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"Know anything about Shakespeare?"

I don't like having to ask as much as you won't like to have to read, but...

After spending countless months saying that I'm not going to university and that I'm going to enjoy a gap-year, I've got an a uni audition through clearing.

Situation: It's this Friday, and I have NOTHING prepared.

Aswell as having a regular monolgue memorised I'd probably profit from having a bit of Shakespeare, too. So... Does anyone know any Shakespeare monologues (preferably comedy rather than tragedy) for a young man (me) to play, and where can I find it (I don't own any Shakespeare)?

Cheers.

He wrote plays and stuff.

ahahahahah you know nothing about Shakespeare at all but you want to use some to try and get into a uni?

Good luck to you mate...

what uni are you aiming for?

Just do the Henry V piece (Once more into the breach dear friends, once more, etc.). Not comedy, but it's a good one.

I know a little abotu Shakespear.

He was English, was born a long time ago, died a long time ago, but not as long ago as he was born.

He wrote plays, but stopped when Blackadder told him he was rubbish and forgot to take his biro, thus he was credited with the invention of the ballpoint pen.
However, Blackadder fixed this and he continued to write plays, becoming famous for it.

That's pretty much all I know.

I'm sure Bottom must have a good monologue and you'd definetly fit the part...hur hur

Othello's monologue on why he and Desdemona are together to the Venetian senate is quite good.

If music be the food of love, play on. Give me excess of it... etc. Not funny, but just about the only Shakespeare monologue I can remember.

[URL]http://shakespeare.clearview.ab.ca/comedy[/URL]

Cheers, I'm checking out Panda's link now, and giving a good look at "Much Ado About Nothing".