Alternative Shakespeare Auditions for Women

Simon Dunmore was a freelance theatre director, writer and acting teacher with over 30 years' experience of employing actors. He was a director in both the drama school sector and the professional arena, having been involved with Coventry's Belgrade Theatre and Mountview Theatre School, along with many of the UK's other leading drama schools.

• Introduction Female Characters and Speeches Too Often Used for Audition Shakespeare - the Actors' Writer The Lives and Times of Shakespeare's People Auditioning Shakespeare The Speeches: -Countess from All's Well that Ends Well (Act 1 Sc. 3) - Diana from All's Well that Ends Well (Act 4, Sc. 2) -Cleopatra from Antony and Cleopatra (Act 1, Sc. 3) - Cleopatra from Anthony and Cleopatra (Act 1, Sc. 5) -Courtesan from The Comedy of Errors (Act 4, Sc. 3) -Abbess from The Comedy of Errors (Act 5, Sc. 1) -Volumnia from Coriolanus (Act 1, Sc. 3) -Valeria from Coriolanus (Act 1, Sc. 3) -Queen from Cymbeline (Act 1, Sc. 3) -Doll Tearsheet frmo Henry IV, part 2 (Act 2, Sc. 4) -Countess from Henry VI, part 1 (Act 2, Sc. 3) -Duchess of Gloucester from Henry VI, part 2 (Act 1, Sc. 2) -Lady Gray from Henry IV, part 3 (Act 4, Sc. 4) -Anne from Henry VIII (Act 2, Sc. 3) -Queen Katherine from Henry VIII (Act 3, Sc. 1) -Queen Katherine from Henry VIII (Act 4, Sc. 2) -Calphurnia from Julius Caesar (Act 2, Sc. 2) -Cordelia from King Lear (Act 4, Sc. 7) -Mote from Love's Labour's Lost (Act 3, Sc. 1) -Princess from Love's Labour's Lost (Act 5, Sc. 2) -Rosaline from Love's Labour's Lost (Act 5, Sc. 2) -Mariana from Measure for Measure (Act 5, Sc. 1) -Jessica from The Merchant of Venice (Act 2, Sc. 6) -Mistress Ford from The Merry Wives of Windsor (Act 2, Sc. 1) -Mistress Page from The Merry Wives of Windsor (Act 2, Sc. 1) -Mistress Quickly from The Merry Wives of Windsor (Act 5, Sc. 5) -Hero from Much Ado About Nothing (Act 3, Sc. 1) -Dionyza from Pericles (Act 4, Sc. 1) -Dionyza from Pericles (Act 4, Sc. 3) -Duchess of Gloucester from Richard II (Act 1, Sc. 2) -Duchess of Gloucester from Richard II (Act 1, Sc. 2) -Queen Isabel from Richard II (Act 5, Sc. 1) -Duchess of York from Richard II (Act 5, Sc. 2) -Duchess of York, from Richard II (Act 5, Sc. 3) -Queen Elizabeth from Richard III (Act 4, Sc. 4) -Duchess of York from Richard III (Act 4, Sc.4) -Lady Capulet from Romeo and Juliet (Act 1, Sc. 3) -Ariel from The Tempest (Act 1, Sc. 2) -Tamora from Titus Andronicus (Act 1, Sc. 1) -Lavinia from Titus Andronicus (Act 2, Sc. 3) -Tamora from Titus Andronicus (Act 4, Sc. 4) -Cressida from Troilus and Cressida (Act 1, Sc. 2) -Cressida from Troilus and Cressida (Act 3, Sc. 2) -Silvia from The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Act 4, Sc. 3) -Silvia from The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Act 5, Sc. 4) -First Queen from The Two Noble Kinsmen (Act 1, Sc. 1) -Emilia from The Two Noble Kinsmen (Act 1, Sc. 3) -Emilia from The Winter's Tale (Act 2, Sc.2) -Perdita from The Winter's Tale (Act 4, Sc. 4) Bibliography