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Characters
Principal
| Charles Dickens |
45…57 |
high baritone |
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| Catherine Dickens |
42 |
dramatic mezzo |
his wife |
| Ellen Ternan |
19…31 |
dramatic sop |
his lover |
Minor Principals
| Edward Dickens |
c12 |
boy alto |
Sc1.1 son, doubles Railway LookOut Sc2.2 |
| ‘Plorn’ Dickens |
c8 |
boy alto |
1.9 son, (could be taken by Edward) |
| Mamie Dickens |
c20 |
soprano |
1.1 & 1.7 dauter |
| Mrs Ternan |
c45 |
alto |
1.6/8 & 2.1/2 (could double Homeless Mother, 1.2) |
| Wilkie Collins |
30s |
tenor |
1.1/2/6 & 2.4 protégé & fellow novelist (could double Train Guard, 2.2) |
| John Forster |
c50 |
bass |
CD’s agent (could double Lord Hartington 1.1 & Railway Foreman 2.2) |
Semi-Chorus playing Single Scene Parts
| LookOut |
boy |
alto |
1.22.2 poss Dickens' son |
| Fanny Ternan |
20s
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soprano |
1.6 Ellen’s sister |
| Maria Ternan |
20s |
soprano |
1.6 Ellen’s sister |
| Driscoll |
|
mezzo |
1.9 Dickens’ servant |
| Homeless Mother |
|
alto |
1.2 |
| Forsyth |
|
tenor |
1.1 theatrical promoter |
| Wills |
30s |
tenor |
1.3 Dickens’ clerk |
| Wigthorne |
30s |
tenor |
1.6 actor |
| Train Guard |
|
tenor |
2.2 |
| Passenger 1 |
|
tenor |
2.2 |
| Matthews |
|
baritone |
1.9 Dickens’ servant |
| Passenger 2 |
|
baritone |
2.2 |
| Theatre Usher |
|
baritone |
2.4 |
| Lord Hartington |
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bass |
1.1 |
| Railway Foreman |
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bass |
2.2 |
Semi-Chorus also appears in the following scenes…
| 1.1 |
Melodrama |
audience & stage-hands (mute) |
| 1.3 |
Christmas Carol Reading |
Characters in the novel |
| 1.5 |
Prize-giving |
Dignitaries & off-stage chorus |
| 1.6 |
Melodrama Rehearsal |
Extras & Waiters (mute) |
| 1.9 |
Marriage breakdown |
Full chorus off-stage |
| 2.2 |
Railway crash |
10 part off-stage semi-chorus & onstage Passengers & Railway Track-workers |
| 2.3 |
Ghost-Dress |
6 part female semI-chorus inc high soprano appear as Heroines from Dickens’ novels |
| 2.4 |
Final Reading |
Full chorus off-stage |
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