Play on Words

full length · drama

Fiesco; or, the Genoese Conspiracy: A Tragedy

by Friedrich Schiller

24 roles (0M / 0F / 24 any) · approx 168–232 minutes · 5 acts

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

Characters

Fiesco lead 312 speeches
Moor supporting 112 speeches
Verrina supporting 107 speeches
Gianettino supporting 87 speeches
Bourgognino supporting 69 speeches
Leonora supporting 64 speeches
Calcagno supporting 61 speeches
Julia minor 52 speeches
Zenturione minor 50 speeches
Lomellino minor 48 speeches
Zibo minor 42 speeches
Bertha minor 37 speeches
Sacco minor 25 speeches
Arabella minor 17 speeches
Andreas minor 17 speeches
Asserato minor 15 speeches
German minor 10 speeches
All minor 9 speeches
Mask minor 7 speeches
Rosa minor 5 speeches
Romano minor 5 speeches
Sentinel minor 5 speeches
Sentinels minor 4 speeches
Sentinels At The Gate minor 3 speeches

Read the play

FIESCO, SACCO, the MOOR, SOLDIERS.

Sacco. We found this Moor throwing a lighted match into the convent of the Jesuits.

Fiesco. Thy treachery was overlooked when it concerned myself alone. The halter awaits the incendiary. Take him away and hang him at the church-door.

Moor. Plague on it! that's an awkward piece of business. Is there no way out of it?

Fiesco. No.

Moor. Send me awhile to the galleys----

Fiesco. (beckoning to the attendants) To the gallows.

Moor. (impudently) Then I'll turn Christian.

Fiesco. The church refuses the dregs of infidelity.

Moor. (in an insinuating manner) At least send me drunk into eternity!

Fiesco. Sober.

Moor. Don't hang me up, however, beside a Christian church!

Fiesco. A man of honor keeps his word. I promised thee a gallows of thy own.

Sacco. No more prating, heathen! we've business of more consequence.

Moor. But, stay! Perhaps the rope may break?

Fiesco. (to SACCO) Let it be double.

Moor. Well, if it must be so, the devil may make ready for an extra guest. (Soldiers lead him off, and hang him at a little distance.)

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