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Audition Notice
Please note the cast is now complete
Man for all Seasons
by Robert Bolt
Directed by Eric Stevens
Play Reading: 5th August 7:30pm at the Granary Barn
Play Audition: 12th August 7:30pm at the Granary Barn
Performances: November 28th to 30th 2008
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Tudor Cast
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The Common Man
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Late middle aged. He is the link man, providing light relief.
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Thomas More
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Late forties. Lively and alert mind. True to King and conscience. Depends on Margaret.
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Richard Rich
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Early thirties. Academic, weak but ambitious.
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Duke of Norfolk
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Late forties. A spokesman for King Henry.
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Alice More
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Late forties. More’s second wife. A great lady who worships society and her husband.
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Margaret More
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More’s daughter. Middle twenties. Beautiful, and of ardent moral fineness.
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Cardinal Wolsey
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One scene only. Old, ambitious. Not a pious priest.
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Thomas Cromwell
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Late thirties. Subtle, serious, antagonist but not intended as a bully. A secretary. Agent of Wolsey.
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Chapuy
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Sixties. A professional diplomat.
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Chapuy’s Attendant
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An apprentice diplomat of good family.
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William Roper
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Early thirties. In love with Margaret, whom he marries.
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The King
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One scene only. A young King (38). Clean-shaven, bright-eyed, graceful and athletic.
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A Woman
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Two scenes. Middle fifties. Self-righteous, self-opinionated, selfish and indignant.
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Cranmer
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Three brief appearances at the end. A controversial figure. Made archbishop of Canterbury to legalise Henry’s divorce
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Further information from Eric Stevens on 01424 218244
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Note: you do not need to be a BATS member to audition,
though if you are cast you will be required to join.
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