◆
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
To be, or not to be
Hamlet · The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark · Act 3, Scene 1 · 35 lines
Opens: “To be, or not to be: that is the question”
O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I
Hamlet · The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark · Act 2, Scene 2 · 60 lines
Opens: “Ay, so, God be wi' ye! Now I am alone”
O, that this too too solid flesh would melt
Hamlet · The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark · Act 1, Scene 2 · 31 lines
Opens: “O, that this too too solid flesh would melt”
How all occasions do inform against me
Hamlet · The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark · Act 4, Scene 4 · 36 lines
Opens: “I'll be with you straight. Go a little before”
Speak the speech (advice to the players)
Hamlet · The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark · Act 3, Scene 2 · 13 lines
Opens: “Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced”
O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown
Ophelia · The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark · Act 3, Scene 1 · 12 lines
Opens: “O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown!”
There is a willow grows aslant a brook
Queen Gertrude · The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark · Act 4, Scene 7 · 18 lines
Opens: “There is a willow grows aslant a brook”
O, my offence is rank
King Claudius · The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark · Act 3, Scene 3 · 38 lines
Opens: “Thanks, dear my lord”
And I, of ladies most deject and wretched
Ophelia · The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark · Act 3, Scene 1 · 12 lines
Opens: “O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown!”
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Is this a dagger which I see before me
Macbeth · The Tragedy of Macbeth · Act 2, Scene 1 · 34 lines
Opens: “Go bid thy mistress, when my drink is ready”
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
Macbeth · The Tragedy of Macbeth · Act 5, Scene 5 · 13 lines
Opens: “She should have died hereafter”
The raven himself is hoarse
Lady Macbeth · The Tragedy of Macbeth · Act 1, Scene 5 · 24 lines
Opens: “Give him tending”
If it were done when 'tis done
Macbeth · The Tragedy of Macbeth · Act 1, Scene 7 · 29 lines
Opens: “If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well”
Out, damned spot
Lady Macbeth · The Tragedy of Macbeth · Act 5, Scene 1 · 6 lines
Opens: “Out, damned spot! out, I say! One: two”
They have tied me to a stake
Macbeth · The Tragedy of Macbeth · Act 5, Scene 7 · 4 lines
Opens: “They have tied me to a stake; I cannot fly”
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
But soft, what light through yonder window breaks
Romeo · The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet · Act 2, Scene 2 · 25 lines
Opens: “He jests at scars that never felt a wound”
Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds
Juliet · The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet · Act 3, Scene 2 · 35 lines
Opens: “Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds”
O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo
Juliet · The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet · Act 2, Scene 2 · 4 lines
Opens: “O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?”
Queen Mab
Mercutio · The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet · Act 1, Scene 4 · 43 lines
Opens: “O, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you”
Two households, both alike in dignity
Chorus · The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet · Prologue · 14 lines
Opens: “Two households, both alike in dignity”
Faith, I can tell her age unto an hour
Nurse to Juliet · The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet · Act 1, Scene 3 · 1 lines
Opens: “Faith, I can tell her age unto an hour”
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
Friends, Romans, countrymen
Mark Antony · The Tragedy of Julius Caesar · Act 3, Scene 2 · 35 lines
Opens: “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears”
Romans, countrymen, and lovers
Marcus Brutus · The Tragedy of Julius Caesar · Act 3, Scene 2 · 21 lines
Opens: “Be patient till the last”
O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth
Mark Antony · The Tragedy of Julius Caesar · Act 3, Scene 1 · 23 lines
Opens: “O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth”
It must be by his death
Marcus Brutus · The Tragedy of Julius Caesar · Act 2, Scene 1 · 25 lines
Opens: “It must be by his death: and, for my part”
I grant I am a woman
Portia · The Tragedy of Julius Caesar · Act 2, Scene 1 · 12 lines
Opens: “If this were true, then should I know this secret”
The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice
Most potent, grave, and reverend signiors
Othello · The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice · Act 1, Scene 3 · 19 lines
Opens: “Most potent, grave, and reverend signiors”
And what's he then that says I play the villain
Iago · The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice · Act 2, Scene 3 · 28 lines
Opens: “And what's he then that says I play the villain?”
But I do think it is their husbands' faults
Emilia · The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice · Act 4, Scene 3 · 20 lines
Opens: “Yes, a dozen; and as many to the vantage as”
Soft you, a word or two before you go
Othello · The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice · Act 5, Scene 2 · 19 lines
Opens: “Soft you; a word or two before you go”
That I did love the Moor to live with him
Desdemona · The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice · Act 1, Scene 3 · 12 lines
Opens: “That I did love the Moor to live with him”
A Midsummer Night's Dream
I know a bank where the wild thyme blows
Oberon · A Midsummer Night's Dream · Act 2, Scene 1 · 20 lines
Opens: “I pray thee, give it me”
If we shadows have offended
Robin Goodfellow · A Midsummer Night's Dream · Act 5, Prologue · 16 lines
Opens: “If we shadows have offended”
How happy some o'er other some can be
Helena · A Midsummer Night's Dream · Act 1, Scene 1 · 26 lines
Opens: “How happy some o’er other some can be!”
Over hill, over dale
A Fairy · A Midsummer Night's Dream · Act 2, Scene 1 · 16 lines
Opens: “Over hill, over dale”
These are the forgeries of jealousy
Titania · A Midsummer Night's Dream · Act 2, Scene 1 · 37 lines
Opens: “These are the forgeries of jealousy”
Puppet? why so?
Hermia · A Midsummer Night's Dream · Act 3, Scene 2 · 10 lines
Opens: “Puppet? why so? ay, that way goes the game”
Shakespeare the way it was meant to be had — out loud
These plays were written to be performed, not silently read. Yorick is a
rehearsal app that lets you perform them: you take a part in any of Shakespeare’s
38 plays, and Yorick reads every other role aloud, listens while you speak your
lines, keeps your place, and prompts you the moment you dry.
It is built for the person who has to be off book by tech week — school and
college productions, community theatre, festivals, drama students and classical
auditions — and for anyone who wants to hear a scene rather than skim it.
Alongside the performance you get a plain-English translation of every speech,
scene context, performance notes, and the ability to ask about any line and get
an answer that already knows the play, the scene and who is speaking.
The text is the public-domain Cambridge/Globe edition. Translations and notes
are AI-generated rehearsal aids for actors and students, not a scholarly
apparatus. Yorick runs in a browser with nothing to install, and on iPhone and
Android.
◆
Text: Cambridge/Globe edition, via Project Gutenberg (public domain).
© 2026 Beautiful Cabin Crew LLC · yorickplays.com