<p>So, when colleges ask for a classic monologue or a Shakespearean one, does the choice of prose or verse matter much? Because I’ve found two monologues that really work well for me, Benedick.amd Trinculo, however they are both in prose.</p>
<p>If they wanted a verse monologue, they would specifically say so.</p>
<p>Since they haven’t SPECIFICALLY said they want verse, then prose is perfectly okay (as long as it is still classical).</p>
<p>I hope you have read my opinions (which many people here insist are wrong) that it is a better idea to choose an author other than Shakespeare for your classical.</p>
<p>KEVP</p>
<p>classical monologues help them get a feel for how you speak heightened language…
so either prose or verse can work.
i always will er towards verse however. i know that most of the time in real life auditioning verse is preferred so if you can i’d advise to go with the same thing if you can find an option that works well…and prose can actually often be deceptively harder to do well than verse cause the “generic” structure of verse isn’t there to help you. i’ve also found that verse is 100 times easier to memorize. as a person who consistently blanks at auditions, verse has proven to be ten times easier than prose to remember and get back into.</p>