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Question: I need help!.!.!.15-20 lines of Shakespeare!?
Ok!.!.!.well im in college and im going to audition for my schools play!.!.!.we are doing romeo and juliet!.!.!.the teacher said that it can b lines from any shakespeare play because she only wants to see how we perform!.!.!.so i need 15-20 lines of shakespeare that are simple and quick to learn!.!.!.thanks!.!.!.=)Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
The Taming of the Shrew


Act IV!. Scene II!.
Scene II!.—Padua!. Before BAPTISTA'S
House!.

Enter TRANIO and HORTENSIO!.

Tra!. Is't possible, friend Licio, that Mistress
Bianca
Doth fancy any other but Lucentio!?
I tell you, sir, she bears me fair in hand!.
Hor!. Sir, to satisfy you in what I have said,
Stand by, and mark the manner of his teaching!.
[They stand aside!.

Enter BIANCA and LUCENTIO!.
Luc!. Now, mistress, profit you in what you
read!?
Bian!. What, master, read you!? first resolve
me that!.
Luc!. I read that I profess, the Art to Love!.
Bian!. And may you prove, sir, master of your
art!
Luc!. While you, sweet dear, prove mistress of
my heart!. [They retire!.
Hor!. Quick proceeders, marry! Now, tell me,
I pray,
You that durst swear that your mistress Bianca
Lov'd none in the world so well as Lucentio!.
Tra!. O despiteful love! unconstant woman-
kind!
I tell thee, Licio, this is wonderful
Hor!. Mistake no more: I am not Licio,
Nor a musician, as I seem to be;
But one that scorns to live in this disguise,
For such a one as leaves a gentleman,
And makes a god of such a cullion:
Know, sir, that I am call'd Hortensio!.
Tra!. Signior Hortensio, I have often heard
Of your entire affection to Bianca;
And since mine eyes are witness of her lightness,
I will with you, if you be so contented,
Forswear Bianca and her love for ever!.
Hor!. See, how they kiss and court! Signior
Lucentio,
Here is my hand, and here I firmly vow
Never to woo her more; but I do forswear her,
As one unworthy all the former favours
That I have fondly flatter'd her withal!.
Tra!. And here I take the like unfeigned oath,
Never to marry with her though she would entreat!.
Fie on her! see how beastly she doth court him!.
Hor!. Would all the world, but he had quite
forsworn!
For me, that I may surely keep mine oath,
I will be married to a wealthy widow
Ere three days pass, which hath as long lov'd me
As I have lov'd this proud disdainful haggard!.
And so farewell, Signior Lucentio!.
Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks,
Shall win my love: and so I take my leave,
In resolution as I swore before!.
[Exit HORTENSIO, LUCENTIO and BIANCA
advance!.
Tra!. Mistress Bianca, bless you with such
grace
As 'longeth to a lover's blessed case!
Nay, I have ta'en you napping, gentle love,
And have forsworn you with Hortensio!.
Bian!. Tranio, you jest!. But have you both
forsworn me!?
Tra!. Mistress, we have!.
Luc!. Then we are rid of Licio!.
Tra!. I' faith, he'll have a lusty widow now,
That shall be woo'd and wedded in a day!.
Bian!. God give him joy!
Tra!. Ay, and he'll tame her!.
Bian!. He says so, Tranio!.
Tra!. Faith, he is gone unto the taming-school!.
Bian!. The taming-school! what, is there such
a place!?
Tra!. Ay, mistress, and Petruchio is the mas-
ter;
That teacheth tricks eleven and twenty long,
To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering
tongue!.

Enter BIONDELLO, running!.
Bion!. O master, master! I have watch'd so
long
That I'm dog-weary; but at last I spied
An ancient angel coming down the hill
Will serve the turn!.
Tra!. What is he, Biondello!?
Bion!. Master, a mercatante, or a pedant,
I know not what; but formal in apparel,
In gait and countenance surely like a father!.
Luc!. And what of him, Tranio!?
Tra!. If he be credulous and trust my tale,
I'll make him glad to seem Vincentio,
And give assurance to Baptista Minola,
As if he were the right Vincentio!.
Take in your love, and then let me alone!.
[Exeunt LUCENTIO and BIANCA!.

Enter a Pedant!.
Ped!. God save you, sir!
Tra!. And you, sir! you are welcome!.
Travel you far on, or are you at the furthest!?
Ped!. Sir, at the furthest for a week or two;
But then up further, and as far as Rome;
And so to Tripoli, if God lend me life!.
Tra!. What countryman, I pray!?
Ped!. Of Mantua!.
Tra!. Of Mantua, sir! marry!. God forbid!
And come to Padua, careless of your life!?
Ped!. My life, sir! how, I pray!? for that goes
hard!.
Tra!. 'Tis death for any one in Mantua
To come to Padua!. Know you not the cause!?
Your ships are stay'd at Venice; and the duke,—
For private quarrel 'twixt your duke and him,—
Hath publish'd and proclaim'd it openly!.
'Tis marvel, but that you are but newly come,
You might have heard it else proclaim'd about!.
Ped!. Alas, sir! it is worse for me than so;
For I have bills for money by exchange
From Florence, and must here deliver them!.
Tra!. Well, sir, to do you courtesy,
This will I do, and this I will advise you;
First, tell me, have you ever been at Pisa!?
Ped!. Ay, sir, in Pisa have I often been;
Pisa, renowned for grave citizens!.
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One of my favorites is Beatrice's monologue in Taming of the Shrew!. It may be a couple of lines short, but it shows a GREAT variety of feelings and emotions in just a few lines!. She pretty much changes from hating Benedict to loving him a in a few lines!.
I would use it if I was auditioning for a Shakespeare play and I'm sure the director wouldn't notice it being a little short!. 15-20 is pretty exact and it's hard to find a Shakespearian monologue for a woman with those specific requirements!

http://www!.mirroruptonature!.com/shakespe!.!.!.
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Maybe something from viola from 12th night!. Here is the link:

http://www!.monologuearchive!.com/s/shakes!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Romeo and Juliet is easy!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

You could do the scene from Macbeth where lady Macbeth is having nightmares about blood being on her hands!. It's very famous!.

LADY MACBETH Yet here's a spot!.
Doctor Hark! she speaks: I will set down what comes from 30
her, to satisfy my remembrance the more strongly!.
LADY MACBETH Out, damned spot! out, I say!--One: two: why,
then, 'tis time to do't!.--Hell is murky!--Fie, my
lord, fie! a soldier, and afeard!? What need we
fear who knows it, when none can call our power to 35
account!?--Yet who would have thought the old man
to have had so much blood in him!.
Doctor Do you mark that!?
LADY MACBETH The thane of Fife had a wife: where is she now!?--
What, will these hands ne'er be clean!?--No more o' 40
that, my lord, no more o' that: you mar all with
this starting!.
Doctor Go to, go to; you have known what you should not!.
Gentlewoman She has spoke what she should not, I am sure of
that: heaven knows what she has known!. 45
LADY MACBETH Here's the smell of the blood still: all the
perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little
hand!. Oh, oh, oh!
Doctor What a sigh is there! The heart is sorely charged!.
Gentlewoman I would not have such a heart in my bosom for the 50
dignity of the whole body!.
Doctor Well, well, well,--
Gentlewoman Pray God it be, sir!.
Doctor This disease is beyond my practise: yet I have known
those which have walked in their sleep who have died 55
holily in their beds!.
LADY MACBETH Wash your hands, put on your nightgown; look not so
pale!.--I tell you yet again, Banquo's buried; he
cannot come out on's grave!.
Doctor Even so!? 60
LADY MACBETH To bed, to bed! there's knocking at the gate:
come, come, come, come, give me your hand!. What's
done cannot be undone!.--To bed, to bed, to bed!Www@QuestionHome@Com