Play on Words

full length · drama

The Maid of Orleans: A Tragedy

by Friedrich Schiller · translated by Anna Swanwick

29 roles (0M / 0F / 29 any) · approx 148–205 minutes · 5 acts

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

Characters

Johanna lead 138 speeches
Charles supporting 102 speeches
Dunois supporting 63 speeches
Burgundy supporting 53 speeches
Isabel supporting 47 speeches
Lionel supporting 39 speeches
La Hire minor 37 speeches
Sorel minor 34 speeches
Raimond minor 29 speeches
Talbot minor 28 speeches
Soldier minor 21 speeches
Duchatel minor 20 speeches
Margot minor 17 speeches
Archbishop minor 16 speeches
Louison minor 13 speeches
Fastolfe minor 10 speeches
Chatillon minor 9 speeches
Thibaut minor 9 speeches
Charcoal-Burner minor 9 speeches
Montgomery minor 8 speeches
King minor 8 speeches
Herald minor 6 speeches
Black Knight minor 6 speeches
Bertrand minor 6 speeches
Senator minor 6 speeches
Knight minor 4 speeches
Claude Marie minor 4 speeches
Wife minor 4 speeches
Page minor 3 speeches

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Johanna. (alone) To death thy foot did bear thee--fare thee well!

[She steps away from him and remains absorbed in thought.

Virgin, thou workest mightily in me! My feeble arm thou dost endue with strength, And steep'st my woman's heart in cruelty. In pity melts the soul and the hand trembles, As it did violate some sacred fane, To mar the goodly person of the foe. Once I did shudder at the polished sheath, But when 'tis needed, I'm possessed with strength, And as it were itself a thing of life, The fatal weapon, in my trembling grasp, Self-swayed, inflicteth the unerring stroke.

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