Shakespearean Insults

"[Your] mind is like a barber's chair that fits all buttocks: the pin-buttock, the quatch-buttock, the brawn-buttock or any buttock." A clown says this in which play?


All's Well That Ends Well. The clown says this to the Countess of Roussilon in 2. 2. 16-18


"The gold I give will I melt and pour down thy ill uttering throat". Who says this in "Cleopatra"?

Cleopatra. "Antony and Cleopatra", 2. 5. 34-35


"[His brain] is as dry as the remainder biscuit after a voyage."

As You Like It. "As You Like It", 2. 7. 38-40


"[You] lily-livered, action-taking, whoreson, glass-gazing, super servicable, finical rogue." From 'King Lear'; to whom would you attribute this?

Earl of Kent. "King Lear", 2. 2. 16-17


"[Your] virginity breeds mites, much like cheese." Which play?

All's Well That Ends Well. Parolles said this to Helena in the palace of the Countess of Roussilon. "All's Well That Ends Well", 1. 1. 139


"There's many a man hath more hair than wit." Play, please.

The Comedy of Errors. Antipholus of Syracuse talking with Dromio of Syracuse in 'The Comedy of Errors', 2. 2. 81-82


"We leek in your chimney." Which 'regnal' play?

Henry IV pt. I. Henry IV pt. I, 2. 1. 19


"You sullion! You rampollion! You fustilarian! I'll tickle your catastrophe!"

Henry IV pt. II. Sir John Falstaff was speaking to the hostess Quickly. 2. 1. 58-59


"He neve broke any man's head but his own, and that was against a post when he was drunk.' This was said by a mere boy about whom in 'Henry V'?

Nym. Henry V, 3. 2. 42-43


"He's a tried and valiant soldier." "So is my horse." Which play?

Julius Caesar. Octavian and Antony in discussion. 4. 1. 28-29


"[You] leather-jerkin, crystal-button, knot-pated, agate-ring, puke-stocking, caddis-garter, smooth-tongue, Spanish pouch!"

Henry IV pt. I. So said Prince Henry. 2. 4. 68-70


"[Thou] art nothing but the composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pander, and the son and heir of a mongrol bitch." Which 'kingly' play?

King Lear. The Earl of Kent to Oswald, steward to Goneril. 2. 2. 18-21


"Go, prick thy face, and over-red thy fear, thou lily-liver'd boy." This is from Macbeth, but who says this?

Macbeth. Macbeth says this to a servant. 5. 3. 14-15


"What do you see? You see an ass-head of your own do you?" Who says this in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?

Bottom. Bottom, with his ass's head, says this to Snout. 3. 1. 111-112


"Scratching could not it make it worse, 'twere such a face as yours." Who says this in response to Benedick of Padua in 'Much Ado About Nothing'?

Beatrice. 1. 1. 126-127


"Some...strange bull leap'd your father's cow And got a calf in that same noble feat Much like to you, for you have just his bleat." Also from 'Much Ado About Nothing', this time with Benedick speaking to whom?

Claudio. 5. 4. 49-51


"Hang! Beg! Starve! Die in the Streets!" I think this quote will be easy for most so fill in the blank. The Play's name, please.

Romeo and Juliet. Capulet says this to Juliet whilst ranting and raving about her proposed marriage to Paris. 3. 5. 192


"Thou hast no more brain than I have in my elbows." The play, please.

Troilus and Cressida. Thersites says this to Ajax. 2. 1. 45-46


"I hate thee, Pronounce thee a gross lout, a mindless slave." The play?

Winter's Tale. Winter's Tale, 1. 2. 300-1


...and last but not least insulting: "If you spend word for word with me, I shall make your wit bankrupt."

The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Thurio insults Valentine in front of a lady. 2. 4. 37-38