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Solo-Speare!: Shakespearean Monologues For Student Actors

Solo-Speare!: Shakespearean Monologues For Student Actors

edited by Lindsay Price

Solo-Speare! offers a selection of age-appropriate monologues by Shakespeare. Each one has been hand-picked for the student actor.

The monologues come with acting tips, background information, character notes, and vocabulary assistance.

Blow them away at the next audition.

Comedy Drama Monologue-Friendly Plays Shakespeare

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

Cast
35 Characters
17 M | 18 F
Set
Simple set
Length
73 pages
Free Excerpt

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Performance Royalty Fees

Royalty fees apply to all performances whether or not admission is charged. Any performance in front of an audience (e.g. an invited dress rehearsal) is considered a performance for royalty purposes.

Exemption details for scenes and monologues for competition.

35 Characters
17 M, 18 F

Characters in this play are currently identified as male or female. Directors are welcome to assign any gender (binary or non-binary) to any character and modify pronouns accordingly.

Julia............................... Two Gentlemen of Verona
Joan .......................................Henry VI Part 1
Juliet ..................................... Romeo and Juliet
Charmian ......................... Antony and Cleopatra
Cressida .............................Troilus and Cressida
Phebe ......................................As You Like It
Emilia ..........................................Othello
Viola........................................Twelfth Night
Blanch ....................................... King John
Juliet ..................................... Romeo and Juliet
Desdemona .................................Othello
Maria.......................................Twelfth Night
Cassandra ..........................Troilus and Cressida
Julia............................... Two Gentlemen of Verona
Helena..........................A Midsummer Night's Dream
Rosalind...................................As You Like It
Cressida .............................Troilus and Cressida
Imogen......................................Cymbeline
Proteus........................... Two Gentlemen of Verona
Romeo.................................. Romeo and Juliet
Berowne...............................Love's Labours Lost
Richard ...................................Henry VI Part 3
Troilus.................................Troilus and Cressida
Launce........................... Two Gentlemen of Verona
Edmund......................................King Lear
Berowne...............................Love's Labours Lost
Marc Anthony........................... Julius Caesar
Jachimo.....................................Cymbeline
Prince Henry............................Henry IV Part 2
Antipholus..........................The Comedy of Errors
Albany ........................................King Lear
Trinculo.................................... The Tempest
Aaron ....................................Titus Andronicus
Orlando...................................As You Like It
Jailor .........................................Cymbeline

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