Cheaper By The Dozen Character List
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Topic: Cheaper By The Dozen Character List
Posted By: StarshineJ
Subject: Cheaper By The Dozen Character List
Date Posted: 12/10/11 at 1:41pm
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Does anyone have a character list for Cheaper by the Dozen? All I can get from D.P. is 9m, 7w, and the scripts haven't come in yet. Auditions are in a week. :/
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Posted By: DWolfman
Date Posted: 12/10/11 at 3:49pm
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Here is a link to Plaza Theatre Company's 2010 production
(with multiple casting)
http://www.plaza-theatre.com/show-castbio.asp?SID=84 - http://www.plaza-theatre.com/show-castbio.asp?SID=84
(Hope this is helpful info, but I just figured out their show
must have been the musical version)
-DW-
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Even a man who is pure of heart...
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Posted By: edh915
Date Posted: 12/11/11 at 10:09pm
From my copy of the script:
Cheaper By The Dozen
A Comedy in Three Acts
For Nine Men and Seven Women
CHARACTERS:
Mr. Gilbreth..... Dad
Mrs. Gilbreth..... Mother
Ernestine..... part of their dozen
Frank..... ditto
Jackie..... ditto
Dan..... ditto
Bill ..... ditto
Fred..... ditto
Anne..... ditto
Lillian..... ditto
Martha..... ditto
Mrs. Fitzgerald..... the housekeeper
Dr. Burton..... the family doctor
Joe Scales..... a cheerleader
Miss Brill..... a teacher
Larry..... someone "special"
Place: The living-room of the Gilbreth home, Montclair, New Jersey
Time: The Twenties
Act I, Scene 1: The Gilbreth living-room. A day in Autumn.
Act I, Scene 2: The same. Two weeks later.
Act II: The same. A few weeks later.
Act III: The same. A day in Spring.
NOTES ON CHARACTERS AND COSTUMES:
THE GILBRETH CHILDREN: The children range in age from seventeen on downward. Anne is the oldest; then come Ernestine, Martha, Frank, Bill, Lillian, Fred, Dan, and Jackie. The actual ages of the children can be left to the discretion of the director, depending on the availability of casting material. For effective use of stage business it is suggested that the children's sizes be graduated from the tallest on down in height to Jackie, the shortest. If it is desired to use costumes of the 1920's, the boys may wear knickers, shirts, sweaters, and long stockings. The girls dress conservatively in simple jumper dresses, middy blouses, and skirts, with long cotton stockings. Anne, in her gradual emancipation from this conservative type of dress changes to silk stockings. As the play progresses she wears more colorful and grown-up clothes.
DAD: Dad is tall, and no longer slim. He carries himself with the self-assurance of a successful man who is proud of his wife, proud of his family, and proud of his business accomplishments.
MOTHER: Mother is a gracious, attractive woman. She is also a psychologist. In her own way, she is often able to get even better results with her large family than Dad, but she is not a disciplinarian. However, she never threatens, shouts, or becomes excited. She dresses neatly in the prevailing clothes of the period.
MRS. FITZGERALD: She is a buxom, kindly woman, and completely devoted to the family. Sometimes her patience is tried by the goings-on in the large household. She wears a house dress and apron.
DR. BURTON: Dr. Burton, the family doctor, is a plain, outspoken man. He wears a dark suit and carries a small black bag.
JOE SCALES: Joe is Anne's age, a very short, cocky chap. He wears a bright, horizontally striped sweater or blazer, loud pants, a bow tie, and a pork-pie hat.
MISS BRILL: She is thin and sallow, with angular features, and wears the type of glasses that pinch together on the bridge of her nose. She wears a tailored suit. Miss Brill has no love for the children, and they have none for her.
LARRY: Larry is also Anne's age, a nice-looking, clean-cut boy. One his first appearance in Act Two he wears slacks and a sweater. Later in the same act he changes to his best suit. He again wears the slacks and sweater in Act Three.
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