Play on Words

full length · drama

Vera; Or, The Nihilists

by Oscar Wilde

16 roles (0M / 0F / 16 any) · approx 72–100 minutes · 7 acts

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

Characters

Prince Paul lead 83 speeches
Czar lead 70 speeches
Vera supporting 57 speeches
Pres supporting 51 speeches
Czare supporting 39 speeches
Mich supporting 34 speeches
Prince Petro supporting 23 speeches
Baron Raff minor 18 speeches
Count R minor 13 speeches
Consps minor 10 speeches
Marq. De Poiv minor 9 speeches
Gen. Kotemk minor 4 speeches
Page minor 3 speeches
Tableau minor 2 speeches
Omnes minor 2 speeches
Colonel minor 2 speeches

Read the play

Note [1]: Lines scored through. [2]: Altered to "you missed." [3]: Altered to "profession." [4]: Scored through. [5]: Word scored through. [6]: Insert "for them to go to." [7]: Insert "dining." [8]: Altered to "bored to death." [9]: Scored through. [10]: Word underlined. [11]: Altered to "a." [12]: Lines scored through. [13]: "O God!" scored through. [14]: Scored through. [15]: Lines scored through. [16]: Words scored through. [17]: Word underlined. [18]: Word underlined. [19]: Words underlined. [20]: Stage direction, "a pause" indicated. [21]: Altered to "may." [22]: Word "I" underlined. [23]: This speech cut out.

Monologues from this play