Working on a Shakespeare monologue? Here’s our database of Shakespearean monologues that we’ve broken down, translated and explained. We’ve done all the hard work for you!
Get stuck into many of Shakespeare’s iconic monologues and learn how to truly bring them to life. These pages are all broken down by professional actors, who in many cases have played the roles. The monologues unpacked team includes Damien Strouthos, Jess Tovey and Andrew Hearle.
Next to ‘To be or not to be’, this line has got to be Shakespeare’s most famous line in all his plays. Yet, for so simple a line, it is so frequently misunderstood and misrepresented...
Let’s look at a monologue from the heart of the famous ‘balcony scene’ in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. We’ve already had two of Shakespeare’s most famous lines said in this scene, from Romeo’s “But soft,...
Titus Andronicus is one of, if not the most bloody and violent of Shakespeare’s plays. There are many murders and executions, and (spoiler alert) a few people are cooked into a pie and fed to...
You know how when you’re bored you play fun pranks on your friends by convincing them that they are in love with each other by gossiping. But then they actually DO fall in love with...
Titus Andronicus is one of the more controversial Shakespeare plays. Written early in his career, and with all the gruesome flair you might expect of a young Quentin Tarantino, the play divides audiences with its...
A deadly standoff between two men is a dark, dank tower. One man is Richard Gloucester, the tyrant who will live on to become Richard the Third. The other is Henry the Sixth, a meek...
All’s Well That Ends Well is not one of Shakespeare’s most well-known plays, but it does feature some terrific monologues. The monologue that we are exploring here is one of my favourite monologues from All’s...
Ah, the woes of those who wear the crown, particularly in Shakespeare’s canon. Here is yet another speech given by a dejected monarch who wishes to unburden themselves of the responsibility of being King. Henry...
Ladies and Gentlemen, please fasten your seatbelts, stow your tray tables and put your seats in the upright position as we are experiencing some unexpected turbulence. We are right at the climax of the play,...
We all love cliffhangers. Especially when it’s a villain who has reaped chaos and destruction upon the protagonists and lives to fight another day. (I’ve got Thanos from The Avengers Infinity War coming to mind…...
