Play on Words

full length · drama

Don Carlos: A Play

by Friedrich Schiller · translated by R. Dillon (Richard Dillon) Boylan

21 roles (0M / 0F / 21 any) · approx 257–356 minutes · 5 acts

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

Characters

Carlos lead 330 speeches
Marquis lead 237 speeches
King supporting 220 speeches
Queen supporting 193 speeches
Alva supporting 129 speeches
Domingo supporting 83 speeches
Lerma minor 70 speeches
Princess minor 70 speeches
Eboli minor 48 speeches
Grand Inquisitor minor 26 speeches
Feria minor 24 speeches
Page minor 21 speeches
Olivarez minor 14 speeches
Taxis minor 11 speeches
Prior minor 7 speeches
Parma minor 6 speeches
Mercado minor 6 speeches
Mondecar minor 5 speeches
Medina Sidonia minor 5 speeches
Officer minor 5 speeches
Infanta minor 3 speeches

Read the play

The KING's Cabinet. The KING seated, near him the INFANTA CLARA EUGENIA.

King. (after a deep silence) No--she is sure my daughter--or can nature Thus lie like truth! Yes, that blue eye is mine! And I am pictured in thy every feature. Child of my love! for such thou art--I fold thee Thus to my heart; thou art my blood. [Starts and pauses: My blood-- What's worse to fear? Are not my features his?

[Takes the miniature in his hand and looks first at the portrait, then at the mirror opposite; at last he throws it on the ground, rises hastily, and pushes the INFANTA from him.

Away, away! I'm lost in this abyss.

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