Ch.5. Elizabethan Style

Shakespeare Speeches

The following excerpts are limited to characters who are relatively youthful or of indeterminable age. When there is an asterisk, it means another character speaks in the scene, but those lines can easily be cut so that a monolog results. Usually it is suggested where the speech might end, but occasionally just the first line is indicated since the monolog could be of various lengths. Lines vary between editions of the text so sometimes you will have to search a bit. I have occasionally omitted some well-known speeches which seem contemplative or philosophical, but lack a dramatic arc sufficient to work well out of context.

This list supplements the scenes offered at the end of Chapter 5.

All's Well That Ends Well

Female

• Helena Ii 79–105, 216, 229
• Helena Iiii 128–256*
• Helena IIIii 99–129
• Helena IIIvii 12–48*
• Diana Ivii 16–73*

Male

• Parolles Ii 106–164
• Clown Iiii *
• Bertram Ivii 4–66*

Antony and Cleopatra

Female

• Octavia IIIiv 10–31
• Cleopatra Iv 26–
• Cleopatra IVxiii 91–
• Cleopatra Vii 62
• Cleopatra Vii 194
• Cleopatra Vii 315

Male

• Octavius Iiv 1–30
• Enobarbus IIii
• Antony IVviii 1–*
• Antony Ivxii 1–29

As You Like It

Female

• Rosalind Iiii 45–65*
• Rosalind Iiii 353–427*
• Rosalind IIIv 34–63
• Celia Iiii 69–105*
• Phebe IIIv 8–27, 92–140*

Male

• Orlando Ii 1–25
• Orlando Iiiii 29–68*
• Orlando IIvi 4–18
• Touchstone IIIiii 40–63*
• Touchstone Viv 44–103

The Comedy of Errors

Female

• Luciana IIIii 1–26
• Adriana Iiii 112–149

Male

• Antipholus Vi 135–160
• Antipholus Vi 212–253
• Dromio IIIii 73–154*

Corialanus

Male

• Corialanus I1 167–221*
• Corialanus IIIi 64–170
• Corialanus Ivv 65–101
• Aufidius IVv 101–147
• Aufidius Vi 27–57

Cymbeline

Female

• Imogen Iiii 3–39*
• Imogen IIIii 46–82*
• Imogen IIIv 292–332
• Imogen Ivi 141–155

Male

• Iachimo Iiii 11–52
• Iachimo Iiiv 31–138*
• Posthumous Iiv 1–end
• Posthumous Viv 3–end
• Posthumous Ii 78–129*
• Cloten Ivi 1–*

Hamlet

Female

• Ophelia Iiii 75–100*

Male

• Horatio Iii 47–174*
• Horatio Iiii 195–212
• Horatio 369–405*
• Laertes Iiii 10–43
• Hamlet Iii 129–159
• Hamlet Iiv 39–57
• Hamlet Iv 91–112
• Hamlet IIIi 550–606
• Hamlet IIIii 345–399*
• Hamlet IIIiii 72–96
• Fortinbras 375–414*

Henry IV Part I

Female

• Lady Percy Iiii 7–64

Male

• Prince Hal Iii 195–217
• Prince Hal Iiiv 4–33
• Prince Hal IIIii 129–159
• Prince Hal Viv 86–110
• Hotspur Iiii 29–70
• Hotspur Iiii 159–???

Henry IV Part II

Female

• Lady Percy 9–45
• Mistress Quickly Iii 24–103*

Male

• Rumor, Prologue
• Prince Hal IVv 19–224*
• Prince John Ivii 1–30

Henry V

Female

• Mistress Quickly Iii 9–25*

Male

• Henry Iii 260–298
• Henry IIii 66–144
• Henry IIIi 1–34*
• Henry IViii 18–67*
• Chorus, Prologue
• Burgundy Vi 23–67

Henry VI Part 1

Female

• Joan Iii 71–96
• Joan Viii 1–29
• Joan Viv 21–91

Male

• Jon Talbot IVvi 12–51
• Henry Ivi 135–161
• Suffolk Vv 48–78

Henry VI Part 2

Female

• Margaret IIIii 72–121
• Margaret Iiii 45–67

Male

• York Ii 215–260
• York IIIi 333–384
• Suffolk IIIii 357–402
• Young Clifford Vii 31–65

Henry VI Part 3

Female

• Margaret Ii 214–256
• Margaret Iiv 66–108

Male

• Henry Iiv 1–54
• Richard IIi 9–81*
• Richard IIIii 124–195*
• Richard Vvi 61–93

Henry VIII

Male

• Prologue 1–31
• Buckingham Iii 55–136*

Julius Caesar

Female

• Portia IIi 237–302

Male

• Brutus IIi 10– *
• Brutus Iiii 11–*
• Casca Iii 235–278*
• Cassius Iii 135–161
• Cassius Iii 307–322
• Antony IIi 147–274*

King John

Female

• Blanch IIi 510–520
• Blanch IIIi 300–338*
• Constance Iiiv 21–102
• Constance Iiii 1–*
• Constance IIIi 1–129*

Male

• Phillip Ii 180–221
• Phillip Ii 258–276
• Phillip Vii 128–157
• Phillip IViii 139–end
• Lewis Vii 40–115*

King Lear

Female

• Cordelia Iiv 1–29*
• Cordelia IVvii 12–57*
• Regan IVv 1–46
• Goneril Iiii 3–26*

Male

• Edgar Iiiii 1–21
• Edgar IIIvi 102–115
• Edgar IIvi 102–115
• Edmund Iii 118–132

Love's Labor's Lost

Female

• Princess Vii 885–822*
• Princess IIi 12–22
• Princess Ivi 10–35*
• Rosaline Vii 828–878*
• Rosaline Vii 362–372

Male

• Ferdinand Ii 210–*
• Ferdinand Vii 728–
• Berowne Ii
• Berowne IIIi 175–207
• Berowne Iviii 726–785
• Moth IIIi 10–45*
• Armado Ii 165–*
• Armado Vi 97–120

Macbeth

Female

• Lady Macbeth Iv 1–71*
• Lady Macbeth Iiii 1–*
• Hecate IIIv 2–34

Male

• Macbeth Ivii 1–28
• Macbeth IIi 40–64
• Malcolm IViii 114–137
• Malcolm Vviii 27–41
• Macduff Iviii 32–113*
• Porter IIIi 1–21

Measure for Measure

Female

• Isabella Iiii 132–*

Male

• Duke IIIi 6–43
• Duke IIIii 264–286
• Angelo Ivi 1–*, 169–*
• Lucio Iiv 55–72
• Claudio IIIi 117–132*

The Merchant of Venice

Female

• Portia Iii 12–100*
• Portia IIIi 1–78*

Male

• Bassanio Ii 161–176
• Bassanio IIIii 72–148*
• Bassanio IIIii 252–273*
• Gratiano Ii 79–104
• Lorenzo Vi 54–88*
• Salerio Ii 22–55*
• Morocco IIvi 13–60
• Arragon IIviii 9–78

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Female

• Mistress Quickly Iiii 56–118
• Mistress Quickly Vv 60–80

Male

• Fenton IViv 2–50*
• Fenton IIIiv 1–18*
• Slender Ii 205–315*

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Female

• Helena Ii 181–251*
• Helena Iiii 86–134*
• Helena IIIii 145–244*
• Titania IIi 82–139*
• Hermia Ii 168–222*
• Hermia Iiii 271–298*

Male

• Theseus Ii 46–90*
• Theseus Vi 2–60*
• Bottom IIIi 1–63*
• Oberon IIi 148–191*
• Puck Iiiii 6–*
• Puck Iiii 18–*
• Demetrius IIi 188–238*
• Lysander Ii 128–161*

Much Ado About Nothing

Female

• Beatrice II1 3–80*
• Hero IIIi 15–105*

Male

• Benedick Ii 240=270*
• Benedick IIi 243–305*
• Benedick IIIi 4–38
• Benedick IIIi 225–255
• Claudio IVi 31–62*

Othello

Female

• Desdemona Iiii 180–260
• Desdemona Ivii 147–165
• Desdemona IViii 10–79
• Emilia Viii 68–104*

Male

• Cassio IIi 57–88*
• Cassio IIIiv 110–122
• Iago Iii 292–321
• Iago Iiii 311–410*
• Roderigo Ii 121–140

Pericles

Female

• Marina IV? 51–91*
• Marina IViv 154–182*
• Marina Vi 84–180*

Male

• Pericles Ii 42–143*
• Pericles IIIi 1–69

Richard II

Female

• Queen Iiii 5–65*
• Queen Vi 1–101

Male

• Aumerle Ivi 19–59
• Mowbray Ii 165–185
• Richard III ii 6–*
• Richard IIIiii 78–
• Richard IIIiii 149–
• Richard IVi 208–
• Richard Vi 1–
• Bolingbroke Iiiii 121–
• Bolingbroke IIi 1–

Richard III

Female

• Anne Iii 1–67–*
• Anne Ivi 59–87*

Male

• Clarence Iiv 2–75*
• Tyrrel IViii 1–23
• Richmond Vii 1–24*
• Richmond Viii 225–270*
• Richard Ii 1–42
• Richard Iiii 227–263
• Richard IViv 291–336

Romeo and Juliet

Female

• Juliet Iiv 1–55*
• Juliet IIIii 1–35
• Juliet IIIv 205–242*
• Juliet Ivi 50–88*

Male

• Romeo Ii 173–242*
• Romeo Vi 1–53*
• Romeo IIiii 4–51*
• Mercutio IIi 4–41*
• Mercutio IIi 5–37*
• Benvolio IIi 146–180
• Tybalt Iv 55–93*

The Taming of the Shrew

Female

• Kate Iiii 8–25*
• Kate Vii 161–179
• Bianca Iiii 1–21*
• Bianca IIIi 15–*

Male

• Petruchio IIi 115–182*
• Petruchio Iiii 222–140
• Lucentio Ii 1–45*
• Lucentio Ii 152–225
• Grumio Ivi 1–120*
• Tranio Ii 89–105*

The Tempest

Female

• Miranda Iii 1–13*
• Miranda IIIi 50–85*

Male

• Ferdinand Iii 388–448
• Ferdinand IIIi 1–75*
• Ariel Iii 189–245*
• Ariel Ivi 165–188*
• Trinculo Iiii 15–45
• Caliban IIIii 92–152*

Timon of Athens

Male

• Alcibiades IIIv 39–117*
• Apenmantes Iii 23–72*
• Apenmantes Iii 137–150
• Flavius Iii 198–211

Titus Andronicus

Female

• Lavinia Iiiii 142–185*

Male

• Lucius Viii 96–118
• Aaron Vi 104–126

Troilus and Cressida

Female

• Cressida Iii 282–321
• Cressida IIIi 121–146*

Male

• Troilus Ii 48–*
• Troilus IViv 24–*
• Troilus Vii 129–*
• Troilus VX 3–31*
• Thersites Iiii 1–*

Twelfth Night

Female

• Viola Iv 283–*
• Viola Iiiii 18–42
• Viola Vi 238–265*
• Viola Iii 11–36
• Maria IIIiii 72–89
• Olivia IIIi 103*

Male

• Orsino Ii 1–15
• Orsino Iiiv 79–104
• Sebastion Vi 235–248*
• Sebastion IViii 1–21
• Malvolio IIIvi 71–*
• Malvolio Iiv 95–*
• Feste Iv 4–59*
• Antonio Vi 75–95

Two Gentlemen of Verona

Female

• Julia Iii 40–65*
• Julia Iii 95–125*
• Julia Iiviii 24–38
• Julia IViv 90–109
• Julia IViv 180–205
• Silvia IViii 11–36
• Slivia Iiv 30–50*

Male

• Proteus Iiiv 185–214
• Proteus IIvi 1–43
• Proteus Ivii 1–15
• Valentine IIIi 170–187
• Valentine Viv 1–39
• Launce IIi 1–33
• Launce IIIi 262–279
• Launce Iviv 1–39

The Winter's Tale

Female

• Hermione Iiiii 23–120*
• Hermione IIi 58–125*
• Paulina IIIii 178–*
• Perdita Iviv 99–135*

Male

• Leontes Iii 178–*
• Leontes Iiiii 1–25*
• Autolycus IViii 1–*
• Autolycus IViv 602–630
• Florizel IViv 1–50*
• Florizel Iviv 135–155*
• Florizel IViv 366–400*
• Time IVi 1–32

Quiz

The Elizabethan Interview

This is an audio recording of the ‘period personality’ featured in Chapter 5. Some of you may find you can relate better to this character by actually hearing his inflections and the way he times his ideas. It may also assist in providing examples of the kind of delivery that can work within Elizabethan style.

Elizabethan Lord: Robert Barton, Interviewer: Andrew Barton

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