FUNNIEST SHAKESPEAREAN MONOLOGUE?

[aces25]

Posted: 11/14/05 at 9:26pm

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 11/14/05 at 9:51pm

Berowne, LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST
Benedick, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (although they're all in prose I think)
The Porter, MACBETH (also prose? not sure)
Petruchio, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (not very funny IMO though)
Lancelot Gobbo, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (very overdone at auditions)

[Dollypop]

Posted: 11/14/05 at 10:05pm

There are several in THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR

[Liz_Bennet]

Posted: 11/14/05 at 10:32pm

Male or female?

Everything Bottom (Midsummer) says is hilarious, but most of his speeches are a little too short to be really considered monologues.

[Lavieboheme3090]

Posted: 11/14/05 at 10:35pm

The Porter from Macbeth.

[Gypsy2]

Posted: 11/14/05 at 11:18pm

I agree with Baritone on Lancelot Gobbo's monologue from THE MERCHANT OF VENICE.

[phantom_tenor]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 4:57am

Benedick's mononlogue is HILARIOUS if done well. Much Ado is gold.

[lildogs]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 9:20am

Launce's "goodbye" from Two Gents...