Classical monologues. Vol. 1, Younger men's roles

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Greek -- Orestes is jubilant, then uncertain, over his revenge -- Libation bearers, -- Jason defends his abandonment of Medea -- Medea, -- messenger reports Jocasta's suicide and Oedipus' self-blinding -- Oedipus the King, -- Hippolytus curses women and adultery after learning of Phaedra's passion for him -- Hippolytus, -- Hippolytus defends his innocence before his father -- messenger reports the gruesome death of Hippolytus -- Hippolytus, -- Talthybius recounts to Hecuba the slaying of her daughter -- Hecuba, -- Philoctetes reviles the Greeks who abandoned him -- Philoctetes, -- Philoctetes curses Neoptolemus for his theft of the magic bow -- Philoctetes,

messenger reports the cynically conducted trial that condemned Orestes to death -- Orestes, -- Polyneices begs Oedipus' blessing before his battle against his brother -- Oedipus at Colonus, -- messenger recounts the transfiguration and death of Oedipus -- Oedipus at Colonus, -- Elizabethan/Jacobean -- Tamburlaine persuades an enemy captain to join him -- Tamburlaine the Great, Act 1, Sc. 2 -- Tambourlaine celebrates his love for Zenocrate and for himself -- Tambourlaine the Great, Act 5, Sc. 2 -- Tamburlaine shows himself magnanimous in victory -- Tamburlaine the Great, Act 5, Sc. 2 -- Faustus rejects scholastic learning, yearns for necromantic knowledge -- tragical history of Doctor Faustus, Act 1, Sc. 1 -- Faustus envisions the blessings of conjuring -- tragical history of Doctor Faustus, Act 1, Sc. 1 -- Faustus prays in his last hour to escape damnation -- tragical history of Doctor Faustus, Act 5, Sc. 2

Gaveston, the new king's favorite, makes plans -- tragedy of Edward II, Act 1, Sc. 1 -- Edward defends his love of Gaveston against his nobles -- tragedy of Edward II, Act 2, Sc. 2 -- Edward swears revenge after Gaveston's murder -- tragedy of Edward II, Act 3, Sc. 2 -- Edward, forced to renounce his crown, rages, sorrows, finally surrenders -- tragedy of Edward II, Act 5, Sc. 1 -- Edward pleas with, braves, succumbs to his murders -- tragedy of Edward II, Act 5, Sc. 5 -- Mendoza, new court lackey, envisions his pleasures in office -- malcontent, Act 1, Sc. 5 -- Wendoll battles with his conscience -- woman killed with kindness, Act 2, Sc. 3 -- Frankfort recoils at report of his wife's adultery -- woman killed with kindness, Act 3, Sc. 2 -- Frankfort pronounces his verdict over his wife's adultery -- woman killed with kindness, Act 4, Sc. 5 -- Bussy, young and poor, equates poverty and virtue -- Bussy d'Ambois, Act 1, Sc. 1

Monsieur the King's brother mocks the lady's argument : "Sir, I have a husband!" -- Bussy d'Ambois, Act 2, Sc. 2 -- Monsieur is invited to draw for Bussy his "character" -- Bussy d'Ambois, Act 3, Sc. 2 -- Bussy is invited to draw for Monsieur his "character" -- Bussy d'Ambois, Act 3, Sc. 2 -- Flamineo damns his mother for having inflicted on him a life of poverty -- white devil, Act 1, Sc. 2 -- Brachiano greets his wife with sullen contempt -- white devil, Act 2, Sc. 1 -- Francisco fashions his revenge for Isabella's murder with her ghost -- white devil, Act 4, Sc. 1 -- Flamineo uses parable to remind the Duke of his ingratitude for services -- white devil, Act 4, Sc. 2 -- Brachiano, poisoned, suffers an excruciating death -- white devil, Act 5, Sc. 3 -- Flamineo, visited by Brachiano's ghost, surmises his fate -- white devil, Act 5, Sc. 4 -- Flamineo outfoxes his sister Vittoria's villainy in their game of pistols -- white devil, Act 5, Sc. 6

Flamineo mordantly but wittily observes the process of his own dying -- white devil, Act 5, Sc. 6 -- Bosola importunes the Cardinal for his reward -- Duchess of Malfi, Act 1, Sc. 1 -- Bosola rails at courtier, woman, and "the form of man" -- Duchess of Malfi, Act 2, Sc. 1 -- Ferdinand vilifies the Duchess and her unseen "Lover" -- Duchess of Malfi, Act 3, Sc. 2 -- Ferdinand, the Duchess dead, condemns the murder he enjoined -- Duchess of Malfi, Act 4, Sc. 2 -- Bosola repents after the Duchess's murder -- Duchess of Malfi, Act 4, Sc. 2 -- Giovanni, disputing with the Friar, argues for the propriety of his incestuous love -- 'Tis pity she's a whore, Act 1, Sc. 1 -- Giovanni, to prevent Annabella's marriage, makes a pact with her for her murder -- 'Tis pity she's a whore, Act 5, Sc. 5 -- Giovanni brings to his sister's wedding feat her heart on his sword -- 'Tis pity she's a whore, Act 5, Sc. 6

XVII century French/Spanish -- Rodrigue importunes Chimene to kill him for having taken revenge against her father -- cid, -- Rodrigue bids farewell to Chimene before combat -- cid, -- Nero recounts his falling in love with Julia -- Brittanicus, -- Hippolytus confesses his long-concealed love for Aricia -- Phaedra, -- Theramenes reports the gruesome death of Hippolytus -- Phaedra, -- Genesius, rehearsing the part of a martyr, wins Christ -- Acting is believing, -- Segismund, after lifelong captivity, yearns to know freedom -- Life is a dream, -- Segismund, embracing life as a dream, ruminates on its final value -- Life is a dream,

Restoration -- Essex, abject, begs the Queen for return to favor until she leaves with no reply -- unhappy favorite, or The Earl of Essex, Act 2, Sc. 1 -- Essex importunes Southampton to plead his cause to the Queen -- unhappy favorite, or The Earl of Essex, Act 2, Sc. 1 -- Essex, in anguish, despairs of rising again to favor -- unhappy favorite, or, The Earl of Essex, Act 3, Sc. 1 -- Essex, enraged beyond control, lashes out at the Queen for her ingratitude -- unhappy favorite, or, The Earl of Essex, Act 3, Sc. 1 -- black prince Oroonoko, enslaved by the English planters in Surinam, scorns them and their Christianity -- Thomas Southerne, -- Oroonoko, Act 1, Sc. 2 -- XVIII century English/German -- Barnwell executes a murder against his will -- London merchant, Act 3, Sc. 3 -- Barnwell suffers agonies of remorse after murdering his uncle -- London merchant, Act 3, Sc. 7 -- Spiegelberg, after a fool exploit with students, promotes plan for an "immortal" exploit -- robbers,

Franz contemplates plans for betrayal and murder of father and brother -- robbers, -- Spielelberg exhorts students to become a robber band -- robbers, -- Karl returns the captive priest to townsmen with message: "My holy calling is vengeance" -- robbers, -- Karl, remembering his innocence, yearns : "Make me a child again" -- robbers, -- XIX century English/French -- Manfred contemplates suicide -- Manfred, Act 1, Sc. 2 -- Manfred confesses his guilt and despair -- Manfred, Act 2, Sc. 2 -- Sailor William, legally but not morally guilty, defends himself at his trial before the admiralty -- Black-ey'd Susan, Act 3, Sc. 2 -- Sailor William, condemned, prepares to meet his death -- Black-ey'd Susan, Act 3, Sc. 4

Mordaunt accuses Lady Mabel of "the deepest crime" -- patrician's daughter, Act 3, Sc. 2 -- Robert Brierly, in prison, grieves for the suffering he is causing his faithful wife May -- ticket-of-leave man, Act 4 -- Aubrey Tanqueray alerts his friends : his new wife may not meet with their set's approval -- second Mrs. Tanqueray, Act 1 -- Lorenzaccio deliberates : "Am I Satan?" -- Lorenzaccio, -- Lorenzaccio rehearses his procedure for murdering Alessandro -- Lorenzaccio, -- Comedy -- Greek -- Trigaeus, on his way to Heaven, begs his mounted beetle not to notice shit in the world below -- Peace, -- Italian Renaissance -- Callimaco reports on his perfect night with Lucrezia -- Mandragola,

Marca details soberly how he and his companions cheated the landlord out of a banquet -- Il candelaio, -- Sanguino takes private comfort in his parable of how the tricked can become the trickster -- Il candelaio, -- Bernardo explains to his love the virtue of forgetting about honor -- Il candelaio, -- J.R. hale, -- Scaramure wants whores and whoremongers entirely absolved of reproach -- Il candelaio, -- Elizabethan/Jacobean -- Sligut takes note of several passengers crawling out of the Themes after shipwreck -- Eastward Ho!, Act 4, Sc. 1 -- Mosca ejects Volpone's would-be heirs -- Volpone, Act 5, Sc. 1 -- Novice Ralph inspires bumbling men to battle and glory -- knight of the burning pestle, Act 5, Sc. 2 -- Ralph, with a forked arrow through his head, recites his dying speech -- knight of the burning pestle, Act 5, Sc. 3 -- Restoration -- Bayes the poet explains his strategy for making plays -- rehearsal, Act 1. Sc. 1 -- Bayes seeks advice on presenting his prologue -- rehearsal, Act 1, Sc. 2

Rhodophil laments the misfortune of marriage, and plans consolation with a yet-to-be-won mistress -- Marriage-a-la-mode, Act 1, Sc. 1 -- Rholdophil resolves that he and Doralice must forever suffer the misfortune of their marriage -- Marriage-a-la-mode, Act 3, Sc. 1 -- Horner explains to his doctor the advantages of pretending to be a eunuch -- country wife, Act 1 -- Ramble declares a "new order of nature" for true wits and against fools -- country wit, Act 2 -- Sir Fopling Flutter displays on his person the French mode -- man of mode, Act 3, Sc. 1 -- Whittmore, under instructions from Lucia, must "feign a courtship" to Isabella -- Sir patient fancy, Act 2, Sc. 1 -- Petro demonstrates how the body can tell a tale and pick a pocket, with small aid from words or sense -- feign'd courtesan, Act 2, Sc. 1 -- Belfont Senior, the "swinish" rustic son of a brutish father, embraces London's low life -- squire of Alsatia, Act 1, Sc. 1 -- Sosia, playing two parts, rehearses the news he is bringing to Alcmene -- Amphitryon, Act 2, Sc. 1

Mellefont recounts how Lady Touchwood invaded his bedchamber and wooed with fury -- double dealer, Act 1, Sc. 3 -- Maskwell strengthens Mellefont's confidence in his loyalty by confidently confessing his treachery -- double dealer, Act 2, Sc. 7 -- Maskwell, self-congratulating, apostrophizes treachery and double dealing -- double dealer, Act 2, Sc. 2 -- valet Jeremy is horrified at his master's plant turn playwright -- Love for love, Act 1, Sc. 1 -- Loveless, impoverished by riot, remains thoroughly well disposed toward pleasure -- Love's last shift, Act 1, Sc. 1 -- Loveless embraces love of virtue together with bliss, and fulsomely repents -- Love's last shift, Act 5, Sc. 2 -- Sir Novelty Fashion demonstrates how he merits his name -- Love's last shift, Act 2, Sc. 1 -- Lord Foppington favors a lady with an account of his day -- relapse, Act 2, Sc. 2 -- Loveless is disquieted by the logic of his wavering marital affections -- relapse, Act 3, Sc. 1 -- Lord Foppington, in the epilogue, condemns the author -- relapse, Epilogue -- Fainall dismisses wives, marriage, cuckoldry and jealously -- way of the world, Act 3, Sc. 3

Mirabel offers his conditions for marriage to Millimant -- way of the world, Act 4, Sc. 1 -- Beaumine commiserates with and warns Phillabell, who is in danger of marriage -- Love is a loss, Act 1, Sc. 2 -- Beaumine, while chastising Lesbia, pretends to talk himself into an immediate proposal of marriage -- Love at a loss, Act 3, Sc. 1 -- XVII century French -- Tartuffe attempts to seduce Elmire, the wife of his patron -- Don Juan, -- G. Graveley -- Sganarelle reveals the true nature of his master Don Juan -- Don Juan, -- Don Juan explains his contempt for the idea of fidelity -- Don Juan, -- Don Juan explains his devotion to "the fashionable vice," hypocrisy -- Don Juan,

Alceste, condemning Celimene's falseness, also confesses his love -- misanthrope, -- Arlecchino's account of his trip to the Moon -- Arlecchino's heroic attempt to commit suicide -- XVIII century English -- Young Bookwit, newly arrived in London prepares to put into practice his scrupulous study of women -- lying lover, -- Captain Clerimont, disguised as a painter, offers a young lady her choice of compelling attitudes for her portrait -- tender husband, -- Bevil Jr., constrained but courteous, counters his father's choice of wife for him -- conscious lovers, -- Sharp implores his destitute master to marry -- lying valet, -- Puff reveals the secrets of his craft -- critic, -- XIX/XX century German/Scandinavian/English -- Leonce contemplates with cheer love, emptiness, and boredom -- Leonce and Lena, -- Leonce contemplates with cheer love, emptiness, and boredom -- Leonce and Lena,

Valerio returns to court with two "mechanisms :" Leonce and Lena -- Leonce and Lena, -- Peer Gynt drives his dying mother to Heaven -- Peer Gynt, -- Wm. Archer, -- Tanner, exhorting Ann to assert her independence, puts his own in jeopardy -- Man and superman, Act 3 -- Glossary of Greek and Roman names.

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