6. LIST OF PIECES DONE TOO OFTEN

SIMON DUNMORE'S LIST OF SHAKESPEARE PIECES

MALE
Aaron (Titus Andronicus)
Angelo (Measure for Measure)
Benedick (Much Ado About Nothing)
Bottom (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Brutus (Julius Caesar)
Cassius (Julius Caesar)
Chorus (Henry V) - The opening speech, "O for a
muse of fire..."
Clarence (Richard III)
Edgar (King Lear)
Edmund (King Lear)
Egeus (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Hamlet (Hamlet)
Hotspur (Henry IV, part 1)
Iago (Othello)
Lancelot Gobbo (The Merchant of Venice)
Launce (The Two Gentlemen of Verona)
Macbeth (Macbeth)
Malvolio (Twelfth Night)
Mark Antony (Julius Caesar)
Marullus (Julius Caesar)
Mercutio (Romeo And Juliet)
Oberon (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Orsino (Twelfth Night)
Othello (Othello)
Petruchio (The Taming Of The Shrew)
Philip the Bastard (King John)
Prince Hal, later Henry V (Henry IV, parts 1 & 2 and Henry V)
Puck (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Richard II (Richard II)
Richard III (Richard III)
Romeo (Romeo and Juliet)
Shylock (The Merchant of Venice)
Trinculo (The Tempest) - "Here's neither bush nor shrub..." (Act 2, Scene 2)

He has cited specific scenes/speeches against a character, when there is material elsewhere for that character which doesn't tend to be used.

DONE TOO OFTEN IN AUDITIONS

 FEMALE
Adriana (The Comedy of Errors)
Beatrice (Much Ado about Nothing)
Constance (King John)
Emilia (Othello) - the "Yes, a dozen..." speech (Act 4, Scene 3)
Gertrude (Hamlet)
Goneril (King Lear)
Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Helena (All's Well That End's Well)
Hermia (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Hermione (The Winter's Tale)
Imogen (Cymbeline)
Isabella (Measure For Measure)
Joan la Pucelle (Henry VI, part 1)
Julia (The Two Gentlemen of Verona)
Juliet (Romeo And Juliet)
Katherine (The Taming Of The Shrew)
Lady Anne (Richard III) - the funeral scene speeches (Act 1, Scene 2)
Lady Macbeth (Macbeth)
Lady Percy (Henry IV, part 2)
Luciana (The Comedy Of Errors)
Marina (Pericles)
Olivia (Twelfth Night)
Phoebe (As You Like It)
Portia (Julius Caesar)
Portia (The Merchant Of Venice)
Puck (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Queen Katherine (Henry VIII) - the court speeches (Act 2, Scene 4)
Queen Margaret (Henry VI, parts 1, 2 & 3)
Rosalind (As You Like It)
The Jailer's Daughter (The Two Noble Kinsmen)
The Nurse (Romeo And Juliet)
Titania (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Viola (Twelfth Night)

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