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Claudio Monologues

Claudio is a character from Measure for Measure. Browse 4 curated audition pieces featuring Claudio, spanning comedy-drama, classical. Each scene includes Director's Notes with performance guidance, character analysis, and a downloadable PDF.

4 audition pieces available · Comedy-Drama, Classical

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duologue

3 min

Isabella and Claudio: Save a Head to Cleave

Measure for Measure

by William Shakespeare

Isabella visits her brother Claudio in prison to inform him of the corrupt Judge Angelo's proposition: he will spare Claudio's life only if Isabella surrenders her virginity to him. The siblings grapple with the choice between physical life and moral honor.

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monologue

1 min

Claudio: Unhappily, Even So

Measure for Measure

by William Shakespeare

Claudio laments his arrest under a long-dormant law, questioning whether his punishment is due to the nature of authority itself or the new governor's desire to assert power.

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duologue

2 min

Claudio and Lucio: One Word, Good Friend

Measure for Measure

by William Shakespeare

Claudio has been arrested for getting Julietta pregnant out of wedlock under a long-dormant law. He asks his friend Lucio to find his sister, Isabella, and beg her to intercede with the strict new deputy, Angelo.

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monologue

1.5 min

Claudio's Fear of Death

Measure for Measure

by William Shakespeare

Act III, Scene 1. Claudio expresses his visceral and overwhelming terror of death to his sister, Isabella. He vividly imagines the physical decay of the body and the potential spiritual torments of the afterlife, concluding that even the most miserable life is preferable to the unknown horrors of the grave.

Claudio appears in

Measure for Measure

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