Classical Scenes from Plays

Friar. Leave thy railing and babbling...

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Friar Pardoner

The Pardoner and the Friar

ANGELA. There is a strange magic in...

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Lady Jane Lady Angela Lady Saphir Lady Ella

Patience, or Bunthorne’s Bride

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Pericles Marina

Pericles, Prince of Tyre

Phaedra: [recovering from her faint]...

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Phaedra Hippolytus

Phaedra

THESEUS: Ah! There he is. Great gods!

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Theseus Hippolytus

Phaedra

Fred. Yes, I have done my best for you...

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Frederic Pirate King Samuel Ruth

The Pirates of Penzance

Man. Well, there's success in thy face. ...

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Manly Fidelia

The Plain Dealer

PEGEEN — [slowly as she writes.] — Six...

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Margaret “Pegeen Mike” Flaherty Shawn “Shaneen” Keough

The Playboy of the Western World

PEGEEN — [imperiously.] Fling out that...

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Christopher “Christy” Mahon Margaret “Pegeen Mike” Flaherty

The Playboy of the Western World

WIDOW QUIN — [in great amusement.] —...

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Widow Quin Old Mahon

The Playboy of the Western World

AKÍM. I'm going, going I mean; forgive...

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Nikíta Akím

The Power of Darkness

MÍTRITCH. Dear me! How they've made the ...

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Nan Mítritch

The Power of Darkness