CHARACTER LIST
CHARACTER DESCRIPTION
Please note some actors might play multiple minor characters or only one minor character. Where possible we will have all the cast in the large ensemble scenes. It is possible for singers/musicians to be on stage as a separate "band" or they may be part of the cast.
MAJOR
Will Shakespeare - Poet and playwright
Viola De Lesseps (female role) - A lady, disguises herself as Thomas Kent
Nurse (female role) - Servant to Viola
Kit Marlowe - Will’s colleague, playwright, friend and inspiration
Lord Wessex - Betrothed to Viola
Queen Elizabeth (female role) - Queen Elizabeth I
Fennyman - The money man
Henslowe - Owner and manager of the Rose Theatre
THE COMPANY OF "ACTORS"
Sam - Actor, plays Juliet
Ned Alleyn - Lead actor of the Admiral’s Men, plays Mercutio
Peter - Actor plays Valentine and Tybalt
Mistress Quickly (female role) - Wardrobe mistress
Frees- Novice actor plays Lady Capulet
Adam - Novice actor plays Gregory/Benvolio
Nol - Novice actor who plays Benvolio and Sampson
Ralph - Novice actor who plays Nurse and Pertruchio
Wabash - Novice actor, Henslowe’s stammering tailor
Richard Burbage - Lead actor of the Chamberlain’s Men
MINOR
Kate (female role) - Barmaid
Molly (female role) - Barmaid
Robin - Fennyman’s henchman
Rower (comedy role)
Lambert - Fennyman’s henchman
Catling - Guard at De Lesseps Hall
Edmund Tinley - The Lord Chamberlain,
Sir Robert De Lesseps - Viola’s father
John Webster - Young boy, street urchin, aspires to be a player/actor
Server
Ensemble x 5 - Burbage “Heavies”, guards, server, dancers in court, audience members crowds etc.
CAPTAINS
Fight Captain
Fight choreographer
Dance Captain
(These captain roles can either be as "directors" and won't perform on stage or captains can also take on minor roles or be part of the ensemble scenes)