Play on Words

full length · drama

Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales

by Guy de Maupassant

14 roles (0M / 0F / 14 any) · approx 332–460 minutes · 5 acts

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

Characters

Mme. De Sallus lead 210 speeches
Jacques De Randol lead 195 speeches
M. De Sallus supporting 112 speeches
Mme supporting 99 speeches
Mme. De Ronchard supporting 77 speeches
Léon supporting 66 speeches
Jean supporting 65 speeches
Martinel supporting 64 speeches
Musotte minor 47 speeches
Gilberte minor 46 speeches
Mme. Flache minor 41 speeches
Petitpré minor 35 speeches
Dr. Pellerin minor 24 speeches
La Babin minor 21 speeches

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(Martinel _and_ Léon.)

MARTINEL [_seated_ R.]

What shall we do now? What are we going to say? What explanations can we give?

Léon. Let me manage it. It is only right that I should do it since I brought about this marriage.

MARTINEL [_rises_]

Well, I'd dearly love to be forty-eight hours older. [_Rising_.] I confess I do not like these love tragedies, and moreover the fact of the child entering into the case is awful. What is going to become of that poor little mortal? We cannot send him to the foundling asylum. [_Enter_ Gilberte L.] Gilberte!

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