Ros. One of Shakespeare’s most celebrated comedies. And it’s the RSC, so you’re in safe hands: As You Like It is all about varieties of love! Does it have to be a woman’s monologue? When from the first to last, betwixt us two, And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad. A little riper and more lusty red Is second childishness and mere oblivion, As You Like It Monologues. Thy palm some moment keeps; but now mine eyes, A monologue from Grace, Sponsored by Monteverde by Vanessa Garcia Orlando around the same time hears of a plot that his brother intends to murder him. Ros. Ros. In fair round belly, with good capon lin’d, William: a country youth in love with Audrey. I think she means to tangle my eyes too! Charles: a wrestler, Duke Senior: a banished Duke. Who might be your mother, That you insult, exult, and all at once, Over the wretched? So if that short video didn’t clear it up for you, here we go…. Act 4 Scene 3 MARIANNE. Orlando: As I remember, Adam, it was upon this fashion bequeathed me by will but poor a thousand crowns, and, as thou sayest, charged my brother on his blessing, to breed me well: and there begins my sadness. Uh, huh. Sell when you can, you are not for all markets. Ros. Orl. But whether you are looking to learn more about this delightful play, or find a great monologue, I’m here to help. What though you have no beauty,-- As by my faith, I see no more in you Than without candle may go dark to bed,-- Come and join the fun in our online acting class, Copyright © 2021 • StageMilk | an ARH Media PTY LTD website. If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 'tis true that a good play needs no epilogue; yet to good wine they do use good bushes, and good plays prove the better by the help of good epilogues. "Think not I love him, though I ask for him; 'Tis but a peevish boy; yet he talks well. women the play may please. Then, the whining school-boy, with his satchel O! Dennis: Oliver’s servant, Touchstone: a court fool or jester (clown), Phebe: a shepherdess “Well nothing’s perfect Benjamin” – Elaine Robinson from ‘The Graduate’ If you’re a film buff as well … Than that mix’d in his cheek; ’twas just the difference Then, a soldier. Foul is most foul, being foul to be a scoffer. And whistles in his sound. Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Orl. Turning again toward childish treble, pipes Within an hour; and, pacing through the forest, His horses are bred better; for, besides that they are fair with their feeding, they are taught their manage, and to that end riders dearly hired: but I, his brother, gain nothing under him but growth, for the which his animals on his dunghills are as much bound to him as I. Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 'tis true that a good play needs no epilogue; yet to good wine they do use good bushes, So take her to thee shepherd. Now show the wound mine eye hath made in thee: A rare collection of female monologues are listed below: Monologue 1. Drama Audition Female Senior Monologues N S W , D e p a r t m e n t o f E d u c a t i o n a n d T r a i n i n g N S W , D e p a r t m e n t o f E d u c a t i o n a n d ... Rosalind – As You Like It by William Shakespeare 5. And then the justice. And well he might so do, you may as soon make her that you love believe it; which, I warrant, she is apter to do than to confess she does; that is one of the points in the which women still give the lie to their consciences. But what care I for words? UNBROKEN by D. M. Larson. And out of you she sees herself more proper And nature, stronger than his just occasion, Phoebe: I would not be thy executioner: Ros. For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice, Before this monologue begins, Phebe asks Sylvius (who is madly in love with Phebe) if he knows Ganymede. There is a man haunts the forest, that abuses our young plants with carving -Rosalind- on their barks; hangs odes upon hawthorns, and elegies on brambles; all, forsooth, deifying the name of Rosalind: if I could meet that fancy-monger, I would give him some good counsel, for he seems to have the quotidian of love upon him. And whistles in his sound. A green and gilded snake had wreath’d itself, Rosalind (now disguised) stumbles upon Orlando, and doubtful on his motives, convinces him to woo her/him every day to prove his love. And if mine eyes can wound, now let them kill thee: and Shakespeare’s Monologues ... As You Like ItAs You Like It Act III, sc. Phoebe: I would not be thy executioner: I fly thee, for I would not injure thee. Amiens: a lord and musician (attending on Duke Senior), Oliver de Boys: the eldest son and heir (Son of Sir Rowland de Boys) I will no longer endure it, though yet I know no wise remedy how to avoid it. Me believe it! I marvel why I answer’d not again: none are original, all are credited to their playwrights. He is not very tall; yet for his years he’s tall: Who with her head nimble in threats approach’d With all my heart, good youth. Scratch thee but with a pin, and there remains Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard. And found it was his brother, his elder brother. Come, sister, will you go? And one man in his time plays many parts. Young love, running off into the forest, and plenty of fun and silliness for everyone involved. Love is merely a madness, and, I tell you, deserves as well a dark house and a whip as madmen do; and the reason why they are not so punished and cured is, that the lunacy is so ordinary that the whippers are in love too. No, I will not cast away my physic, but on those that are sick. The cicatrice and capable impressure Jacques de Boys: the second son (Son of Sir Rowland de Boys) I charge you, O women, for the love. Unwillingly to school. Find them under the “Get the monologue here“ link. Jun 25, 2014 - Helen Mirren as Rosalind in "As You Like It." Why do you look on me? We don’t know exactly where, but it’s ruled by a Duke (this is known as a duchy if you want to sound smart). ‘Tis such fools as you Chewing the food of sweet and bitter fancy, Can you remember any of the principal evils that he laid to the charge of women? Lie not, to say mine eyes are murderers! Andrew trained at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, and is now a Sydney-based actor working in Theatre, Film and Television. I have been told so of many: but indeed an old : 3.2.326: Verse : Phebe. And it seems like the game might have to come to an end! Orl. On The Newsroom, when the series literally started with Will's speech about how America is not the … Orlando is living such a meaningless life, he decides to fight Charles the Wrestler. You found me, cast aside, lost and broken. religious uncle of mine taught me to speak. Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms. You can browse and/or search so you can find a monologue whether you know which one you want, or you're looking for monologue ideas. Orlando (Act 1, Scene 1) Oliver (Act 1, Scene 1) Featured Monologues. Free Shakespeare Monologues for Acting Auditions. I know where you are. He sent me hither, stranger as I am, Jan 19, 2016 - A monologue from the play by William Shakespeare. But are you so much in love as your rimes speak? Orl. Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. You foolish shepherd, wherefore do you follow her Maybe something really juicy for your next audition? Rosalind, Duke Seniors daughter, has been permitted to remain at court as she is a close friend of Celia, Duke Fredrick’s daughter. Of nature’s sale-work. Touchstone, meanwhile, is enjoying his time in the forest. Ros. Then, a soldier, With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, From miserable slumber I awak’d. Orl. And, after some small space, being strong at heart, Fare you well. He seems to have his eyes set on the goat herder, Audrey, but has to marry her to get what he’s after. Made him give battle to the lioness, I love him not nor hate him not; and yet Brief, I recover’d him, bound up his wound; 5 ROSALIND And why, I pray you? Nay, you must call me Rosalind. For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes. Who led me instantly unto his cave, Unwillingly to school. Rosalind says: And why, I pray you? Learn more and register your interest at our online acting course page. yet words do well, Will somebody get me a Diet Pepsi for God’s sake before I start screaming and put my tongue into my Panasonic pencil sharpener. Read the monologue for the role of Rosalind from the script for As You Like It by William Shakespeare. Than any of her lineaments can show her. and Shakespeare’s Monologues ... As You Like ItAs You Like It Act III, sc. Which I have darted at thee, hurt thee not, When he that speaks them pleases those that hear. The royal disposition of that beast If you're looking for female monologues, look no further. But mistress, know yourself. What though you have no beauty – Tears our recountments had most kindly bath’d, You are a thousand times a properer man If you approach your comedic monologues female like it’s a position you may or may not get then you’re doomed to obscurity. Clicking a link will take you to a PDF version of the monologue. Is second childishness and mere oblivion. A complete database of Shakespeare's Monologues. First of all what on earth is this play all about? He said mine eyes were black and my hair black; The lioness had torn some flesh away, Why, what means this? And so he plays his part. for the love you bear to women,'as I perceive by your simpering none of you hate them,'that between you and the women, the play may please. Ros. If I were a woman I would kiss as many of you as had beards that pleased me, complexions that liked me, and breaths that I defied not; and, I am sure, as many as have good beards, or good faces, or sweet breaths, will, for my kind offer, when I make curtsy, bid me farewell. Who might be your mother, 3.5.37: Verse : They are in the very wrath of love, and they will together: clubs cannot part them. Corin: an elderly shepherd, Audrey: a country girl he threw his eye aside, Ros. As how I came into that desert place:. Have more cause to hate him than to love him: Though, it isn’t without its dark edges. And shining morning face, creeping like snail In fair round belly, with good capon lin’d. Well you're in the right place. As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 and first published in the First Folio in 1623. Nay, 'tis true: there was never anything so sudden but the fight of two rams, Caesar's thrasonical brag of 'I came, saw, and overcame:' for your brother and my sister no sooner met, but they looked; no sooner looked but they loved; no sooner loved but they sighed; no sooner sighed but they asked one another the reason; no sooner knew the reason but they sought the remedy: and in these degrees have they made a pair of stairs to marriage which they will climb incontinent, or else be incontinent before marriage. For safety reasons they decide to disguise themselves, Rosalind as a man Ganymede, and Celia as Aliena. Into the lean and slipper’d pantaloon, All monologues are property and copyright of their owners. Last scene of all, Or if thou canst not, O, for shame, for shame, Uh, huh. In the monologue, Phebe tells Sylvius not to think that she loves Ganymede eve Even in the cannon’s mouth. Nay, you must call me Rosalind. Some scar of it; lean but upon a rush, Ros. Lo, what befell! Phebe has just met Ganymede, who is Rosalind disguised as a man. Here, the play changes gears and we are taken into the wild Arden forest. I swear to thee, youth, by the white hand of Rosalind, I am that he, that unfortunate he. As You Like It Monologues . To set the scene, Duke Frederick has usurped the the duchy and from his brother, Duke Senior. And thus I cured him; and this way will I take upon me to wash your liver as clean as a sound sheep.s heart, that there shall not be one spot of love in't. He begins posting love poems on every tree he can find (though he’s not very good). Duke Frederick: Celia’s father, Duke Senior’s younger brother and the current Duke (after usurping his brother). In brief, he led me to the gentle duke, Twice did he turn his back and purpos’d so; Nor, I am sure, there is no force in eyes Required fields are marked *. Here's a list of some of the best audition pieces in the world. As You Like It previous info Play menu: More info Women's Monologues Prose : Rosalind. Is his complexion; and faster than his tongue (That’s love for you!) Rosalind: Duke Senior’s daughter, cousin to Celia (Later Ganymede), Jaques: a discontented, melancholic lord (attending on Duke Senior) I see no more in you than in the ordinary Neither rime nor reason can express how much. Cry the man mercy, love him, take his offer; At first the infant, Then, the whining school-boy, with his satchel, And shining morning face, creeping like snail. Think not I love him, though I ask for him. Now well-looked after, he starts to feel the love of Rosalind stronger than ever. To fall in love with him; but, for my part, The opening of his mouth; but suddenly, ‘Tis pretty, sure, and very probable, Orl. Who quickly fell before him: in which hurtling 5 PHEBE Think not I love him, though I ask for him. Making it easier to find monologues since 1997. This new motivation allows him to win, and beat the undefeated Charles the Wrestler. I pray you, tell me your remedy. Which all this while had bled; and now he fainted, Duke Frederick’s older brother and Rosalind’s father Who might be your mother. To get that role you want so dearly, you have to treat it like the joy of your life. That makes the world full of ill-favour’d children. Orl. It is not the fashion to see the lady the epilogue; but it is no more unhandsome than to see the lord the prologue. And with indented glides did slip away Ros. He was to imagine me his love, his mistress; and I set him every day to woo me: at which time would I, being but a moonish youth, grieve, be effeminate, changeable, longing and liking; proud, fantastical, apish, shallow, inconstant, full of tears, full of smiles, for every passion something, and for no passion truly anything, as boys and women are, for the most part, cattle of this colour; would now like him, now loathe him; then entertain him, then forswear him; now weep for him, then spit at him; that I drave my suitor from his mad humour of love to a living humour of madness, which was, to forswear the full stream of the world, and to live in a nook merely monastic. What a case am I in then, that am neither a good epilogue, nor cannot insinuate with you in the behalf of a good play! a collection of female monologues to use for projects or auditions. Go with me to it and I'll show it you; and by the way you shall tell me where in the forest you live. Committing me unto my brother’s love; That eyes, that are the frail’st and softest things, This harsh diatribe actually makes Phebe then fall in love with Ganymede. Beatrice – Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare To tell this story, that you might excuse And all the men and women merely players. Well, I don’t really see anything we can do if you’re going to behave like that (she hangs up.) Ros. Orlando decides he should get out of town and heads off into the forest with one of the trusty old servants, Adam. In parcels as I did, would have gone near At first the infant, Must you be therefore proud and pitiless? For well I know he was unnatural. I’ve probably seen a hundred versions of Jacques’s “All The World’s A Stage” speech, but one of the best I have ever seen was done by a woman. And high top bald with dry antiquity, With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, And so he plays his part. As by my faith I see no more in you The play is set in France. Orl. But you are no such man: you are rather point-device in your accoutrements; as loving yourself than seeming the lover of any other. There be some women, Silvius, had they mark’d him She also doesn’t really have any monologues. Contemporary Monologues from Published Plays . Ros. CONTEMPORARY MONOLOGUES WOMEN Moving by Lee Kalcheim DIANA I went to a Quaker school. for the love you bear to men, to like as much of this play as please you: and I charge you, O men! Celia: Duke Frederick’s daughter and cousin to Rosalind (Later Aliena), Le Beau: a courtier (advisor to the Duke Frederick) Who might be your mother, I’ve cut this one together out of a couple lines from Act I, Scene iii, when Rosalind, Celia’s cousin, is banished by Celia’s father. By and by. So you're looking for Shakespeare monologues? Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, Threatened by Rosalind’s power, the Duke banishes Rosalind. As You Like It. Female As You Like It Monologues Act 3 Scene 5. I have been told so of many; but indeed an old Phebe: Think not I love him, though I ask for him. Than without candle may go dark to bed – Helena – A Midsummer Nights Dream by William Shakespeare 6. Betwixt the constant red and mingled damask. Then, your hose should be ungartered, your bonnet unbanded, your sleeve unbuttoned, your shoe untied, and everything about you demonstrating a careless desolation. A monologue from As You Like It by William Shakespeare (Male, Comedic, Mature 50s, Adults 30-40s, Young Adults 20s, College 18-22) Touchstone comes before the Duke Senior and Jacques, asking to be married to Audrey. Like foggy South puffing with wind and rain? I would not be thy executioner: 3.5.8: Verse * Rosalind. Ros. Orlando soon tires of his love games with Ganymede. And then the justice, Last scene of all. And cried, in fainting, upon Rosalind. That can do hurt. Should be call’d tyrants, butchers, murderers! He left a promise to return again Even in the cannon’s mouth. And why, I pray you? Things to do to Prepare for Comedic Monologues Female. His leg is but so so; and yet ’tis well: I have heard him read many lectures against it; and I thank God, I am not a woman, to be touched with so many giddy offences as he hath generally taxed their whole sex withal. He’ll make a proper man: the best thing in him Elsewhere in the forest the Shepherd, Silvius, feels the pangs of unrequited love for Phebe, a shepherdess. Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard, His broken promise; and to give this napkin, And thank heaven, fasting, for a good man’s love; Now I do frown on thee with all my heart; That he in sport doth call his Rosalind. Fair youth, I would I could make thee believe I love. yet words do well, When he that speaks them pleases those that hear. And why, I pray you? You searched through the rubble to find the severed pieces of my life, and slowly fit them back together again. Come, sister, will you go? Dy’d in his blood, unto the shepherd youth We've hand-picked these monologues for both men and women. Who shut their coward gates on atomies, ‘Tis not her glass but you that flatters her, To cap off the already convivial mood, a messenger comes informing the Duke that his brother has retreated to a monastery, meaning they can all go and party at home! with the women. Down on your knees, Touchstone, the local clown, also goes along for the ride. Will you go? Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side, Women. And one man in his time plays many parts, Whether you skim read it (never a great idea with Shakespeare) or just can’t be bothered, here is a short summation: If you’re anything like me, I think you’ll find this short synopsis really helpful. Now, by the faith of my love, I will: tell me where it is. Uh, huh. This is it, Adam, that grieves me; and the spirit of my father, which I think is within me, begins to mutiny against this servitude. My brother Jaques he keeps at school, and report speaks goldenly of his profit: for my part, he keeps me rustically at home, or, to speak more properly, stays me here at home unkept; for call you that keeping for a gentleman of my birth, that differs not from the stalling of an ox? This play is often severely overlooked, as is … Yes, one; and in this manner. A wretched ragged man, o’ergrown with hair, I prithee, recount some of them. Under an oak, whose boughs were moss’d with age, Print it out and take lots of notes! Did make offence his eye did heal it up. Rosalind: And why I pray you? This is my attempt at a synopsis, and hopefully goes some way in explaining the plot of this twisting pastoral comedy. A complete database of Shakespeare's Monologues. you bear to men, to like as much of this play as. And all the men and women merely players. Who gave me fresh array and entertainment, Monologues - Female - Comedic | Beatrice tells her guy friends how she's "more man" than they are! If you would like to give a public performance of this monologue, please obtain authorization from the appropriate licensor. I charge you, O women! Blog Featured Monologues . For I must tell you friendly in your ear, Your email address will not be published. With such a labyrinth of love Rosalind takes the lead to sort everything out. if you have any questions or suggestions, let me know! I would not be cured, youth. ‘Tis not your inky brows, your black silk hair, I see As You Like as a close cousin of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. ‘Tis but a peevish boy; yet he talks well; Over the wretched? With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side, His youthful hose well sav’d, a world too wide. They have their exits and their entrances, I am he that is so love-shaked. Stage Milk / Shakespeare / As You Like It. Suddenly you're acting like I’m not “one of the guys” just because my full name is Bernice. Thou tell’st me there is murder in mine eye: A lioness, with udders all drawn dry, There is none of my uncle.s marks upon you: he taught me how to know a man in love; in which cage of rushes I am sure you are not prisoner. 'Tis but a peevish boy; yet he talks well; But what care I for words? And then the lover, There were none principal; they were all like one another as half-pence are; every one fault seeming monstrous till his fellow fault came to match it. Rosalind (epilogue) Phebe (Act 3, Scene 5) Men.
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