Play on Words

full length · drama

The Piccolomini: A Play

by Friedrich Schiller · translated by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

22 roles (0M / 0F / 22 any) · approx 148–205 minutes · 5 acts

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

Characters

Max supporting 107 speeches
Octavio supporting 104 speeches
Wallenstein supporting 73 speeches
Illo supporting 68 speeches
Questenberg supporting 58 speeches
Terzky supporting 55 speeches
Countess supporting 46 speeches
Thekla supporting 41 speeches
Isolani minor 36 speeches
Butler minor 31 speeches
Duchess minor 21 speeches
Master Of The Cellar minor 16 speeches
Cornet minor 12 speeches
Tiefenbach minor 10 speeches
Neumann minor 9 speeches
First Servant minor 9 speeches
Second Servant minor 9 speeches
Goetz minor 8 speeches
Third Servant minor 4 speeches
Seni minor 4 speeches
Runner minor 3 speeches
Valet minor 3 speeches

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THEKLA (plays and sings).

The cloud doth gather, the greenwood roar, The damsel paces along the shore; The billows, they tumble with might, with might; And she flings out her voice to the darksome night; Her bosom is swelling with sorrow; The world it is empty, the heart will die, There's nothing to wish for beneath the sky Thou Holy One, call thy child away! I've lived and loved, and that was to-day; Make ready my grave-clothes to-morrow. [12]

Monologues from this play