25 Shakespeare Monologues for Women offers classical monologues for an actress in preparation for drama school, workshop or agent audition.

25 Shakespeare Monologues for Women

1. All’s Well That Ends Well

Character: HELENA

Location: Act I, sc. 1

Genre: Comedy

• Read full Helena Monologue

2. All’s Well That Ends Well

Character: COUNTESS

Location: Act I, sc. 1

Genre: Comedy

• Read full Countess Monologue

3. A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Character: TITANIA

Location: Act II, sc. 1

Genre: Comedy

• Read full Titania Monologue

4. A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Character: HELENA

Location: Act III, sc. 2

Genre: Comedy

• Read full Helena Monologue

5. A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Character: HEERMIA

Location: Act II, sc. 2

Genre: Comedy

• Read full Hermia Monologue

6. As You Like It

Character: ROSALIND

Location: Epilogue

Genre: Comedy

• Read full Rosalind Monologue

7. As You Like It

Character: PHEBE

Location: Act III, sc. 5

Genre: Comedy

• Read full Phebe Monologue

8. Cymbeline

Character: QUEEN

Location: Act III, sc. 1

Genre: Comedy

• Read full Queen Monologue

9. Cymbeline

Character: IMOGEN

Location: Act III, sc. 4

Genre: Comedy

• Read full Imogen Monologue

10. Cymbeline

Character: CYMBELINE

Location: Act V, sc. 5

Genre: Comedy

• Read full Cymbeline Monologue

11. Much Ado About Nothing

Character: BEATRICE

Location: Act III, sc. 1

Genre: Comedy

• Read full Beatrice Monologue

12. Measure for Measure

Character: ISABELLA

Location: Act II, sc. 2

Genre: Comedy

• Read full Isabella Monologue

13. Measure for Measure

Character: ISABELLA

Location: Act V, sc. 1

Genre: Comedy

• Read full Isabella Monologue

14. The Tempest

Character: MARANDA

Location: Act I, sc. 2

Genre: Comedy

• Read full Maranda Monologue

15. The Tempest

Character: ARIEL

Location: Act III, sc. 3

Genre: Comedy

• Read full Ariel Monologue

16. Hamlet

Character: OPHELIA

Location: Act III, sc. 1

Genre: Tragedy

• Read full Ophelia Monologue

17. Julius Caesar

Character: PORTIA

Location: Act II, sc. 1

Genre: Tragedy

• Read full Portia Monologue

18. Romeo and Juliet

Character: JULIET

Location: Act III, sc. 2

Genre: Tragedy

• Read full Juliet Monologue

19. Othello

Character: DESDEMONA

Location: Act I, sc. 3

Genre: Tragedy

• Read full Desdemona Monologue

20. King Lear

Character: CORDELIA

Location: Act I, sc. 1

Genre: Tragedy

• Read full Cordelia Monologue

21. Coriolanus

Character: VOLUMNIA

Location: Act I, sc. 3

Genre: Tragedy

• Read full Volumnia Monologue

22. Coriolanus

Character: VOLUMNIA

Location: Act III, sc. 2

Genre: Tragedy

• Read full Volumnia Monologue

23. Coriolanus

Character: VOLUMNIA

Location: Act V, sc. 3

Genre: Tragedy

• Read full Volumnia Monologue

24. Coriolanus

Character: VOLUMNIA

Location: Act V, sc. 3

Genre: Tragedy

• Read full Volumnia Monologue

25. Antony and Cleopatra

Character: CLEOPATRA

Location: Act IV, sc. 15

Genre: Tragedy

• Read full Cleopatra Monologue