Summaries for plays and scenes, as well as modern paraphrasing for each monologue, are now available on the site! Just look for the little scroll icons, and thought bubble icons. Enjoy

The site was down for a few weeks, but it is back up again. Apologies for the downtime. Break a leg.

Monologue of the Day: Richard II | Act III, Sc iii, Ln 78 | Verse King Richard: We are amaz'd; and thus long have we stood Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/rich568 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Hamlet | Act IV, Sc v, Ln 27 | Verse & Prose Ophelia: How should I your true love know Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/Ophe4 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Two Gentlemen of Verona | II vi 1 | Verse Proteus: To leave my Julia, shall I be forsworn Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/pro399 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Henry V | Act II, Sc iii, Ln 9 | Prose Mistress Quickly: Nay, sure, he's not in hell: he's in Arthur's bosom Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/mis765 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Othello | Act I, Sc iii, Ln 88 | Verse Othello: Most potent, grave, and reverend signiors Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/oth648 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Here on my knee, before high heaven and you | All's Well That Ends Well | Verse Helena: Then, I confess, Act I, Sc iii, Ln 111 Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/hel79

Monologue of the Day: King John | Act I, Sc i, Ln 121 | Verse King John: Sirrah, your brother is legitimate Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/john531 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Julius Caesar | Act II, Sc i, Ln 257 | Verse Portia: Nor for yours neither. You've ungently, Brutus Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/por810 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Twelfth Night, Or What You Will | Act V, Sc i, Ln 100 | Verse Orsino: Why should I not, had I the heart to do it, Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/ors213 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Henry VI i | Act III, Sc iii, Ln 48 | Verse Joan: Look on thy country, look on fertile France Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/joan769 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: As You Like It | Epilogue | Prose Rosalind: It is not the fashion to see the lady epilogue Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/Rosa91 #ShakespeareSunday

Monologue of the Day: Henry VIII | Act II, Sc i, Ln 123 | Verse Buckingham: When I came hither, I was Lord High Constable Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/buc520 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: King Lear | Act I, Sc iv, Ln 147 | Verse Goneril: This admiration, sir, is much o' th' favour Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/gon816 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Troilus & Cressida | Act I, Sc iii, Ln 33 | Verse Nestor: With due observance of thy god-like seat Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/nest370 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Henry VI ii | Act III, Sc ii, Ln 9 | Verse Queen Margaret: Be woe for me, more wretched than he is Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/marg777 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Antony & Cleopatra | III xi 171 | Verse Antony: If that thy father live, let him repent Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/anto244 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Cymbeline | III i 19 | Verse Queen: That opportunity Which then they had to take from 's, to resume Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/Que114 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Henry IV i | Act II, Sc ii, Ln 10 | Prose Falstaff: I am accursed to rob in that thief's company Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/fal222 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Titus Andronicus | Act I, Sc i, Ln 109 | Verse Tamora: Stay, Roman brethren! Gracious conqueror Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/tam831 #ShakespeareSunday

Monologue of the Day: The Winter's Tale | Act IV, Sc 1, Ln 1 | Verse Time (Chorus): I, that please some, try all, both joy and terror Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/time847 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Richard III | Act IV, Sc iv, Ln 64 | Verse Margaret: Bear with me; I am hungry for revenge Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/mar803 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Coriolanus | Act IV, Sc vii, Ln 32 | Verse Aufidius: All places yield to him ere he sits down Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/auf602 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Love's Labour's Lost | Act V, Sc ii, Ln 773 | Verse Princess: A time, methinks, too short Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/pri136 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Henry IV ii | Act I, Sc i, Ln 121 | Verse Morton: I am sorry I should force you to believe Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/mor413 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Romeo and Juliet | Act II, Sc v, Ln 1 | Verse Juliet: The clock strook nine when I did send the nurse Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/jul253 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: The Tempest | Act V, Sc i, Ln 40 | Verse Prospero: Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes, and groves Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/pros361 #ShakespeareSunday

Monologue of the Day: Richard II | Act II, Sc ii, Ln 60 | Verse Duchess: Yet one word more. Grief boundeth where it falls Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/duch794 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Hamlet | Act I, Sc ii, Ln 133 | Verse Hamlet: O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/Ham10 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Measure for Measure | Act III, Sc i, Ln 151 | Verse Isabella: O faithless coward! O dishonest wretch! Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/isa723 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: My learned lord, we pray you to proceed | Henry V | Verse Henry: Sure, we thank you. Act I, Sc ii, Ln 13 Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/hank437

Monologue of the Day: Othello | Act I, Sc iii, Ln 266 | Verse Desdemona: That I did love the Moor to live with him Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/desd821 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: The Taming of the Shrew | Act II, Sc i, Ln 304 | Verse Petruchio: Be patient, gentlemen; I choose her for myself Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/pet199 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: King John | Act II, Sc i, Ln 182 | Verse Constance: Thou monstrous injurer of heaven and earth! Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/con787 #ShakespeareSunday

Monologue of the Day: Julius Caesar | Act I, Sc ii, Ln 240 | Prose Casca: I can as well be hanged as tell the manner of it Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/cas6415 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Merry Wives of Windsor | Act II, Sc i, Ln 15 | Prose Mistress Ford: We burn daylight. Here, read, read; perceive how I might be knighted Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/missf727 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Henry VI i | IV i 16 | Verse Talbot: Shame to the Duke of Burgundy and thee! Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/tal470 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Merchant of Venice | Act II, Sc i, Ln 1 | Verse Morocco: Mislike me not for my complexion Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/mor166 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Henry VIII | prologue | Verse Prologue: I come no more to make you laugh Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/prolo513 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: King Lear | V iii 210 | Verse Edgar: By nursing them, my lord. List a brief tale Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/edg639 #ShakespeareSunday

Monologue of the Day: The Comedy of Errors | Act II, Sc i, Ln 79 | Verse Adriana: His company must do his minions grace Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/adria99 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Henry VI iii | Act V, Sc vi, Ln 11 | Verse Gloucester: I, that have neither pity, love nor fear Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/glo509 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Antony & Cleopatra | Act V, Sc ii, Ln 315 | Verse Cleopatra: Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/cleo240 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Much Ado About Nothing | Act III, Sc ii, Ln 58 | Prose Borachio: Seest thou not, I say, what a deformed thief Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/bor182 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Richard III | Act II, Sc iv, Ln 61 | Verse Duchess: Accursed and unquiet wrangling days Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/Duc801 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Titus Andronicus | Act IV, Sc ii, Ln 155 | Verse Aaron: Shall she live to betray this guilt of ours Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/aar698 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: My lord, that ne'er before invited eyes | Pericles, Prince of Tyre | Verse Marina: I am a maid, Act V, Sc i, Ln 99 Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/mari744

Monologue of the Day: Henry IV i | Act III, Sc iii, Ln 9 | Prose Falstaff: No, I'll be sworn; I make as good use of it Read it here: https://MonosBy.WS/fal229 #shakespeare #monologue #acting

Monologue of the Day: Coriolanus | Act III, Sc ii, Ln 70 | Verse Volumnia: Because that now it lies you on to speak Read it here: https://monosby.ws/volu806 #shakespeare #monologue #acting