Best Classical Monologues for Women

The list of monologues below is just the tip of the iceberg. Audition Monologues are there to show you at your very best. Don’t let yourself down, remember these two rules when choosing a speech.

Choosing a monologue

Choose a monologue which is suited to your age range, acting type, gender and appearance. You’d be suprised how many actors do a speech which is so far out of their casting bracket its ridiculous. Show them how you see yourself and how you think you should be cast.
Read the play

The most important rule of all is that you read the play. Don’t just dive into a Monologue Book and choose blindly. Study the play as if you were actually going to play that character in a production. Try out other scenes which include your character. You will more than likely be asked questions about your choices and your opinions by the drama school audition panel, you need to be answer confidently, and to do that you need to read the whole play. So many actors fail because they find a monologue online or in a monologue book and never read the full play and learn who the character is.

The listed plays and monologues are all available at Amazon. You MUST read the full play

TITLE	AUTHOR	ROLE	AMAZON LINK
A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM Act III; Scene ii	Shakespeare	Helena	Amazon.co.uk
HENRY IV PART II Act II; Scene iii	Shakespeare	Lady Percy	Amazon.co.uk
ROMEO AND JULIET Act III; Scene ii	Shakespeare	Juliet	Amazon.co.uk
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA Act III; Scene ii	Shakespeare	Cressida	Amazon.co.uk
MERCHANT OF VENICE Act III Scene ii	Shakespeare	Portia	Amazon.co.uk
JULIUS CAESAR Act II; Scene i	Shakespeare	Portia	Amazon.co.uk
THE WINTERS TALE Act III; Scene ii	Shakespeare	Hermione	Amazon.co.uk
HENRY VI PART III Act I; Scene iv	Shakespeare	Queen Margaret	Amazon.co.uk
HENRY VI PART III Act I; Scene i	Shakespeare	Queen Margaret	Amazon.co.uk
KING LEAR Act I; Scene iii	Shakespeare	Goneril	Amazon.co.uk
AS YOU LIKE IT Act III; Scene v	Shakespeare	Phoebe	Amazon.co.uk
HAMLET Act II; Scene i	Shakespeare	Ophelia	Amazon.co.uk
THE WINTERS TALE Act III; Scene ii	Shakespeare	Paulina	Amazon.co.uk
ALLS WELL THAT ENDS WELL Act I; Scene iii	Shakespeare	Helena	Amazon.co.uk
AS YOU LIKE IT Act III; Scene v	Shakespeare	Rosalind	Amazon.co.uk
TWELFTH NIGHT Act II; Scene ii	Shakespeare	Viola	Amazon.co.uk
ROMEO AND JULIET Act II; Scene v	Shakespeare	Juliet	Amazon.co.uk

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