| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.21 | have play for lack of work. Would for the King's sake he | haue play for lacke of worke. Would for the Kings sake hee |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.55 | I play the noble housewife with the time, | I play the noble huswife with the time, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iii.7 | And fortune play upon thy prosperous helm | And fortune play vpon thy prosperous helme |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iv.24 | Defiles the pitchy night; so lust doth play | Defiles the pitchy night, so lust doth play |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.332 | The King's a beggar, now the play is done. | THe Kings a Begger, now the Play is done, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.78 | Belong to Egypt. Good now, play one scene | Belong to Egypt. Good now, play one Scene |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.96 | I'll play the penitent to you; but mine honesty | Ile play the penitent to you. But mine honesty, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.iii.26 | If thou dost play with him at any game, | If thou dost play with him at any game, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.4 | My arm is sore; best play with Mardian. | My arme is sore, best play with Mardian. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.6 | As with a woman. Come, you'll play with me, sir? | as with a woman. Come you'le play with me Sir? |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.232 | To play till doomsday. – Bring our crown and all. | To play till Doomesday: bring our Crowne, and all. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.318 | I'll mend it, and then play – | Ile mend it, and then play--- |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.140.1 | Wherein we play in. | Wherein we play in. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.288 | and under that habit play the knave with him. – Do you | and vnder that habit play the knaue with him, do you |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iv.54 | I'll prove a busy actor in their play. | Ile proue a busie actor in their play. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.15 | And play the swaggerer. Bear this, bear all. | And play the swaggerer, beare this, beare all: |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.69 | instrument and play false strains upon thee? Not to be | instrument, and play false straines vpon thee? not to be |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.175 | Play, music, and you, brides and bridegrooms all, | Play Musicke, and you Brides and Bride-groomes all, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.199 | true that a good play needs no epilogue. Yet to good | true, that a good play needes no Epilogue. Yet to good |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.203 | insinuate with you in the behalf of a good play? I am | insinuate with you in the behalfe of a good play? I am |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.207 | you bear to men, to like as much of this play as please | you beare to men, to like as much of this Play, as please |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.210 | hates them – that between you and the women the play | hates them) that betweene you, and the women, the play |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.151 | For if we two be one, and thou play false, | For if we two be one, and thou play false, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.221 | Come, sister. – Dromio, play the porter well. | Come sister, Dromio play the Porter well. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.71 | play the idle housewife with me this afternoon. | play the idle Huswife with me this afternoone. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.15 | False to my nature? Rather say I play | False to my Nature? Rather say, I play |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.124 | That play with all infirmities for gold | That play with all Infirmities for Gold, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.3 | Will play the cook and servant, 'tis our match: | Will play the Cooke, and Seruant, 'tis our match: |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.i.6 | fitness comes by fits. Therein I must play the workman, | fitnesse comes by fits: therein I must play the Workman, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.128 | Play judge, and executioner, all himself, | Play Iudge, and Executioner, all himselfe? |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.164 | You and Fidele play the cooks: I'll stay | You and Fidele play the Cookes: Ile stay |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.230 | And do not play in wench-like words with that | And do not play in Wench-like words with that |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.228 | Shall's have a play of this? Thou scornful page, | Shall's haue a play of this? / Thou scornfull Page, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.84 | For they are actions that a man might play. | For they are actions that a man might play: |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.256 | I doubt some foul play. Would the night were come! | I doubt some foule play: would the Night were come; |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.434 | never acted, or if it was, not above once. For the play, I | neuer Acted: or if it was, not aboue once, for the Play I |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.438 | an excellent play, well digested in the scenes, set down | an excellent Play; well digested in the Scoenes, set downe |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.533 | Follow him, friends. We'll hear a play tomorrow. | Follow him Friends: wee'l heare a play to morrow. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.535 | friend? Can you play The Murder of Gonzago? | Friend, can you play the murther of Gonzago? |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.587 | That guilty creatures sitting at a play | that guilty Creatures sitting at a Play, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.593 | Play something like the murder of my father | Play something like the murder of my Father, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.21.1 | This night to play before him. | This night to play before him. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.133 | play the fool nowhere but in's own house. Farewell. | play the Foole no way, but in's owne house. Farewell. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.182 | But if you hold it fit, after the play | But if you hold it fit after the Play, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.28 | of others. O, there be players that I have seen play, and | of Others. Oh, there bee Players that I haue seene Play, and |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.37 | O, reform it altogether! And let those that play | O reforme it altogether. And let those that play |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.41 | in the meantime some necessary question of the play be | in the meane time, some necessary Question of the Play be |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.47 | play; as thus, ‘ Cannot you stay till I eat my porridge?’, | |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.85 | There is a play tonight before the King. | There is a Play to night before the King, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.98 | If 'a steal aught the whilst this play is playing, | If he steale ought the whil'st this Play is Playing, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.100 | They are coming to the play. I must be idle. Get | They are comming to the Play: I must be idle. Get |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.145.1 | The trumpets sound | Hoboyes play. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.149 | play. | Play? |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.157 | play | Play. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.239 | Madam, how like you this play? | Madam, how like you this Play? |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.246 | What do you call the play? | What do you call the Play? |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.248 | play is the image of a murder done in Vienna. Gonzago | Play is the Image of a murder done in Vienna: Gonzago |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.277 | Give o'er the play. | Giue o're the Play. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.281 | The hart ungalled play. | The Hart vngalled play: |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.358 | I do not well understand that. Will you play | I do not well vnderstand that. Will you play |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.372 | make of me! You would play upon me. You would seem | make of me: you would play vpon mee; you would seeme |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.379 | though you can fret me, you cannot play upon me. | though you can fret me, you cannot play vpon me. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.104 | Your sudden coming o'er to play with you. | Your sodaine comming ore to play with him; |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.91 | to play at loggats with them? Mine ache to think on't. | to play at Loggets with 'em? mine ake to thinke on't. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.31 | They had begun the play. I sat me down, | They had begun the Play. I sate me downe, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.194 | to play with Laertes, or that you will take longer time. | |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.201 | to Laertes before you fall to play. | |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.247 | And will this brothers' wager frankly play. | And will this Brothers wager frankely play. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.261.1 | They prepare to play | Prepare to play. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.274 | They play | They play. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.278 | I'll play this bout first; set it by awhile. | Ile play this bout first, set by a-while. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.279 | They play | |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.295 | They play | Play. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.95 | To play with mammets, and to tilt with lips. | To play with Mammets, and to tilt with lips. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.16 | they cry ‘ Hem!’ and bid you ‘ Play it off!’ To conclude, | then they cry hem, and bid you play it off. To conclude, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.46 | valiant as to play the coward with thy indenture, and | valiant, as to play the coward with thy Indenture, & |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.107 | trifle.’ I prithee call in Falstaff. I'll play Percy, and that | trifle. I prethee call in Falstaffe, Ile play Percy,and that |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.108 | damned brawn shall play Dame Mortimer his wife. | damn'd Brawne shall play Dame Mortimer his wife. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.273 | merry? Shall we have a play extempore? | merry? shall we haue a Play extempory. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.423 | for me, and I'll play my father. | for mee, and Ile play my Father. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.469 | Out, ye rogue! Play out the play! I have much | Out you Rogue, play out the Play: I haue much |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.218 | Do so, and those musicians that shall play to you | Doe so: / And those Musitians that shall play to you, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.169 | As ever offered foul play in a state. | As euer offered foule play in a State. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.4 | Doth play the trumpet to his purposes, | Doth play the Trumpet to his purposes, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.75 | no boy's play here, I can tell you. | no Boyes play heere, I can tell you. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 induction.20 | Can play upon it. But what need I thus | Can play vpon it. But what neede I thus |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.135 | Well, thus we play the fools with the | Well, thus we play the Fooles with the |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.126 | an you play the saucy cuttle with me. Away, you bottle-ale | if you play the sawcie Cuttle with me. Away you Bottle-Ale |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.222 | Let them play. Play, sirs! | Let them play: play Sirs. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 epilogue.9 | play, to pray your patience for it, and to promise you a | Play, to pray your Patience for it, and to promise you a |
| Henry V | H5 I.chorus.34 | Gently to hear, kindly to judge, our play. | Gently to heare, kindly to iudge our Play. |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.263 | We will in France, by God's grace, play a set | We will in France (by Gods grace) play a set, |
| Henry V | H5 II.chorus.32 | Th' abuse of distance, force a play. | Th' abuse of distance; force a play: |
| Henry V | H5 II.chorus.40 | We'll not offend one stomach with our play. | Wee'l not offend one stomacke with our Play. |
| Henry V | H5 II.iii.14 | the sheets, and play with flowers, and smile upon his | the Sheets, and play with Flowers, and smile vpon his |
| Henry V | H5 III.chorus.7 | Play with your fancies, and in them behold | Play with your Fancies: and in them behold, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.109 | for when lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the | for when Leuitie and Crueltie play for a Kingdome, the |
| Henry V | H5 IV.chorus.19 | Do the low-rated English play at dice, | Doe the low-rated English play at Dice; |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iv.69 | more valour than this roaring devil i'th' old play, that | more valour, then this roaring diuell i'th olde play, that |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.108 | But in plain shock and even play of battle, | But in plaine shock, and euen play of Battaile, |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.76 | Doth Fortune play the housewife with me now? | Doeth fortune play the huswife with me now? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.96 | Play on the lute, beholding the towns burn. | Play on the Lute, beholding the Townes burne: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.175 | Prettily, methought, did play the orator. | Prettily (me thought) did play the Orator.) |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.67 | To play my part in Fortune's pageant. | To play my part in Fortunes Pageant. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.151 | But mine is made the prologue to their play; | But mine is made the Prologue to their Play: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.164 | What, wilt thou on thy deathbed play the ruffian, | What wilt thou on thy death-bed play the Ruffian? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.2 | No, I can better play the orator. | No, I can better play the Orator. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.188 | I'll play the orator as well as Nestor, | Ile play the Orator as well as Nestor, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.63 | To play the broker in mine own behalf; | To play the Broker in mine owne behalfe; |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.106 | Belike she minds to play the Amazon. | Belike she minds to play the Amazon. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.77 | That I should snarl and bite and play the dog. | That I should snarle, and bite, and play the dogge: |
| Henry VIII | H8 prologue.11 | The play may pass, if they be still, and willing, | The Play may passe: If they be still, and willing, |
| Henry VIII | H8 prologue.14 | That come to hear a merry, bawdy play, | That come to heare a Merry, Bawdy Play, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iii.45 | A long time out of play, may bring his plainsong, | A long time out of play, may bring his plaine song, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.46.2 | Yes, if I make my play. | Yes, if I make my play: |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.9 | Everything that heard him play, | Euery thing that heard him play, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.430 | Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. | (Out of thy honest truth) to play the Woman. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.36 | Tied all the kingdom. Simony was fair play; | Ty'de all the Kingdome. Symonie, was faire play, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.78 | Cause the musicians play me that sad note | Cause the Musitians play me that sad note |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.56 | Charles, I will play no more tonight. | Charles, I will play no more to night, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.60 | Nor shall not, when my fancy's on my play. | Nor shall not when my Fancies on my play. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.126 | To me you cannot reach. You play the spaniel, | To me you cannot reach. You play the Spaniell, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.85 | A Marshalsea shall hold ye play these two months. | A Marshallsey, shall hold ye play these two Monthes. |
| Henry VIII | H8 epilogue.1 | 'Tis ten to one this play can never please | Tis ten to one, this Play can neuer please |
| Henry VIII | H8 epilogue.9 | For this play at this time is only in | For this Play at this time, is onely in |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.50 | And bid the lords hold on their play at chess, | And bid the Lords hold on their play at Chesse, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.117 | Play, spend, give, riot, waste, do what thou wilt, | Play, spend, giue, ryot, wast, do what thou wilt, |
| King John | KJ I.i.118 | And if she did play false, the fault was hers – | And if she did play false, the fault was hers, |
| King John | KJ II.i.135 | One that will play the devil, sir, with you, | One that wil play the deuill sir with you, |
| King John | KJ II.i.307 | And victory with little loss doth play | And victorie with little losse doth play |
| King John | KJ II.i.385 | I'd play incessantly upon these jades, | I'de play incessantly vpon these Iades, |
| King John | KJ III.i.242 | Play fast and loose with faith? So jest with heaven, | Play fast and loose with faith? so iest with heauen, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.93 | It is apparent foul play; and 'tis shame | It is apparant foule-play, and 'tis shame |
| King John | KJ V.ii.118 | According to the fair play of the world, | According to the faire-play of the world, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.173 | That such a king should play bo-peep | That such a King should play bo-peepe, |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.31 | You are my guests. Do me no foul play, friends. | you are my Ghests: / Do me no foule play, Friends. |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.38 | Bad is the trade that must play fool to sorrow, | Bad is the Trade that must play Foole to sorrow, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.74 | That aged ears play truant at his tales | That aged eares play treuant at his tales, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.8 | That we must stand and play the murderer in? | That we must stand and play the murtherer in? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.92 | And he from forage will incline to play. | And he from forrage will incline to play. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.76 | All hid, all hid – an old infant play. | All hid, all hid, an old infant play, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.167 | And Nestor play at push-pin with the boys, | And Nestor play at push-pin with the boyes, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.136 | I will play three myself. | I will play three my selfe. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.146 | I'll make one in a dance, or so; or I will play on | Ile make one in a dance, or so: or I will play on |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.211 | Play music then! Nay, you must do it soon. | Play musicke then: nay you must doe it soone. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.235 | Since you can cog, I'll play no more with you. | since you can cogg, / Ile play no more with you. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.672 | Faith, unless you play the honest Trojan, the | Faith vnlesse you play the honest Troyan, the |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.751 | Played foul play with our oaths. Your beauty, ladies, | Plaid foule play with our oaths: your beautie Ladies |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.863 | Our wooing doth not end like an old play; | Our woing doth not end like an old Play: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.867.2 | That's too long for a play. | That's too long for a play. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.19 | That wouldst thou holily, wouldst not play false, | That would'st thou holily: would'st not play false, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.4 | And play the humble host. | And play the humble Host: |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.229 | O, I could play the woman with mine eyes | O I could play the woman with mine eyes, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.40 | Why should I play the Roman fool and die | Why should I play the Roman Foole, and dye |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.184 | When she will play with reason and discourse, | When she will play with reason, and discourse, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.33 | Tongue far from heart, play with all virgins so. | Tongue, far from heart: play with all Virgins so: |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.24 | So play the foolish throngs with one that swoons, | So play the foolish throngs with one that swounds, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.186 | play the tyrant. | play the Tirant. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.78 | A stage where every man must play a part, | A stage, where euery man must play a part, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.79.2 | Let me play the fool; | Let me play the foole, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.i.32 | If Hercules and Lichas play at dice | If Hercules and Lychas plaie at dice |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.iii.11 | pagan, most sweet Jew! If a Christian did not play | Pagan, most sweete Iew, if a Christian doe not play |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.23 | When you shall please to play the thieves for wives, | When you shall please to play the theeues for wiues |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.47 | For the close night doth play the runaway, | For the close night doth play the run-away, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.213 | We'll play with them, the first boy for a thousand | Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.40 | How every fool can play upon the word! I think | How euerie foole can play vpon the word, I thinke |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.74 | Why, if two gods should play some heavenly match | Why, if two gods should play some heauenly match, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.69 | Music | Play musicke. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.i.12 | No. Master Slender is let the boys leave to play. | No: Master Slender is let the Boyes leaue to play. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.i.74 | ways and play. Go. | waies and play, go. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.5 | thought fit through all Athens to play in our interlude | thought fit through all Athens, to play in our Enterlude |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.8 | First, good Peter Quince, say what the play treats | First, good Peter Quince, say what the play treats |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.11 | Marry, our play is The most lamentable comedy | Marry our play is the most lamentable Comedy, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.25 | rest. – Yet my chief humour is for a tyrant. I could play | rest yet, my chiefe humour is for a tyrant. I could play |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.43 | Nay, faith, let not me play a woman – I have a | Nay faith, let not mee play a woman, I haue a |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.45 | That's all one: you shall play it in a mask, and | That's all one, you shall play it in a Maske, and |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.47 | An I may hide my face, let me play Thisbe too. | And I may hide my face, let me play Thisbie too: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.51 | No, no; you must play Pyramus; and Flute, you | No no, you must play Pyramus, and Flute, you |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.56 | Robin Starveling, you must play Thisbe's | Robin Starueling, you must play Thisbies |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.61 | a play fitted. | a play fitted. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.66 | Let me play the lion too. I will roar that I will | Let mee play the Lyon too, I will roare that I will |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.79 | You can play no part but Pyramus; for Pyramus | You can play no part but Piramus, for Piramus |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.82 | you must needs play Pyramus. | you must needs play Piramus. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.84 | best to play it in? | best to play it in? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.91 | and then you will play bare-faced! But, masters, here | and then you will play bare-fac'd. But masters here |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.98 | such as our play wants. I pray you, fail me not. | such as our play wants. I pray you faile me not. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.46 | Doth the moon shine that night we play our play? | Doth the Moone shine that night wee play our play? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.51 | Great Chamber window – where we play – open, and | great chamber window (where we play) open, and |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.72 | What, a play toward! I'll be an auditor – | What, a Play toward? Ile be an auditor, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.11 | Were met together to rehearse a play | Were met together to rehearse a Play, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.214 | I will sing it in the latter end of a play before the Duke. | I will sing it in the latter end of a play, before the Duke. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.ii.5 | If he come not, then the play is marred. It goes not | If he come not, then the play is mar'd. It goes not |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.ii.34 | part. For the short and the long is, our play is preferred. | part: for the short and the long is, our play is preferred: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.36 | What revels are in hand? Is there no play | What Reuels are in hand? Is there no play, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.61 | A play there is, my lord, some ten words long, | A play there is, my Lord, some ten words long, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.62 | Which is as ‘ brief ’ as I have known a play. | Which is as breefe, as I haue knowne a play; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.64 | Which makes it ‘ tedious.’ For in all the play | Which makes it tedious. For in all the play, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.71 | What are they that do play it? | What are they that do play it? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.75 | With this same play against your nuptial. | With this same play, against your nuptiall. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.81.2 | I will hear that play, | I will heare that play. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.307 | and her passion ends the play. | and her passion ends the play. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.346 | No epilogue, I pray you; for your play needs no | No Epilogue, I pray you; for your play needs no |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.357 | This palpable-gross play hath well beguiled | This palpable grosse play hath well beguil'd |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.171 | this with a sad brow? Or do you play the flouting Jack, | this with a sad brow? Or doe you play the flowting iacke, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.47 | When he would play the noble beast in love. | When he would play the noble beast in loue. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.119 | First, of my word; therefore play, music. | First, of my word, therfore play musick. |
| Othello | Oth I.i.133 | I thus would play and trifle with your reverence. | I thus would play and trifle with your Reuerence. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.114 | You rise to play and go to bed to work. | You rise to play, and go to bed to worke. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.171 | to play the sir in. Very good: well kissed, an excellent | to play the Sir, in. Very good: well kiss'd, and excellent |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.326 | And what's he then that says I play the villain, | And what's he then, / That saies I play the Villaine? |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.337 | Even as her appetite shall play the god | Euen as her Appetite shall play the God, |
| Othello | Oth III.i.1 | Masters, play here – I will content your pains – | Masters, play heere, I wil content your paines, |
| Othello | Oth III.i.3.1 | They play | |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.245 | Hark, canst thou hear me? I will play the swan. | Hearke, canst thou heare me? I will play the Swan, |
| Pericles | Per II.i.61 | For them to play upon entreats you pity him. | For them to play vpon, intreates you pittie him: |
| Pericles | Per IV.iii.17 | Unless you play the impious innocent, | vnlesse you play the impious Innocent, |
| Pericles | Per IV.iii.19.1 | ‘ She died by foul play.’ | shee dyde by foule play. |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.48 | By Lady Fortune, while our scene must play | By Lady Fortune, while our Steare must play, |
| Pericles | Per epilogue.V.iii.18 | New joy wait on you! Here our play has ending. | New ioy wayte on you, heere our play has ending. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.84 | Can sick men play so nicely with their names? | Can sicke men pIay so nicely with their names? |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.198 | I play the torturer, by small and small | I play the Torturer, by small and small |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.164 | Or shall we play the wantons with our woes, | Or shall we play the Wantons with our Woes, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.3 | Madam, we'll play at bowls. | Madame, wee'le play at Bowles. |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.31 | Thus play I in one person many people, | Thus play I in one Prison, many people, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.133 | While kites and buzzards prey at liberty. | Whiles Kites and Buzards play at liberty. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.337 | And seem a saint, when most I play the devil. | And seeme a Saint, when most I play the deuill. |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.94 | Doubt not, my lord, I'll play the orator | Doubt not, my Lord, Ile play the Orator, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.50 | Play the maid's part: still answer nay, and take it. | Play the Maids part, still answer nay, and take it. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.8 | Ah, Buckingham, now do I play the touch, | Ah Buckingham, now doe I play the Touch, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.68 | And the beholders of this frantic play, | And the beholders of this franticke play, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.222 | Under our tents I'll play the eavesdropper, | Vnder our Tents Ile play the Ease-dropper, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.26 | You are welcome, gentlemen! Come, musicians, play. | You are welcome Gentlemen, come Musitians play: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.177 | Day, night; hour, tide, time; work, play; | Day, night, houre, ride, time, worke, play, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.63 | Shall play the umpire, arbitrating that | Shall play the vmpeere, arbitrating that, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.ii.43 | I'll play the housewife for this once. What, ho! | Ile play the huswife for this once. What ho? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iii.51 | And madly play with my forefathers' joints, | And madly play with my forefathers ioynts? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iv.23 | Music plays | Play Musicke |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.101 | ease ’! O, an you will have me live, play ‘ Heart's ease.’ | ease, / O, and you will haue me liue, play hearts ease. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.104 | heart is full.’ O play me some merry dump to comfort | heart is full. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.106 | Not a dump we! 'Tis no time to play | Not a dump we, 'tis no time to play |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.67 | My lord, I warrant you we will play our part | My Lord I warrant you we wil play our part |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.91 | There is a lord will hear you play tonight; | There is a Lord will heare you play to night; |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.94 | For yet his honour never heard a play – | For yet his honor neuer heard a play) |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.52 | Even as the waving sedges play wi'th' wind. | Euen as the wauing sedges play with winde. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.128 | Are come to play a pleasant comedy; | Are come to play a pleasant Comedie, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.132 | Therefore they thought it good you hear a play | Therefore they thought it good you heare a play, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.135 | Marry, I will. Let them play it. Is not a comonty a | Marrie I will let them play, it is not a Comontie, a |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.141.2 | A flourish of trumpets to announce the play | Flourish. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.246 | My lord, you nod, you do not mind the play. | My Lord you nod, you do not minde the play. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.319 | Faith, gentlemen, now I play a merchant's part, | Faith Gentlemen now I play a marchants part, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.22 | Take you your instrument, play you the whiles – | Take you your instrument, play you the whiles, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.182 | Hark, hark! I hear the minstrels play. | harke, harke, I heare the minstrels play. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.60 | I am undone! While I play the good husband at home, | I am vndone: while I plaie the good husband at home, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.10 | Play the men. | Play the men. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.60 | What foul play had we, that we came from thence? | What fowle play had we, that we came from thence? |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.62 | By foul play, as thou sayst, were we heaved thence, | By fowle-play (as thou saist) were we heau'd thence, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.100 | Swears he will shoot no more, but play with sparrows, | Swears he will shoote no more, but play with Sparrows, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.172.1 | Sweet lord, you play me false. | Sweet Lord, you play me false. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.175.1 | And I would call it fair play. | And I would call it faire play. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.185 | What is this maid with whom thou wast at play? | What is this Maid, with whom thou was't at play? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.11 | If our betters play at that game, we must not dare | If our betters play at that game, we must not dare |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.144 | Play the recanter, feeling in itself | Play the re-canter, feeling in it selfe |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.4 | And if thy stumps will let thee play the scribe. | And if thy stumpes will let thee play the Scribe. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.80 | See, here he comes, and I must ply my theme. | See heere he comes, and I must play my theame. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.203 | So, now bring them in, for I'll play the cook, | So now bring them in, for Ile play the Cooke, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC prologue.26 | To tell you, fair beholders, that our play | To tell you (faire Beholders) that our Play |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC prologue.29 | To what may be digested in a play. | To what may be digested in a Play: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.165 | Now play me Nestor; hum, and stroke thy beard, | Now play me Nestor; hum, and stroke thy Beard |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.170 | 'Tis Nestor right. Now play him me, Patroclus, | 'Tis Nestor right. Now play him (me) Patroclus, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.21 | Who play they to? | Who play they to? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.29 | request do these men play? | request doe these men play? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.117 | If I confess much, you will play the tyrant. | If I confesse much you will play the tyrant: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.135 | Whiles others play the idiots in her eyes! | Whiles others play the Ideots in her eyes: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.18 | By Jove, I'll play the hunter for thy life | By Ioue, Ile play the hunter for thy life, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.86 | Nor play at subtle games – fair virtues all, | Nor play at subtill games; faire vertues all; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.43.1 | O,'tis fair play. | O 'tis faire play. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.43.2 | Fool's play, by heaven, Hector. | Fooles play, by heauen Hector. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.i.1 | If music be the food of love, play on, | IF Musicke be the food of Loue, play on,! |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.177 | of malice, I swear I am not that I play. Are you the lady | of malice, I sweare) I am not that I play. Are you the Ladie |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.14 | Seek him out, and play the tune the while. | Seeke him out, and play the tune the while. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.59 | wind up my watch, or play with my (fingering his | winde vp my watch, or play with my |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.183 | Shall I play my freedom at tray-trip and become | Shall I play my freedome at tray-trip, and becom |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.50 | I would play Lord Pandarus of Phrygia, sir, to | I would play Lord Pandarus of Phrygia sir, to |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.58 | This fellow is wise enough to play the fool; | This fellow is wise enough to play the foole, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.116 | for gravity to play at cherry-pit with Satan. Hang him, | for grauity to play at cherrie-pit with sathan Hang him |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.34 | Primo, secundo, tertio, is a good play; and the old | Primo, secundo, tertio, is a good play, and the olde |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.404 | But that's all one, our play is done, | But that's all one, our Play is done, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.35 | The Musicians play | |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.68 | You would have them always play but one thing? | You would haue them alwaies play but one thing. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.69 | I would always have one play but one thing. | I would alwaies haue one play but one thing. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.1 | When a man's servant shall play the cur with | When a mans seruant shall play the Curre with |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.157 | Our youth got me to play the woman's part | Our youth got me to play the womans part, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.163 | For I did play a lamentable part. | For I did play a lamentable part. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.260 | You play the child extremely. I will love her; | You play the Childe extreamely: I will love her, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.28 | Let the plough play today; I'll tickle't out | Let the plough play to day, ile tick'lt out |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iii.34 | What did she there, coz? Play o'th' virginals? | What did she there Cuz? play o'th virginals? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.86 | Raise me a devil now, and let him play | raise me a devill now, and let him play |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.54 | I think he might be brought to play at tennis. | I thinke he might be broght to play at Tennis. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.72.2 | Why, play at stool-ball. | Why play at stoole ball, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.106.1 | And then we'll play at cards. | And then weele play at Cardes. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.113 | Did play a subtler game: the conquered triumphs, | Did play a subtler Game: The conquerd triumphes, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK epilogue.1 | I would now ask ye how ye like the play, | I would now aske ye how ye like the Play, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK prologue.3 | If they stand sound and well. And a good play – | If they stand sound, and well: And a good Play |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK prologue.9 | We pray our play may be so; for I am sure | We pray our Play may be so; For I am sure |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK prologue.30 | Content to you. If this play do not keep | Content to you. If this play doe not keepe, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.187 | Go play, boy, play: thy mother plays, and I | Goe play (Boy) play: thy Mother playes, and I |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.188 | Play too – but so disgraced a part, whose issue | Play too; but so disgrac'd a part, whose issue |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.190 | Will be my knell. Go play, boy, play. There have been, | Will be my Knell. Goe play (Boy) play, there haue been |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.211 | Go play, Mamillius. Thou'rt an honest man. | Goe play (Mamillius) thou'rt an honest man: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.52 | For them to play at will. How came the posterns | For them to play at will: how came the Posternes |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.130 | No, like a bank for Love to lie and play on, | No, like a banke, for Loue to lye, and play on: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.133 | Methinks I play as I have seen them do | Me thinkes I play as I haue seene them do |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.590 | The scene you play were mine. For instance, sir, | The Scene you play, were mine. For instance Sir, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.651.2 | I see the play so lies | I see the Play so lyes, |