Play on Words

full length · drama

The Maid of Orleans: A Tragedy

by Friedrich Schiller · translated by Anna Swanwick

29 roles (0M / 0F / 29 any) · approx 148–205 minutes · 5 acts

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

Characters

Johanna lead 138 speeches
Charles supporting 102 speeches
Dunois supporting 63 speeches
Burgundy supporting 53 speeches
Isabel supporting 47 speeches
Lionel supporting 39 speeches
La Hire minor 37 speeches
Sorel minor 34 speeches
Raimond minor 29 speeches
Talbot minor 28 speeches
Soldier minor 21 speeches
Duchatel minor 20 speeches
Margot minor 17 speeches
Archbishop minor 16 speeches
Louison minor 13 speeches
Fastolfe minor 10 speeches
Chatillon minor 9 speeches
Thibaut minor 9 speeches
Charcoal-Burner minor 9 speeches
Montgomery minor 8 speeches
King minor 8 speeches
Herald minor 6 speeches
Black Knight minor 6 speeches
Bertrand minor 6 speeches
Senator minor 6 speeches
Knight minor 4 speeches
Claude Marie minor 4 speeches
Wife minor 4 speeches
Page minor 3 speeches

Read the play

JOHANNA, SOLDIERS.

Johanna. (to the soldiers) Ye English, suffer not that I escape Alive out of your hands! Revenge yourselves! Unsheath your weapons, plunge them in my heart, And drag me lifeless to your general's feet! Remember it was I who slew your heroes, Who never showed compassion, who poured forth Torrents of English blood, who from your sons Snatched the sweet pleasure of returning home! Take now a bloody vengeance! Murder me! I now am in your power; I may perchance Not always be so weak.

CONDUCTOR OF THE SOLDIERS. Obey the queen!

Johanna. Must I be yet more wretched than I was! Unpitying Virgin! Heavy is thy hand Hast thou completely thrust me from thy favor? No God appears, no angel shows himself; Closed are heaven's portals, miracles have ceased.

[She follows the SOLDIERS.

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