full length · drama
Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
Royalty-free Public domain — free to read, perform, and adapt. No licence needed.
Characters
| Mother | supporting | 105 speeches |
| Dot | minor | 70 speeches |
| Sally | minor | 68 speeches |
| Dick | minor | 56 speeches |
| Tibbie | minor | 50 speeches |
| Toinette | minor | 49 speeches |
| Ted | minor | 46 speeches |
| Tom | minor | 45 speeches |
| Marie | minor | 42 speeches |
| Leb | minor | 40 speeches |
| Father | minor | 40 speeches |
| Rafe | minor | 37 speeches |
| Roger | minor | 33 speeches |
| Cicely | minor | 28 speeches |
| Gillian | minor | 28 speeches |
| Myles | minor | 28 speeches |
| Anselm | minor | 28 speeches |
| Daisy | minor | 27 speeches |
| Santa Claus | minor | 27 speeches |
| Jim | minor | 27 speeches |
| Dutch | minor | 26 speeches |
| Bub | minor | 26 speeches |
| Diccon | minor | 25 speeches |
| Hollyberry | minor | 25 speeches |
| Robin | minor | 25 speeches |
| Prince | minor | 25 speeches |
| Sascha | minor | 24 speeches |
| Peter | minor | 23 speeches |
| Sir G | minor | 22 speeches |
| Phyllis | minor | 22 speeches |
| Kitty | minor | 22 speeches |
| Brownie | minor | 22 speeches |
| Kolinka | minor | 21 speeches |
| Patience | minor | 21 speeches |
| Gregory | minor | 21 speeches |
| Laura | minor | 20 speeches |
| Children | minor | 19 speeches |
| Harry | minor | 18 speeches |
| Jerry | minor | 18 speeches |
| Ben | minor | 17 speeches |
| Pepper | minor | 17 speeches |
| Catherine | minor | 17 speeches |
| Prudence | minor | 17 speeches |
| Pierre | minor | 16 speeches |
| Marc | minor | 16 speeches |
| Allison | minor | 15 speeches |
| Lady K | minor | 15 speeches |
| Jack | minor | 15 speeches |
| Bonnet | minor | 15 speeches |
| Mrs. D | minor | 15 speeches |
| Sarah | minor | 15 speeches |
| Princess | minor | 14 speeches |
| Barney | minor | 14 speeches |
| Marjorie | minor | 14 speeches |
| Nathan | minor | 13 speeches |
| Mistress Longlane | minor | 13 speeches |
| Mike | minor | 12 speeches |
| Phil | minor | 12 speeches |
| Polly | minor | 12 speeches |
| Charlie | minor | 11 speeches |
| Mistress Spinning | minor | 11 speeches |
| Rufus | minor | 10 speeches |
| Matrena | minor | 10 speeches |
| Tim | minor | 10 speeches |
| Sonny | minor | 10 speeches |
| Nicolas | minor | 9 speeches |
| Rosalia | minor | 9 speeches |
| Characters | minor | 8 speeches |
| Nurse | minor | 8 speeches |
| Elder Hopkins | minor | 8 speeches |
| Gilbert | minor | 8 speeches |
| Walter | minor | 8 speeches |
| Abbot | minor | 7 speeches |
| Stephen | minor | 7 speeches |
| Semyon | minor | 7 speeches |
| Baron | minor | 7 speeches |
| Alph | minor | 7 speeches |
| Rose | minor | 7 speeches |
| Indian | minor | 7 speeches |
| Courtier | minor | 7 speeches |
| Andrew | minor | 6 speeches |
| Wat | minor | 6 speeches |
| Pavlo | minor | 6 speeches |
| Jeannette | minor | 6 speeches |
| Mary | minor | 6 speeches |
| John | minor | 6 speeches |
| Tableau | minor | 6 speeches |
| Annetta | minor | 6 speeches |
| Felix | minor | 6 speeches |
| Philip | minor | 5 speeches |
| Louise | minor | 5 speeches |
| Cook | minor | 5 speeches |
| Elves | minor | 5 speeches |
| Mistletoe | minor | 5 speeches |
| Evergreen | minor | 5 speeches |
| Icicle | minor | 5 speeches |
| All | minor | 5 speeches |
| Reuben | minor | 5 speeches |
| Gershom | minor | 5 speeches |
| Turner | minor | 5 speeches |
| Dolly | minor | 5 speeches |
| Peggy | minor | 5 speeches |
| Marianna | minor | 5 speeches |
| Music | minor | 4 speeches |
| The Babushka | minor | 4 speeches |
| Ivan | minor | 4 speeches |
| Annette | minor | 4 speeches |
| Mistress Wells | minor | 4 speeches |
| Dominie Cobb | minor | 4 speeches |
| Mistress Porter | minor | 4 speeches |
| Sebastian | minor | 4 speeches |
| Ambrose | minor | 3 speeches |
| Aunt | minor | 3 speeches |
| Boys | minor | 3 speeches |
| Porter | minor | 3 speeches |
| Hilarion | minor | 2 speeches |
Read the play
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Monologues from this play
- Toinette monologue (Act 1) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Toinette monologue (Act 1) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Tom monologue (Act 3) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Father monologue (Act 6) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Aunt monologue (Act 6) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Mother monologue (Act 6) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Ted monologue (Act 6) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Brownie monologue (Act 6) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Ted monologue (Act 6) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Ted monologue (Act 6) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Brownie monologue (Act 6) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Tableau monologue (Act 6) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Mother monologue (Act 7) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Gilbert monologue (Act 8) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Peter monologue (Act 10) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Sir G monologue (Act 11) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Rafe monologue (Act 11) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Marie monologue (Act 11) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Peter monologue (Act 12) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Peter monologue (Act 13) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Alph monologue (Act 13) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Catherine monologue (Act 13) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Sally monologue (Act 13) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Mrs. D monologue (Act 13) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Mrs. D monologue (Act 13) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Bonnet monologue (Act 13) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Tibbie monologue (Act 13) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Sally monologue (Act 13) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Catherine monologue (Act 13) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Cook monologue (Act 13) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Mrs. D monologue (Act 13) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls
- Mrs. D monologue (Act 13) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls