Requirements

  • 7 Principals

    • 4 Women

    • 3 Men

  • 4+ Ensemble

    • 2+ Women

    • 2+ Men

  • 6 Orchestra

    • Piano/Keyboard

    • Flute/Clarinet

    • Violin/Mandolin

    • Cello

    • Acoustic Bass

    • Drums/Percussion

Four Women…

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ROSE ARBUTHNOT

36, married to Frederick Arbuthnot, a library official and pulp novelist. She is committed to the welfare of the poor of her Hampstead parish.

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LADY CAROLINE

28, “Lady Caroline Derby,” a member of London’s fast and sophisticated aristocratic “bright young things” set.

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MRS. FISHER

75, widow of Admiral Fisher. She is an extremely proud survivor of the Great Victorian Age.

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LOTTIE WILKINS

30, a modest housewife married to Mellresh Wilkins, Esquire, solicitor. They live in suburban Hampstead, near London.

Three Men…

  • FREDERICK ARBUTHNOT, 46, husband to Rose. He is a senior librarian at the British Museum who enjoys a successful career as the pseudonymous “August St. Claire,” author of popular pulp historical “bodice-ripper” fictions.

  • THOMAS BRIGGS, 29, a composer of romantic art songs and the owner of a medieval castle-for-hire, San Salvatore. A bachelor.

  • MELLRESH WILKINS, 38, husband to Lottie. He is a serious-minded, ambitious solicitor.

Ensemble

  • DOMENICO, 40’s, London Man, Admiral Fisher, and then gardener and estate manager at San Salvatore.

  • FRANCESCA, 40’s, London Woman, The Duchess, then the housekeeper at San Salvatore, a spinster. She speaks English well.

  • ANGELA, 16, London Girl, then a pretty young chambermaid and housegirl at San Salvatore.

  • BEPPO, 20’s, London Boy, then general handyman at San Salvatore.