| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.1 | Your hostages I have; so have you mine; | Your Hostages I haue, so haue you mine: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.54 | By sea and land, supplying every stage | By Sea, and Land, supplying euery Stage |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.x.1.2 | the stage, and Taurus, the lieutenant of Caesar, with | the stage, and Towrus the Lieutenant of Casar |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.30 | Unstate his happiness and be staged to th' show, | Vnstate his happinesse, and be Stag'd to'th'shew |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.iii.10.1 | They place themselves in every corner of the stage | They place themselues in euery corner of the Stage. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.iii.13 | Music of hautboys under the stage | Musicke of the Hoboyes is vnder the Stage. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.217 | Extemporally will stage us, and present | Extemporally will stage vs, and present |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.140.2 | All the world's a stage, | All the world's a stage, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.x.29.1 | Be hostages for Rome. | Be Hostages for Rome. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.53.1 | He beats him away from the stage | Beats him away |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.v.1.2 | Valeria, passing over the stage, with other Lords | passing ouer the Stage, with other Lords. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.185 | In embassy to his mother; his body's hostage | In Embassie to his Mother; his Bodie's hostage |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.149 | The Ghost cries under the stage | Ghost cries vnder the Stage. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.341 | berattle the common stages – so they call them – that | be-ratled the common Stages (so they call them) that |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.559 | That I have? He would drown the stage with tears | That I haue? He would drowne the Stage with teares, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.1 | Enter Fortinbras with his army over the stage | Enter Fortinbras with an Armie. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.372 | High on a stage be placed to the view. | High on a stage be placed to the view, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.390 | Bear Hamlet like a soldier to the stage. | Beare Hamlet like a Soldier to the Stage, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.155 | And let this world no longer be a stage | And let the world no longer be a stage |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.5.2 | the stage. After them enter Falstaff, Shallow, Pistol, | Enter Falstaffe, Shallow, Pistoll, |
| Henry V | H5 I.chorus.3 | A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, | A Kingdome for a Stage, Princes to Act, |
| Henry V | H5 Epil.chorus.13 | Which oft our stage hath shown; and, for their sake, | Which oft our Stage hath showne; and for their sake, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.1.1 | Enter two Murderers running over the stage from | Enter two or three running ouer the Stage, from |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iii.28.7 | and Hastings fly over the stage | and Hastings flyes ouer the Stage. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.1.19 | attendants stand in convenient order about the stage | Attendants stand in conuenient order about the Stage. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.37.27 | The procession passes over the stage in order and state, and then a great flourish of trumpets | Exeunt, first passing ouer the Stage in Order and State,and then, A great Flourish of Trumpets. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.v.1.10 | stage, and Garter speaks | Stage, and Garter speakes. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.i.1.2 | the stage | the Stage. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.184 | To this great stage of fools. – This's a good block. | To this great stage of Fooles. This a good blocke: |
| King Lear | KL IV.iv.25 | Music sounds off stage | |
| King Lear | KL V.ii.1.3 | stage, and exeunt | Stage, and Exeunt. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.1.2 | with dishes and service over the stage. Then enter | with Dishes and Seruice ouer the Stage. Then enter |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iv.6 | Threatens his bloody stage. By the clock 'tis day, | Threatens his bloody Stage: byth' Clock 'tis Day, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.v.25 | That struts and frets his hour upon the stage | That struts and frets his houre vpon the Stage, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.68 | But do not like to stage me to their eyes; | But doe not like to stage me to their eyes: |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.84 | Enter Pompey. A Gaoler and Prisoner pass over the stage | Enter Clowne. |
| 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 Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.127 | (off stage) | |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.3 | for our rehearsal. This green plot shall be our stage, this | for our rehearsall. This greene plot shall be our stage, this |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.ii.22.1 | Attendants cross the stage, led by Antonio's son, and | |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.59 | This stage the ship, upon whose deck | This Stage, the Ship, vpon whose Decke |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.9 | The stages of our story. Pericles | The stages of our storie Pericles |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.24 | After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, | After a well grac'd Actor leaues the Stage, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.1.1 | They march about the stage; and Servingmen come | They march about the Stage, and Seruingmen come |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.40.1 | Enter certain senators, and pass over the stage | Enter certaine Senators. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.540.2 | at the rear of the stage | |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.114.1 | He beats them off the stage, and retires to his cave | Exeunt |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.1.1 | Aaron is alone on stage | Flourish. Enter Aaron alone. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.1.3 | the stage to the place of execution, and Titus going | the Stage to the place of execution, and Titus going |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.105 | And if he stand in hostage for his safety, | And if he stand in Hostage for his safety, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.160 | Willing you to demand your hostages | Willing you to demand your Hostages, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.66.1 | He kills Saturninus. Uproar on stage. Enter Goths to | |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.186.1 | Aeneas passes across the stage | |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.189 | Antenor passes across the stage | Enter Antenor. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.199 | Hector passes across the stage | Enter Hector. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.213 | Paris passes across the stage | |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.218 | Helenus passes across the stage | Enter Hellenus. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.227 | Troilus passes across the stage | Enter Trylus. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.240 | Common soldiers pass across the stage | Enter common Souldiers. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.105 | You know now your hostages; your uncle's | You know now your hostages: your Vnckles |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.126 | If this were played upon a stage now, I could | If this were plaid vpon a stage now, I could |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.184 | Take hostage of thee for a hundred, and | Take hostage of thee for a hundred, and |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.123 | And call your lovers from the stage of death, | And call your Lovers from the stage of death, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.58 | Again possess her corpse, and on this stage, | Againe possesse her Corps, and on this Stage |