full length · comedy · Restoration London
The Way of the World
Royalty-free Public domain — free to read, perform, and adapt. No licence needed.
Characters
| Mira | lead | 150 speeches |
| Lady | supporting | 112 speeches |
| Fain | supporting | 111 speeches |
| Mrs. Mar | supporting | 101 speeches |
| Milla | supporting | 86 speeches |
| Wit | supporting | 82 speeches |
| Mrs. Fain | supporting | 73 speeches |
| Sir Wil | supporting | 59 speeches |
| Foib | supporting | 54 speeches |
| Pet | minor | 47 speeches |
| Wait | minor | 30 speeches |
| Minc | minor | 12 speeches |
| Bet | minor | 9 speeches |
| Foot | minor | 6 speeches |
| Scene Ii | minor | 5 speeches |
| Scene Iii | minor | 5 speeches |
| Scene Iv | minor | 5 speeches |
| Scene V | minor | 5 speeches |
| Scene Vi | minor | 5 speeches |
| Scene Vii | minor | 5 speeches |
| Scene Viii | minor | 5 speeches |
| Scene Ix | minor | 5 speeches |
| Peg | minor | 5 speeches |
| Serv | minor | 4 speeches |
| Coach | minor | 3 speeches |
| Scene X | minor | 3 speeches |
| Scene Xi | minor | 3 speeches |
| Scene Xii | minor | 3 speeches |
| Scene Xiii | minor | 3 speeches |
Read the play
Choose an act above to read — each is a separate page.
Monologues from this play
- Mira monologue — The Way of the World
- Mira monologue — The Way of the World
- Mira monologue — The Way of the World
- Mira monologue — The Way of the World
- Foib monologue — The Way of the World
- Mrs. Mar monologue — The Way of the World
- Mrs. Mar monologue — The Way of the World
- Sir Wil monologue — The Way of the World
- Fain monologue — The Way of the World
- Lady monologue — The Way of the World
- Milla monologue — The Way of the World
- Milla monologue — The Way of the World
- Mira monologue — The Way of the World
- Lady monologue — The Way of the World
- Lady monologue — The Way of the World
- Mrs. Mar monologue — The Way of the World
- Fain monologue — The Way of the World
- Fain monologue — The Way of the World