Play on Words

full length · drama

Mary Stuart: A Tragedy

by Friedrich Schiller · translated by Joseph Charles Mellish

18 roles (0M / 0F / 18 any) · approx 198–273 minutes · 5 acts

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

Characters

Mary lead 166 speeches
Mortimer supporting 136 speeches
Elizabeth supporting 133 speeches
Burleigh supporting 109 speeches
Leicester supporting 103 speeches
Paulet supporting 79 speeches
Kennedy supporting 57 speeches
Melvil minor 42 speeches
Davison minor 33 speeches
Shrewsbury minor 24 speeches
Aubespine minor 16 speeches
Kent minor 11 speeches
O'Kelly minor 10 speeches
Talbot minor 9 speeches
Curl minor 9 speeches
Bellievre minor 5 speeches
Page minor 5 speeches
Officer minor 3 speeches

Read the play

Enter MARGARET CURL.

Kennedy. How, madam, fares the queen? Is she awake?

Curl. (drying her tears) She is already dressed--she asks for you.

Kennedy. I go:-- [To MELVIL, who seems to wish to accompany her. But follow not until the queen Has been prepared to see you.

[Exit.

Curl. Melvil, sure, The ancient steward?

Melvil. Yes, the same.

Curl. Oh, sir, This is a house which needs no steward now! Melvil, you come from London; can you give No tidings of my husband?

Melvil. It is said He will be set at liberty as soon----

Curl. As soon as our dear queen shall be no more. Oh, the unworthy, the disgraceful traitor! He is our lady's murderer--'tis said It was his testimony which condemned him.

Melvil. 'Tis true.

Curl. Oh, curse upon him! Be his soul Condemned forever! he has borne false witness.

Melvil. Think, madam, what you say.

Curl. I will maintain it With every sacred oath before the court, I will repeat it in his very face; The world shall hear of nothing else. I say That she dies innocent!

MELVIL.. God grant it true!

[1] The document is now in the British Museum.

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