Play on Words

full length · drama

The Storm

by Aleksandr Nikolaevich Ostrovsky · translated by Constance Garnett

16 roles (0M / 0F / 16 any) · approx 115–159 minutes · 5 acts

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

Characters

Katerina lead 133 speeches
Boris supporting 105 speeches
Varvara supporting 101 speeches
Kabanov supporting 89 speeches
Mme. Kabanova supporting 87 speeches
Kuligin supporting 59 speeches
Kudriash supporting 57 speeches
Dikoy supporting 39 speeches
Glasha minor 19 speeches
Feklusha minor 18 speeches
First minor 16 speeches
Shapkin minor 11 speeches
Second minor 11 speeches
Mme minor 8 speeches
A Woman minor 4 speeches
One Of The Crowd minor 3 speeches

Read the play

Mme. KABANOVA, KABANOV and KULIGIN.

Kuligin. They say she was seen here.

Kabanov. Is it certain?

Kuligin. They say they saw her.

Kabanov. Thank God, if she has been seen alive.

Mme. Kabanova. And you in such a fright already and crying over it! There's no need. She's not worth fretting about! Don't worry yourself, we shall have our hands full with her for many a long year yet.

Kabanov. Who would have dreamed of her coming here! A place so frequented. No one would ever think of hiding here.

Mme. Kabanova. That's just her way! The shameless hussy! She wants to keep up her character, it seems!

[_A crowd with torches collects, coming in from different directions._

One Of The Crowd. Well, is she found?

Mme. Kabanova. It seems not. She seems to have vanished into the earth.

SEVERAL VOICES. How strange! It's a queer thing. And where could she hide?

One Of The Crowd. Oh, she'll be found!

A SECOND. Of course she'll be found!

A THIRD. To be sure, she'll come back of herself.

[_A voice behind the scene: "Hi, boat there!"_

KULIGIN _(from the bank)._ Who's calling? What is it?

[_The voice: "A woman's thrown herself into the water!" Kuligin and several men after him run out._

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