Defenestration of Prague
Radical Hussite protesters, led by Jan Želivský, storm the Prague Town Hall, confronting the Catholic councilors they accuse of suppressing their religious reforms. In a sudden eruption of violence, t
Setting
The grand council chamber of the Prague Town Hall, a large rectangular room with high ceilings and tall, arched windows overlooking the square below. The room is filled with the town's council members, guards, and a growing crowd of agitated Hussite protesters.
Characters
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Jan Želivský
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A middle-aged man of average height with a wiry, ascetic build, his gaunt face framed by a short, untrimmed brown beard. His deep-set eyes burn with zealous intensity, and his sunken cheeks suggest a life of fasting and hardship. His hands are calloused from manual labor, yet they move with the precision of a seasoned orator.
Catholic Councilor
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A middle-aged man with a robust build, his pale complexion marked by the flush of fear and indignation. His thinning gray hair is closely cropped in the clerical tonsure, and his dark eyes dart between his accusers with a mix of defiance and panic. His hands, adorned with a signet ring bearing the town's seal, tremble slightly.
Hussite Protester
secondary
A burly, middle-aged man with a weathered face, short-cropped dark hair, and a thick beard. His hands are calloused from labor, and his muscles are tense with fury. His eyes are bloodshot from shouting, and his face is flushed with anger.
Town Guard
secondary
A middle-aged man of sturdy build, with a weathered face marked by a deep scar across his left cheek. His short, dark hair is greying at the temples, and his thick mustache is slightly unkempt from the chaos of the moment. His eyes are wide with a mix of determination and fear, scanning the room for threats.
Witness Clerk
background
A gaunt man in his late 30s with sunken cheeks and a prematurely balding head of thin brown hair. His hands are ink-stained from years of scribing, and his narrow shoulders hunch forward as if perpetually bracing against unseen blows. Small, watery blue eyes dart nervously beneath heavy brows.
Dialog
Jan Želivský
Hear now, you vipers in holy robes! As the Lord cast down Sodom, so shall these windows be your fiery chariot to judgment!
Catholic Councilor
You dare lift hands against God's anointed? By the authority of King Sigismund and Holy Mother Church—
Hussite Protester
Anointed? Ha! Your chrism is the gold squeezed from starving widows!
Jan Želivský
See how they tremble, brethren! The whore of Babylon wears a mitre, but her legs are weak as a drunkard's!
Catholic Councilor
Guards! In Christ's name—
Hussite Protester
Christ wants blood today! The blood of hypocrites!
Jan Želivský
Thus perish all God's enemies! Throw them to the stones as they threw our martyrs to the flames!
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