6: Falstaffe Sets Up His Targets
1/ Falstaffe My honest Lads, I will tell you what I am about .
2/ Mistris Page What, have [I] scap'd Love-letters in the . . .
3/ Mistris Page Did you ever heare the like ?
4/ Pistoll Sir John affects thy wife .
5/ Nym And this is true :I like not the humor of lying :
6/ Mistris Quickly Why, Sir ;{mistrisse Ford's} a good-creature ;
#'s 7 - 8: Ford's Interference
7/ Falstaffe Want no Mistresse Ford (Master Broome) . . .
8/ Ford What a damn'd Epicurian-Rascall is this ?
#'s 9 - 12: The Wooing Of Mistris Ford
9/ Falstaffe Have I caught thee, my heavenly Jewell ?
10/ Falstaffe Have I liv'd to be carried in a Basket like a . . .
11/ Falstaffe Nay, you shall heare (Master Broome) what I
12/ Ford Hum :ha ? Is this a vision ? Is this a dreame ?
#'s 13 - 14: Falstaffe's Final Downfall
13/ Falstaffe The Windsor-bell hath stroke twelve :
14/ Mistris Quickly About, about :/Search Windsor Castle (Elves)
#'s 15 - 18: A Key Sub-Plot, The Wooing Of Anne Page
15/ Evans There is also another device in my praine,
16/ Slender I will marry her (Sir) at your request ;but . . .
17/ Evans 'Plesse my soule : how full of Collors I am,
18/ Host Peace, I say, Gallia and Gaule, French & Welch,
19/ Slender Whoa hoe, hoe, Father Page .
Speech #(s)
SPEECHES FOR WOMEN (4)
Mistris Page Traditional & Today: married woman, with young daughter of just
marriageable age #2, #3
Mistris Quickly Traditional & Today: a gossipy woman of middle to advancing years,
still attractive to Pistoll #6, #14
SPEECHES FOR EITHER GENDER (1)
Host Traditional: male, any age Today: any gender, any age #18
SPEECHES FOR MEN (14)
Falstaffe Traditional & Today: older and very corpulent man #1, #7, #9, #10, #11, #13
Pistoll Traditional & Today: man of indeterminate age #4
Nym Traditional & Today: man of indeterminate age #5
Ford Traditional & Today: male, usually middle age and upward #8, #12
Evans Traditional & Today: older character male #15, #17
Slender Traditional & Today: younger character man of marriageable age, not
particularly bright #16, #19
SPEECHES IN ORDER
SPEECHES BY GENDER
AS YOU LIKE IT (pp 146 - 171)
#'s 1 - 4: Orlando's Troubles
1/ Orlando As I remember Adam, it was upon this fashion
2/ Charles {*} I came to acquaint you with a matter :
3/ Oliver Charles, I thanke thee for thy love to me,
4/ Le Beu Good Sir, I do in friendship counsaile you
#'s 5 - 7: Rosalind's Troubles
5/ Celia I see thou lov'st mee not with the full
6/ Le Beu You amaze me Ladies : I would have told
7/ Duke Fredricke I Celia, we staid her for your sake,
#'s 8 - 10: Escape To Arden
8/ Celia O my poore Rosaline, whether wilt thou goe ?
9/ Orlando Speake you so gently ?Pardon me I pray you,
10/ Duke Senior True is it, that we have seene better dayes,
#'s 11 - 14: Orlando & Rosalind In Love
11/ Orlando Hang there my verse, in witnesse of my love,
12/ Rosalind Good my complection, dost thou think though
13/ Rosalind {*} {Orlando ? } Alas the day, what shall I do with my
14/ Rosalind O coz, coz, coz : my pretty little coz,
#'s 15 - 17: Rosalind's (Cynical) Thoughts On Love
15/ Rosalind There is none of my Unckles markes upon you :
16/ Rosalind Love is meerely a madnesse, and I tel you,
17/ Rosalind No faith, die by Attorney : the poore world . . .
#'s 18 - 20: Silvius' Thoughts On Love
18/ Silvius Oh Corin, that thou knew'st how I do love her .
19/ Silvius Sweet Phebe doe not scorne me, do not Phebe
20/ Silvius So holy, and so perfect is my love,
#'s 21 - 23: Phebe In Love
21/ Phebe I would not be thy executioner,
22/ Rosalind And why I pray you ? who might be your mother
23/ Phebe Thinke not I love him, though I ask for him,
#'s 24 - 27: Touchstone On Love
24/ Clowne {*} I remember when I was in love,
25/ Clowne That is another simple sinne in you, to bring the
26/ Clowne Praised be the Gods, for thy foulnesse ; . . .
27/ Clowne {*} Wil {I} be married, {Sir} ?
#'s 28 - 31: The Country Life As Seen By The Country And City Folk
28/ Duke Senior Now my Coe-mates, and brothers in exile :
29/ 1st.Lord Indeed my Lord/The melancholy Jaques grieves at
30/ Clowne Ah this shepherds life.Truely {*}, in respect of . . .
31/ Corin I know the more one sickens, the worse at ease
#'s 32 - 33: Duke Fredricke's Anger
32/ Duke Fredricke Can it be possible that no man saw them ?
33/ Duke Fredricke Not see him since ?Sir, sir, that cannot be :
#'s 34 - 39: Jaques Observations And Longings
34/ Jaques Well then, if ever I thanke any man, Ile thanke . . .
35/ Jaques A Foole, a foole : I met a foole i'th Forrest,
36/ Jaques I am ambitious for a motley coat ./It is my onely
37/ Jaques All the world's a stage,
38/ Jaques I have neither the Schollers melancholy, . . .
39/ Jaques Sir, by your patience : if I heard you rightly,
Speech #(s)
SPEECHES FOR WOMEN (11)
Celia Traditional & Today: young woman usually slightly younger than Rosalind #5, #8
Rosalind Traditional & Today: young woman, usually slightly older than Celia #12, #13, #14, #15,
#16, #17, #22,
Phebe Traditional & Today: young woman #21, #23,
SPEECHES FOR EITHER GENDER (4)
Le Beau Traditional: character male, any age Today: any gender, any age #4, #6
Duke Fredericke Traditional: older man of some authority
Today: any age, and sometimes any gender #7, #32, #33
1st. Lord Traditional: male, usually young Today: any gender, any age #29
Corin Traditional: older character male Today: any gender, usually middle age up #31
{see also Duke Senior & Jaques below}
SPEECHES FOR MEN (24)
Orlando Traditional & Today: a young man, youngest of three brothers #1, #9, #11,
Charles Traditional & Today: male character actor who can wrestle #2
Oliver Traditional & Today: a young man, oldest of three brothers #3
Duke Senior Traditional: older man of some authority, older than his brother Fredricke
Today: any age (but older than Freericke), and sometimes any gender #10, #28
Silvius Traditional: young male would-be lover
Today: as above, but sometimes older #18, #19, #20
Clowne Traditional: clown male character actor, young to middle age
Today: as above, but any age #24, #25, #26, #27, #30
Jaques Traditional: older male, usually close to the 'sixth' age of the 'seven ages' speech (#37 below)
Today: sometimes younger (usually early middle age on), and sometimes any gender
#34, #35, #36, #37, #38, #39
SPEECHES IN ORDER
SPEECHES BY GENDER
TWELFTH NIGHT
#'s 1 - 2: Orsino In Love
1/ Duke If Musicke be the food of Love, play on,
2/ Duke Cesario,/Thou knowst no lesse, but all :
#'s 3 - 5: Viola In Love
3/ Viola If I did love you in my masters flame,
4/ Viola I but I know.
5/ Viola By innocence I sweare, and by my youth,
#'s 6 - 7: Viola, What Is She? Woman, Boy, Or Eunuch
6/ Viola There is a faire behaviour in thee Captaine,
7/ Viola I left no Ring with her : what meanes this Lady ?
#'s 8 - 12: Olivia, In And Out Of Love
8/ Olivia Have you any Commission from your Lord, to
9/ Olivia What is your Parentage ?
10/ Olivia y'are servant to the Count Orsino youth .
11/ Olivia O what a deale of scorne, lookes beautifull ?
12/ Olivia Hold Toby, on thy life I charge thee hold .
#'s 13 - 15: Andrew, A Fool In Love
13/ Andrew Ile stay a moneth longer .I am a fellow o'th . . .
14/ Fabian This was a great argument of love in her . . .
15/ Toby Build me thy fortunes upon the basis of . . .
#'s 16 - 19: Malvolio, In Love With . . .?
16/ Maria Sweet Sir Toby be patient for to night : Since
17/a Malvolio To be Count Malvolio .
/b Malvolio What employment have we heere?
18/ Malvolio Soft, here followes prose :
19/ Malvolio Oh ho, do you come neere me now : no worse
#'s 20 - 21: Sebastian
20/ Sebastian {*} I perceive in you so excellent a touch
21/ Sebastian This is the ayre, that is the glorious Sunne,
#'s 22 - 23: Eventual Resolution
22/ Antonio Let me speake a little .This youth that you see
23/ Sebastian Do I stand there ? I never had a brother :
Speech #(s)
SPEECHES FOR WOMEN (11)
Viola Traditional & Today: a young woman, who disguises herself as the boy/eunuch Cesario
#3, #4, #5, #6, #7
Olivia Traditional: young woman #8, #9, #10,
Today: sometimes a woman (slightly) older than Viola #11, #12
Maria Traditional & Today: youngish (or, dependent upon the casting of Toby,
middle-aged) woman #16
SPEECHES FOR EITHER GENDER (2)
Fabian Traditional: male character actor, any age Today: any age, any gender #14
Antonio Traditional: male, usually young or early middle-age
Today: sometimes any gender, usually young or early middle-age #22
SPEECHES FOR MEN (10)
Duke Traditional & Today: younger or young-early middle age man #1, #2
Andrew Traditional & Today: a thin-faced character actor, usually young to young-middle age
#13
Toby Traditional: older male, uncle to Olivia, brother to her deceased father
Today: as above, though the age range is often ignored #15
Malvolio Traditional: an older male, of, at least in public, a puritanical demeanor
Today: as above, but often the age range is more flexible #17/a & b, #18, #19
Sebastian Traditional & Today: a young man, twin brother to Viola #20, #21, #23
SPEECHES IN ORDER
SPEECHES BY GENDER
MEASURE FOR MEASURE
#'s 1: The Driven Duke
1/ Duke No : holy Father, throw away that thought,
#'s 2 - 3: Angelo's First Taste Of Power
2/ Angelo We must not make a scar-crow of the Law,
3/ Angelo Condemne the fault, and not the actor of it,
#'s 4 - 8: Isabella Powerless, And The Tempation Of Angelo
4/ Isabella So you must be Ø first that gives this sentence,
5/ Angelo From thee : even from thy vertue .
6/ Angelo When I would pray, & think, I thinke, and pray
7/ Angelo Who will beleeve thee Isabell ?
8/ Isabella To whom should I complaine ? Did I tell this,
#'s 9 - 10: The Powerlessness Of The Duke And Claudio
9/ Duke Be absolute for death : either death or life
10/ Claudio Oh Isabell/Death is a fearefull thing .
#'s 11 - 12: The Duke Challenged By The Real World
11/ Lucio What newes Frier of the Duke ?
12/ Duke He who the sword of Heaven will beare,
#'s 13: The Duke Takes Back His Power
13/ Mariana Oh my most gracious Lord,
#'s 14: The Real World
14/ Clowne I am as well acquainted heere, as I was in . . .
Speech #(s)
SPEECHES FOR WOMEN (3)
Isabella Traditional & Today: a young woman, and a novitiate woman #4, #8
Mariana Traditional & Today: dependent upon the age of Angelo, young or
youngish middle-age #13
SPEECHES FOR EITHER GENDER (0)
SPEECHES FOR MEN (11)
Duke Traditional: older male of some authority
Today: as above, though age range much more flexible #1, #9, #12
Angelo Traditional & Today: young to youngish middle-age man #2, #3, #5, #6, #7
Claudio Traditional & Today: a young man, brother to Isabella #10
Lucio Traditional & Today: a young or youngish-middle aged man #11
Clowne Traditional: older character male Today: usually male, any age #14
SPEECHES IN ORDER
SPEECHES BY GENDER
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
#'s 1 - 5: Hellen And The Vagaries Of Love
1/ Parrolles Are you meditating on virginitie ?
2/ Parrolles Virginitie breedes mites, much like a Cheese,
3/ Hellen Not my virginity yet :
4/ Old Countesse Even so it was with me when I was yong :
5/ Hellen Then I confesse/Here on my knee, . . .
#'s 6: The Braggart
6/ Parrolles Ten a clocke : Within these three houres 'twill
#'s 7: Hellen, The King And Bertram
7/ King 'Tis onely title thou disdainst in her,
#'s 8 - 10: Bertram's Escape From His New Wife Hellen
8/ Parrolles France is a dog-hole, and it no more merits,
9/ Hellen Till I have no wife I have nothing in France .
10/ Countesse Alas ! and would you take the letter of her :
#'s 11 - 12: Diana's Practical View Of Love And Life
11/ Diana I so you serve us
12/ Diana When midnight comes, knocke at my chamber . . .
#'s 13 - 14: Clowne's Cynical View Of Love And Life
13/ Clowne I hope to have friends for my wives sake,
14/ Clowne Why sir, if I cannot serve you, I can serve . . .
Speech #(s)
SPEECHES FOR WOMEN (7)
Hellen Traditional & Today: a young woman #3, #5, #9
Old Countesse Traditional & Today: older woman, mother of Bertram, often referred
to in the text as 'Old Lady' #4, #10
Diana Traditional & Today: young chaste woman #11, #12
SPEECHES FOR EITHER GENDER (0)
SPEECHES FOR MEN (7)
Parrolles Traditional & Today: young to middle aged male, a blow-hard 'miles gloriosus' #1, #2, #6, #8
King Traditional & Today: older male of some authority #7
Clowne Traditional: male character actor, usually young or middle age
Today: male of any age #13, #14
SPEECHES IN ORDER
SPEECHES BY GENDER
THE WINTERS TALE
#'s 1 - 4: Leontes And The Effects Of Jealousy
1/ Hermione What ? have I twice said well ? when was't before ?
2/ Leontes Too hot, too hot :
3/ Leontes To your owne bents dispose you: you'le be found,
4/ Antigonus Come, poore babe ;
#'s 5 - 10: Hermione's Dignity, Leontes' Punishment & Eventual Salvation
5/ Hermione There's some ill Planet raignes :
6/ Hermione Since what I am to say, must be but that
7/ Hermione Sir, spare your Threats :
8/ Paulina Woe the while :/O cut my Lace, least . . .
9/ Paulina I am sorry (Sir) I have thus farre stir'd you : but
10/ Leontes Her naturall Posture .
#'s 11 - 15: Young Love Crossed And Triumphant
11/ Florizell Thou deer'st Perdita,
12/ Florizell What you do,/Still betters what is done .
13/ Perdita Sir, welcome :/It is my Fathers will,
14/ Perdita Now (my fairst Friend), I would I had some Flowres
15/ Polixenes Marke your divorce (yong sir)
#'s 16 - 17: Perdita's Adoptive Family
16/ Old Shepheard I would there were no age betweene ten . . .
17/ Clowne I have seene two such sights, by Sea & by Land :
#'s 18 - 20: The Triumphs And Come-Uppance Of A Rogue
18/ Autolicus Ha, ha, what a Foole Honestie is ? and Trust (his
19/ Autolicus Whether it like me, or no, I am a Courtier .
20/ Clowne You are well met (Sir :) you deny'd to fight
#'s 21: A Theatrical Link
21/ Time I that please some, try all : both joy and terror
Speech #(s)
SPEECHES FOR WOMEN (8)
Hermione Traditional & Today: married woman with young child #1, #5, #6, #7
Paulina Traditional: older woman of any age Today: woman of any age #8, #9
Perdita Traditional & Today: a young woman #13, #14
SPEECHES FOR EITHER GENDER (2)
Old Shepheard Traditional: older male character with a son of marriageable age
Today: as above, any gender #16
Time Traditional: male, often cast as 'Father Time' Today: any gender, any age #21
SPEECHES FOR MEN (11)
Leontes Traditional & Today: married male (often middle-aged) with young child #2, #3, #10
Antigonus Traditional & Today: middle aged or older male #4
Florizell Traditional & Today: a young man #11, #12
Polixenes Traditional & Today: middle aged man, with marriageable aged son #15
Clowne Traditional & Today: a young man of marriageable age #17, #20
Autolicus Traditional & Today: singing/acting male of any age #18, #19
SPEECHES IN ORDER
SPEECHES BY GENDER
THE TEMPEST
#'s 1 - 4: Prospero's Revenge And Repentance
1/ Prospero I pray thee marke mee:
2/ Prospero I had forgot that foule conspiracy
3/ Prospero Ye Elves of hils, brooks, st¿ding lakes & groves,
4/ Prospero Now my charmes are all ore-throwne,
#'s 5 - 6: Prospero's Attempts To Control His Spirits
5/ Ariel To every Article .
6/ Caliban All the infections that the Sunne suckes up
#'s 7 - 9: Milan's Sinners And Honest Men
7/ Anthonio{*} {I} did supplant {my} Brother Prospero .
8/ Ariel You are three men of sinne, whom destiny
9/ Gonzalo Had I plantation of this Isle my Lord,
#'s 10 - 14: A Strange Conpiracy, Cailban, Trinculo And Stephano
10/ Trinculo Here's neither bush, nor shrub to beare off any
11/ Caliban I have seene thee in [the Moone} : and I . . .
12/ Caliban As I told thee before, I am subject to a Tirant,
13/ Caliban Be not affeard, the Isle is full of noyses,
14/ Stephano Monster, your Fairy, w you say is a harmles Fairy,
#'s 15 - 21: Two Young People Fall In Love
15/ Miranda If by your Art (my deerest father) you have
16/ Miranda Abhorred Slave, /Which any print of goodnesse . . .
17/ Ferdinand Where shold this Musick be ?
18/ Ferdinand There be some Sports are painfull ; & their labor
19/ Miranda Alas, now pray you/Worke not so hard :
20/ Ferdinand No, noble Mistris, {*} I do beseech you
21/ Miranda I do not know/One of my sexe ; no womans face
Speech #(s)
SPEECHES FOR WOMEN (4)
Miranda Traditional & Today: a young (teenage) woman #15, #16, #19, #21
SPEECHES FOR EITHER GENDER (2)
Ariel Traditional & Today: any age and gender that can convey the (presumed) mercurial
spirit of the character: any gender #5, #8
(see also Prospero, Anthonio, and Gonzalo below):
SPEECHES FOR MEN (15)
Prospero Traditional: older male Today: occasionally either gender #1, #2, #3, #4
Caliban Traditional & Today: male character actor of any age, often young #6, #11, #12,
#13
Anthonio Traditional: the younger brother of Prospero middle aged man and upwards
Today: sometimes either gender #7
Gonzalo Traditional: older male character actor
Today: sometimes any gender, usually maintaining the age proviso #9
Trinculo Traditional & Today: male character, any age #10
Stephano Traditional & Today: male character, any age #14,
Ferdinand Traditional & Today: a young man of marriageable age #17, #18, #20
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Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Monologues.