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Soliloquies & Solo Speeches

Single-Player speeches for audition preparation and individual work.

A soliloquy is a Player’s solo pass through a moment of decision or discovery. It is one of the most compact ways into Shakespeare’s language: no scene partners to coordinate, no cast to schedule, just breath and text. This library collects individual solo speeches suitable for K-through-adult Players.

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Soliloquies & Solo Speeches library

Individual speeches from across the canon — for audition preparation, solo work, or focused study on a single voice.

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Brutus — Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene ii

From: Julius Caesar

dramatic male
Clarence — Richard III, Act I, Scene iv

From: Richard III

grief male
Claudius — Hamlet, Act III, Scene iii

From: Hamlet

villain male
Edgar (Poor Tom) — King Lear, Act III, Scene iv

From: King Lear

grief male
Edmund — King Lear, Act I, Scene ii

From: King Lear

villain male
Henry VI — Henry VI Part 3, Act II, Scene v

From: Henry VI Part 3

grief male
Hostess — Henry V, Act II, Scene iii

From: Henry V

grief female
Joan la Pucelle — Henry VI Part 1, Act V, Scene iii

From: Henry VI Part 1

dramatic female
Julia — Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act IV, Scene iv

From: Two Gentlemen of Verona

dramatic female
Juliet — Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, Scene iii

From: Romeo and Juliet

4 min 1 character grief female
Katherine — Henry VIII, Act II, Scene iv

From: Henry VIII

grief female
Lady Macbeth — Macbeth, Act I, Scene v

From: Macbeth

4 min 1 character villain female
Macbeth — Macbeth, Act III, Scene i

From: Macbeth

dramatic male
Marullus — Julius Caesar, Act I, Scene i

From: Julius Caesar

dramatic male
Mistress Page — The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act II, Scene i

From: The Merry Wives of Windsor

comic female
Ophelia — Hamlet, Act II, Scene i

From: Hamlet

grief female
Petruchio — The Taming of the Shrew, Act II, Scene i

From: The Taming of the Shrew

comic male
Richard III — Richard III, Act I, Scene i

From: Richard III

villain male
Richard III — Richard III, Act V, Scene iii

From: Richard III

villain male
Richard, Duke of Gloucester — Henry VI Part 3, Act V, Scene vi

From: Henry VI Part 3

villain male
Romeo — Romeo and Juliet, Act V, Scene iii

From: Romeo and Juliet

dramatic male
Sonnet 116 — Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds

From: Sonnets

dramatic
Thersites — Troilus and Cressida, Act II, Scene iii

From: Troilus and Cressida

comic male
Titania — A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act II, Scene i

From: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

dramatic female
Ulysses — Troilus and Cressida, Act I, Scene iii

From: Troilus and Cressida

dramatic male