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

A KNIGHT with closed visor, JOHANNA.

Knight. Accursed one! thy hour of death has come! Long have I sought thee on the battle-field, Fatal delusion! get thee back to hell, Whence thou didst issue forth.

Johanna. Say, who art thou, Whom his bad genius sendeth in my way? Princely thy port, no Briton dost thou seem, For the Burgundian colors stripe thy shield, Before the which my sword inclines its point.

Knight. Vile castaway! Thou all unworthy art To fall beneath a prince's noble hand. The hangman's axe should thy accursed head Cleave from thy trunk, unfit for such vile use The royal Duke of Burgundy's brave sword.

Johanna. Art thou indeed that noble duke himself?

Knight. (raises his visor) I'm he, vile creature, tremble and despair! The arts of hell shall not protect thee more. Thou hast till now weak dastards overcome; Now thou dost meet a man.

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