To Be, or Not to Be
Classic, Hamlet, Act III
- Drama
- Monologue
- 2 min
- Male role
- Young adult
- Advanced
Casting
5 lines- HAMLET Male role, Young adult your role
Excerpt
HAMLET
To be, or not to be: that is the question.
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them.
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What Remains
Don’t say anything. Please. Not now, not in that voice. I spent years translating your silences. I’m tired of always being right too late.
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O Rage, O Despair
O rage! O despair! O hateful old age! Have I then lived so long only for this disgrace?
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The Empty Chair
You see that chair? Nobody sits there any more. And every evening I lay the table. Two plates. The way we always did. I know. You would tell me to stop. That it serves no purpose. That the…