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]: "Marat" underlined. [2]: Altered to "VERA. Unmask! a spy!" [3]: Scored through. [4]: Scored through. [5]: Scored through. [6]: Lines scored through. [7]: Insert "and quite as unintelligible." [8]: Alter "PRES." to "VERA." [9]: Scored through. [10]: These lines struck out. [11]: This passage scored through. [12]: This is struck out. [13]: Scored through. [14]: Scored through. [15]: This speech cut out. [16]: Lines scored through. [17]: Lines scored through. [18]: Cut out this passage and insert "Alexis" after "but." [19]: Lines scored through. [20]: Altered to "No! No!" [21]: This passage is cut out. [22]: Insert "Alexis" in place of "him." [23]: Lines scored through. [24]: This speech cut out. [25]: This passage is scored through. [26]: The words "no laugh" are inserted here--possibly as a stage direction. [27]: Passage scored through. [28]: In place of "the Czar" read "Alexis." [29]: Delete this speech. [30]: This passage is scored out. [31]: This passage is scored out. [32]: This passage is scored out.

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