full length · drama
The Prince of Parthia: A Tragedy
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Characters
| Arsaces | lead | 82 speeches |
| King | lead | 49 speeches |
| Vardanes | supporting | 39 speeches |
| Queen | supporting | 33 speeches |
| Evanthe | supporting | 31 speeches |
| Bethas | supporting | 22 speeches |
| Lysias | supporting | 15 speeches |
| Gotarzes | minor | 12 speeches |
| Barzaphernes | minor | 10 speeches |
| Cleone | minor | 3 speeches |
Read the play
CLEONE [_alone_].
Oh! horror! horror! horror!--cruel Gods!-- I saw him fall--I did--pierc'd thro' with wounds-- Curs'd! curs'd Vardanes!--hear'd the gen'ral cry, Which burst, as tho' all nature had dissolv'd. Hark! how they shout! the noise seems coming this way.
Monologues from this play
- Bethas monologue (Act 2) — The Prince of Parthia: A Tragedy
- Bethas monologue (Act 2) — The Prince of Parthia: A Tragedy
- Evanthe monologue (Act 3) — The Prince of Parthia: A Tragedy
- Arsaces monologue (Act 3) — The Prince of Parthia: A Tragedy
- Vardanes monologue (Act 3) — The Prince of Parthia: A Tragedy
- Arsaces monologue (Act 4) — The Prince of Parthia: A Tragedy