Play on Words

full length · drama

Plays : Second Series

by John Galsworthy

40 roles (0M / 0F / 40 any) · approx 213–295 minutes · 7 acts

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

Characters

Cokeson supporting 225 speeches
Falder supporting 124 speeches
Bill supporting 122 speeches
James supporting 121 speeches
Lady Cheshire supporting 115 speeches
Seelchen supporting 110 speeches
Frome supporting 107 speeches
Ruth supporting 99 speeches
The Governor minor 81 speeches
Dot minor 66 speeches
Walter minor 63 speeches
Freda minor 62 speeches
Lamond minor 59 speeches
Sir William minor 46 speeches
The Judge minor 41 speeches
Christine minor 34 speeches
Mabel minor 33 speeches
Felsman minor 27 speeches
Cleaver minor 26 speeches
Keith minor 25 speeches
Sweedle minor 24 speeches
Joan minor 22 speeches
Wooder minor 21 speeches
Latter minor 21 speeches
The Wine Horn minor 20 speeches
The Chaplain minor 18 speeches
Studdenham minor 18 speeches
The Cow Horn minor 14 speeches
O'Cleary minor 13 speeches
Wister minor 11 speeches
Dunning minor 8 speeches
Rose minor 8 speeches
The Doctor minor 7 speeches
Harold minor 7 speeches
Moaney minor 6 speeches
Cowley minor 6 speeches
Jackson minor 5 speeches
Judge minor 4 speeches
Instructor minor 4 speeches
Cokeson. Ye-Es minor 4 speeches

Read the play

Then a faint glow stealing up, lights the snowy head of THE GREAT HORN, and streams forth on SEELCHEN. To either aide of that path of light, like shadows. THE COW HORN and THE WINE HORN stand with cloaked heads.

Seelchen. Great One! I come!

The Peak of THE GREAT HORN speaks in a far-away voice, growing, with the light, clearer and stronger.

Wandering flame, thou restless fever Burning all things, regretting none; The winds of fate are stilled for ever-- Thy little generous life is done. And all its wistful wonderings cease! Thou traveller to the tideless sea, Where light and dark, and change and peace, Are One--Come, little soul, to MYSTERY!

SEELCHEN falling on her knees, bows her head to the ground. The glow slowly fades till the scene is black.

Monologues from this play