In a previous article, I wrote how Shakespeare’s sonnets provide an evocative alternative to more traditional choices for classical monologues in professional auditions. In this piece, I’d like to ...

Lady Macbeth’s cry of “Out, damned spot!” in Act V, Scene I is one of the most intense and psychologically charged lines in William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.” Performing this monologue is both thrilling ...

Over 150 of the Bard's monologues are reprinted and explained for the aspiring actor or director in Speak the Speech! Shakespeare's Monologues Illuminated. The knowledgeable and breezy commentary ...

GREENWICH — The play truly was the thing at Greenwich Library as more than 20 high school students took part in a competition to see who could best deliver both the poetry and prose of Shakespeare.

It's baaaaack. Last night, Jane the Virgin premiered it's fifth and final season, and it had a big challenge to work through. If you haven't heard yet, if you've somehow been living under a rock, the ...

In this lecture, Robert Pogue Harrison argues that the monologues in Dante’s Inferno are in some ways more “modern” in their psychology than the soliloquies in Shakespeare’s tragedies. University ...

Pittsburgh Public Theater has announced the winners of the 28th Annual Shakespeare Monologue & Scene Contest. This year's contest was held at the O'Reilly Theater on Monday, February 28 for invited ...

At 2 a.m. in a dark room of her house, Class of 2023 Cadet Hannah Lamb set up a video camera, put on a makeshift costume and began to recite lines from Shakespeare’s “Othello.” She played the role of ...