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