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Breakdown
SEEKING:
LADY SNEERWELL
40+, female, fading beauty, 5’7” or over, an injured “cougar,” dangerous, lustful, impulsive, high maintenance, ANY ETHNICITY,
MR. SNAKE
25-60, male, interesting looking and sounding, dissipated and desperate, ANY ETHNICITY. May double with another role.
SIR BENJAMIN BACKBITE
25-40, male, upper-class, inbred, self-absorbed malicious, should be a superb comic and good singer. ANY ETHNICITY. May double with another role.
MR. CRABTREE
40+, male, oily, vain, malicious, calculating, greedy. May double with another role.
JOSEPH SURFACE
25-35, male, 5’10” or over, amoral, conceited, witty, impulsive, ambitious, physically very limber, elegant, pleasant singing voice. May double with another role.
SIR PETER TEAZLE
55 or older, male, vital, bluff, soft-hearted, comically adept, suspicious, jealous, endearing.
SIR OLIVER SURFACE
55 or older, male, very “British,” mild natured, seems stern but is ultimately a softie.
MARIA
20-28, female, very beautiful, sexy, wiser than she seems, shrewd, compassionate, ANY ETHNICITY.
OLD RANJI
50 or older, male, Indian or Pakestani or any actor of color who can suggest that.
Shrewd, sly, cynical, pompous, judgmental, treacherous.
LADY TEAZLE
25, female, willful, endearing, charming, coquettish, sexy.
SERVANTS TO SIR PETER, JOSEPH & LADY SNEERWELL
25-40, male, able to play different, varying characters, must sing, and possibly play stringed instrument.
MRS. CANDOUR
40 or older, female, tactless, cruel, ANY ETHNICITY. May double with another role.
MOSES
40 or older, male, loveable rogue, faultlessly polite, urbane, greedy. May double with another role.
The following role has been CAST:
CHARLES SURFACE: This role has been CAST
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