3rd Monologue

I have also found one of Romeo’s monologues from Romeo and Juliet.

Act 2 Scene 2 (Romeo is ‘flirting’ with Juliet)

He jests at scars that never felt a wound.

[JULIET appears above at a window]

But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?

It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.

Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,

Who is already sick and pale with grief,

That thou her maid art far more fair than she:

Be not her maid, since she is envious;

Her vestal livery is but sick and green

And none but fools do wear it; cast it off.

It is my lady, O, it is my love!

O, that she knew she were!

She speaks yet she says nothing: what of that?

Her eye discourses; I will answer it.

I am too bold, 'tis not to me she speaks:

Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven,

Having some business, do entreat her eyes

To twinkle in their spheres till they return.

What if her eyes were there, they in her head?

The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars,

As daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven

Would through the airy region stream so bright

That birds would sing and think it were not night.

See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand!

O, that I were a glove upon that hand,

That I might touch that cheek!

I like this monologue because it has strong emotion in it that if I could do would be great for the audition. I also like this monologue as it fulfills the criteria of both my drama schools, it is a Shakespeare monologue that is more than ten lines and shouldn't last longer than two minutes. However I don't think this moment of the play is suitable for me as I don't feel like I could act this scene as well as I could the Macbeth scene. Also I have never played a melt character before so I don't want my first attempt to be at an audition. I do want to look into Romeo's character and see if there is another monologue that would suit me better.