PLAYWRIGHTS
Will Shakespeare: Poet and playwright
Kit Marlowe: Will’s colleague, friend, and inspiration
THE ROSE THEATRE
Henslowe: Owner and manager of the Rose Theatre (This role is cast but we are looking for an understudy to split some performances who will also be an extra in others)
Fennyman: Producer
Lambert and Frees: Fennyman’s accomplices and henchmen
Ralph: An actor who plays Nurse and Petruchio
Nol: An actor who plays Benvolio and Samson
Robin: An actor who plays Lady Capulet
Adam: An actor who plays Gregory, Benvolio, and Servingman
Wabash: A stammering actor and Henslowe’s tailor
THE ADMIRAL’S MEN
Ned Alleyn: The lead actor of the Admiral’s Men, plays Mercutio
Sam: An actor who plays Juliet
Peter: An actor who plays Tybalt
Other Actors
THE CHAMBERLAIN’S MEN
Burbage: The lead actor and owner of the Curtain Theatre
Other Actors
Burbages Two Heavies
THE PALACE
Mistress Quickly: Wardrobe mistress at Whitehall Palace
Edmund Tilney: The Lord Chamberlain
THE DE LESSEPS HOUSE
Viola De Lesseps: A daughter who disguises herself as Thomas Kent to audition to be an actor
Nurse: Servant to Viola
Sir Robert De Lesseps: Viola’s father
Lord Wessex: A nobleman betrothed to Viola
Catling: A guard at De Lesseps Hall
Two Guards
Boatman
THE TAVERN
Waiter
Barman
Kate – whore at the tavern
Many roles will double
The parts of Webster, Queen Elizabeth, and Molly are already Cast