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Shakespeare Monologues, Volume 1

by William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

William Shakespeare (April 26, 1564 – April 23, 1616) remains widely to be considered the single greatest playwright of all time. He wrote in such a variety of genres - tragedy, comedy, romance, &c - that there is always at least one monologue in each of his plays. Some of these teach a lesson, some simply characterize Shakespeare at his best, some are funny, some sad, but all are very moving. Each monologue will touch everybody differently. Some people will be so moved by a particular monologue that they will want to record it. So here are the first fifteen monologues.

(Summary by Shurtagal).

• This collection in .pdf format
• Link to e-text
• Wikipedia - William Shakespeare
• LibriVox’s Shakespeare Monologues, Volume 1 Internet Archive page
• Zip file of the entire book - 13.1MB
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Total running time: 0:27:17

mp3 and ogg files

• Merchant of Venice - Quality of Mercy (Act 4, Scene 1) - 00:01:31
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.7MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.8MB]
  Read by: Kirsten Ferreri
• Taming of the Shrew - No Shame But Mine (Act 3, Scene 2) - 00:01:40
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.8MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.0MB]
  Read by: Duan
• Macbeth - They met me on the day of sucess (Act 1, Scene 5) - 00:02:22
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.1MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 2.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.2MB]
  Read by: Lizzie Driver
• Romeo and Juliet - More Than Prince of Cats (Act 2, Scene 4) - 00:00:49
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 0.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.4MB]
  Read by: Shurtagal
• Macbeth - Is this a dagger? (Act 2, Scene 1) - 00:02:16
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.0MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 2.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.2MB]
  Read by: Julian Jamison
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream - If We Shadows Have Offended (Act 5, Scene 2) - 00:01:19
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.7MB]
  Read by: Kara Shallenberg
• Henry V - Prologue (Act 1, Scene 1) - 00:02:32
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.2MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 2.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.3MB]
  Read by: Squid Varilekova
• King John - I defy all counsel (Act 3, Scene 4) - 00:02:17
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.0MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 2.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.2MB]
  Read by: Larysa Jaworski
• Romeo and Juliet - Romeo, Romeo, Wherefore Art Thou Romeo (Act 2, Scene 2) - 00:01:13
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.6MB]
  Read by: Laurie Anne Walden
• Twelfth Night - I left no ring with her (Act 2, Scene 2) - 00:01:39
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.7MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.5MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.2MB]
  Read by: Karen Savage
• The Tempest - Be Cheerful Sir (Act 4, Scene 1) - 00:01:13
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.8MB]
  Read by: Alan Davis-Drake
• Othello - Emilia (Act 4, Scene 3) - 00:01:57
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.2MB]
  Read by: Elizabeth Klett
• Hamlet - Hamlet’s Speech to the Players (Act 3, Scene 2) - 00:02:39
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.2MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 2.5MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.3MB]
  Read by: Shurtagal
• Richard II - Of Comfort No Man Speak (Act 3, Scene 2) - 00:02:36
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.2MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 2.5MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.2MB]
  Read by: Mark Nelson
• Measure for Measure - Tis One Thing To Be Tempted (Act 2, Scene 1) - 00:01:14
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.7MB]
  Read by: Martin Clifton

Cataloged on April 12, 2007