Here are 6 male Shakespeare monologues of the character Petruchio from the play The Taming of the Shrew. More Shakespeare Audition Monologues.

• Petruchio (Act 2, Scene 1)
• Petruchio (Act 2, Scene 1)
• Petruchio (Act 2, Scene 1)
• Petruchio (Act 3, Scene 2)
• Petruchio (Act 4, Scene 1)
• Petruchio (Act 4, Scene 3)

1. The Taming of the Shrew

Character: PETRUCHIO

Location: Act 2, Scene 1

First line: No, not a whit; I find you passing gentle. ‘Twas told me you were rough, and coy, and sullen, And now I find report a very liar;

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2. The Taming of the Shrew

Character: PETRUCHIO

Location: Act II, sc. 1

First Line: Now, by the world, it is a lusty wench; I love her ten times more than e’er I did. O, how I long to have some chat with her!

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3. The Taming of the Shrew

Character: PETRUCHIO

Location: Act II, sc. 1

First Line: Be patient, gentlemen. I choose her for myself; If she and I be pleas’d, what’s that to you?

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4. The Taming of the Shrew

Character: PETRUCHIO

Location: Act III, sc. 2

First line: They shall go forward, Kate, at thy command. Obey the bride, you that attend on her;

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5. The Taming of the Shrew

Character: PETRUCHIO

Location: Act IV, sc. 1

First Line: Thus have I politicly begun my reign, And ’tis my hope to end successfully.

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6. The Taming of the Shrew

Character: PETRUCHIO

Location: Act IV, sc. 3

First Line: Well, come, my Kate; we will unto your father’s Even in these honest mean habiliments;

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