Play on Words

full length · drama

The Daughter of Heaven

by Pierre Loti · translated by Ruth Helen Davis

32 roles (0M / 0F / 32 any) · approx 169–233 minutes · 1 acts

Royalty-free Public domain — free to read, perform, and adapt. No licence needed.

Characters

Empress lead 131 speeches
Emperor lead 95 speeches
Faithful Prince supporting 69 speeches
Fount supporting 48 speeches
Arrow-Bearer minor 21 speeches
Tartar General minor 20 speeches
Golden Lotus minor 16 speeches
Winged Prince minor 15 speeches
Tranquil Beauty minor 14 speeches
Pearl minor 12 speeches
Child minor 8 speeches
Fir-Sapling minor 7 speeches
All minor 7 speeches
Humpback minor 6 speeches
Cinnamon minor 6 speeches
Astrologer minor 6 speeches
The Child minor 6 speeches
Veiled-Light minor 5 speeches
Rock minor 4 speeches
Strong-Arm minor 4 speeches
Second Spy minor 4 speeches
The Grand Mistress minor 3 speeches
Poplar minor 3 speeches
Officer minor 3 speeches
First Spy minor 3 speeches
Wan-Tsi minor 3 speeches
Watchman minor 3 speeches
Second Woman minor 3 speeches
The Crowd minor 3 speeches
Third Officer minor 3 speeches
Fourth Officer minor 3 speeches
Second Tableau minor 2 speeches

Read the play

_The_ EMPEROR, FOUNT-IN-THE-FOREST, _the_ Ladies-in-Waiting, _and the_ Eunuchs.

TRANQUIL BEAUTY [_In a whisper to_ GOLDEN LOTUS]

Those lords are still there.

Golden Lotus. They have a noble mien.

Pearl. They are secretly watching us.

Cinnamon. Let us pretend that we do not see them.

EUNUCH

The Empress is about to leave Her Palace. You must continue your gossip to-morrow.

Tranquil Beauty. If we are late, the fault is yours.

Pearl. You should have informed us sooner.

EUNUCH

Quick, quick, the last watch of night is about to sound.

[_They enter their palanquins, and go on their way in a single file preceded and followed by an_ EUNUCH.]

Monologues from this play