Hot-headed Capulet kinsman who hates all Montagues. His violent temper fuels the tragedy.

Who they are

Tybalt is the prince of cats—a duelist who lives by his sword and his honor. He provokes the initial street fight, threatens Romeo at the Capulet ball, and kills Mercutio in a rage. His relentless enmity forces Romeo into revenge, leading to his own death and the play’s tragic spiral. He never wavers or learns; he is pure, combustible choler.

Playing them

Play Tybalt with coiled, feline energy—proud, touchy, quick to escalate. Vocal tone should be sharp and sneering, with a volatile range from cool menace to explosive fury. Physicality: light, precise, restless—always ready to draw. The Prince of Cats moves like a predator, with stillness before the strike.

Where they appear

Act 1, Scene 1 2 speeches
Act 1, Scene 5 6 speeches
Act 3, Scene 1 9 speeches

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.