*Introduction

*Female Characters and Speeches Too Often Used in Audition

*Shakespeare - The Actors' Writer

*The Lives and Times of Shakespeare's People

*Auditioning Shakespeare

*The Speeches

Countess, All's Well That Ends Well (3.4)

Mariana, All's Well That Ends Well (3.5)

Charmian, Antony and Cleopatra (1.2)

Octavia, Antony and Cleopatra (3.4)

Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra (5.2)

Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra (5.2)

Volumnia, Coriolanus (3.2)

Volumnia, Coriolanus (4.2)

Queen, Cymbeline (1.6)

Queen, Cymbeline (3.1)

Ophelia, Hamlet (4.5)

Lady Percy, Henry IV Part 1 (2.3)

Hostess Quickly, Henry IV Part 2 (2.1)

Hostess Quickly, Henry IV Part 2 (2.1)

Queen Katherine, Henry VIII (3.1)

Queen Katherine, Henry VIII (4.2)

Blanche, King John (3.1)

Cordelia, King Lear (4.3)

Princess, Love's Labour's Lost (2.1)

Princess, Love's Labour's Lost (4.1)

Nerissa, The Merchant of Venice (1.2)

Jessica, The Merchant of Venice (2.3)

Mistress Page, The Merry Wives of Windsor (2.1)

Mistress Quickly, The Merry Wives of Windsor (2.2)

Hero, Much Ado About Nothing (3.1)

Margaret, Much Ado About Nothing (3.4)

Emilia, Othello (4.2)

Thaisa, Pericles (2.5)

Dionyza, Pericles (4.1)

Bawd, Pericles (4.2)

Queen Isabel, Richard II (3.4)

Duchess of York, Richard III (2.2)

Lady Anne, Richard III (4.1)

Miranda, The Tempest (1.2)

Ariel, The Tempest (3.3)

Tamora, Titus Andronicus (1.1)

Tamora, Titus Andronicus (2.3)

Lavinia, Titus Andronicus (2.3)

Nurse, Titus Andronicus (4.2)

Cressida, Troilus and Cressida (3.2)

Cressida, Troilus and Cressida (4.2)

Cassandra, Troilus and Cressida (5.3)

Maria, Twelfth Night (2.3)

Maria, Twelfth Night (3.2)

Sylvia, The Two Gentlemen of Verona (4.2)

Second Queen, The Two Noble Kinsmen (1.1)

Hippolyta, The Two Noble Kinsmen (1.3)

Hippolyta, The Two Noble Kinsmen (1.3)

Emilia, The Two Noble Kinsmen (5.3)

Perdita, The Winter's Tale (4.4)

*Bibliography