Monologue Overview
Character
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Late Teen, Young Adult
Style
Comedic
Act/Scene
Act 1, Scene 1
Time & Place
Padua, Italy
Length
Short
Time Period
Classical
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
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Tranio, since for the great desire I had
To see fair Padua, nursery of arts,
I am arrived for fruitful Lombardy,
The pleasant garden of great Italy;
And by my father's love and leave am arm'd
With his good will and thy good company,
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