Play on Words

full length · drama

The Death of Wallenstein

by Friedrich Schiller · translated by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

24 roles (0M / 0F / 24 any) · approx 203–281 minutes · 5 acts

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

Characters

Wallenstein lead 259 speeches
Butler supporting 161 speeches
Countess supporting 120 speeches
Thekla supporting 85 speeches
Octavio supporting 77 speeches
Gordon supporting 76 speeches
Terzky supporting 70 speeches
Illo supporting 64 speeches
Max minor 44 speeches
Duchess minor 42 speeches
Devereux minor 41 speeches
Neubrunn minor 28 speeches
Macdonald minor 26 speeches
Wrangel minor 26 speeches
Isolani minor 20 speeches
Anspessade minor 17 speeches
Captain minor 14 speeches
Seni minor 12 speeches
Burgomaster minor 6 speeches
Rosenberg minor 6 speeches
Groom Of The Chamber minor 4 speeches
Third Cuirassier minor 3 speeches
Both minor 3 speeches
Servant minor 3 speeches

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Butler's Chamber.

BUTLER, and MAJOR GERALDIN.

Butler. Find me twelve strong dragoons, arm them with pikes For there must be no firing-- Conceal them somewhere near the banquet-room, And soon as the dessert is served up, rush all in And cry--"Who is loyal to the emperor?" I will overturn the table--while you attack Illo and Terzky, and despatch them both. The castle-palace is well barred and guarded, That no intelligence of this proceeding May make its way to the duke. Go instantly; Have you yet sent for Captain Devereux And the Macdonald?

GERALDIN. They'll be here anon.

[Exit GERALDIN.

Butler. Here's no room for delay. The citizens Declare for him--a dizzy drunken spirit Possesses the whole town. They see in the duke A prince of peace, a founder of new ages And golden times. Arms, too, have been given out By the town-council, and a hundred citizens Have volunteered themselves to stand on guard. Despatch! then, be the word; for enemies Threaten us from without and from within.

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