| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.558 | Had he the motive and the cue for passion | Had he the Motiue and the Cue for passion |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.121 | ripe. Now we speak upon our cue, and our voice is | ripe. Now wee speake vpon our Q. and our voyce is |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.134 | My cue is villainous melancholy, with a sigh like Tom | my Cue is villanous Melancholly, with a sighe like Tom |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.41 | The clock gives me my cue, and my assurance bids me | The clocke giues me my Qu, and my assurance bids me |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.35 | Mistress Page, remember you your cue. | Mistris Page, remember you your Qu. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.69 | into that brake; and so everyone according to his cue. | into that Brake, and so euery one according to his cue. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.94 | cue is past. It is ‘ never tire.’ | cue is past; it is neuer tyre. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.199 | When my cue comes, call me, and I will answer. | When my cue comes, call me, and I will answer. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.182 | Thisbe's cue. She is to enter now, and I am to spy her | Thisbies cue; she is to enter, and I am to spy / Her |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.281 | Speak, Count, 'tis your cue. | Speake Count, tis your Qu. |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.83 | Were it my cue to fight, I should have known it | Were it my Cue to fight, I should haue knowne it |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.26 | Had you not come upon your cue, my lord, | Had you not come vpon your Q my Lord, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.94.1 | And mark your cue. | and marke your Cue; |