Clive ▪ Jerry ▪ The Alchemist ▪ The Undertaker / Mike The Barman ▪ Beggar Leader / The Pied Piper ▪ The Rat King ▪ Scratchfella / The Lord Mayor
| Full Name: | Clive Hucklefish |
| Sex: | Male |
| Age: | 20-30 |
| Appearance: | Young and gormlessly handsome |
| Voice: | Tenor |
| Description: |
Clive is the hero of the story: a young actor
who comes to London to seek his fame and fortune but gets
suckered into unleashing the Great Plague. The character
rapidly develops from a naive stranger who falls in love
with the beautiful Isabella, to a strong leader who must
right the wrongs he has caused. Clive is the lead male part
with several solos. Click here for character description on main website. |
| Director's Notes: |
- Slightly posh accent |
| Audition Material: | Adobe PDF / Microsoft Word |
| Full Name: | Gerald (Jerry) Mudoon |
| Sex: | Male |
| Age: | 25-40 |
| Appearance: | Wiry and nimble, tallish |
| Voice: | Baritone/Tenor |
| Description: |
Jerry is the Undertaker’s assistant and
coffin maker and is the quintessential man on the make. He
takes pity on Clive and introduces him to London, to the
undertaking business ant to Isabella. He’s an optimistic
chap who happily sings to Clive about his life in the song
I’ve Got It Made. An accomplished ladies man, and
part-time boyfriend to Milly, he eventually meets his match
when he tries to woo Death herself. Click here for character description on main website. |
| Director's Notes: |
- Mild cockney/ London accent |
| Audition Material: | Adobe PDF / Microsoft Word |
| Full Name: | The Alchemist (Dave) |
| Sex: | Male |
| Age: | 40-70 |
| Appearance: | Tall and pinched |
| Voice: | Baritone/Tenor |
| Description: |
A druid leader and father to the beautiful
Isabella, the Alchemist is the life-long enemy of the
Undertaker. He sets about destroying the Undertaker once and
for all in the song The Elixir Of Life. Constantly
ignorant to events around him he is wrongly accused of
starting the plague by the Lord Mayor and must, in the end,
resort to working with the undertakers to eliminate the true
criminals. Click here for character description on main website. |
| Director's Notes: |
- Nasal, pinched accent |
| Audition Material: | Adobe PDF / Microsoft Word |
The Undertaker / Mike The Barman
| Full Name: | Phil Anbury (The Undertaker) / Mike The Barman |
| Sex: | Male |
| Age: | 40-70 |
| Appearance: | Strout and weathered |
| Voice: | Bass/Baritone |
| Description: |
The Undertaker, Phil Anbury, has been doing
his trade for a long time. He’s a bit of a grouch and is set
in his ways, but he is a good teacher and trains Clive well
in the song Coffin Of Your Past. He is the
Alchemist’s arch-enemy and the keeper of a dark secret that
could destroy all of London. Click here for character description on main website. Mike is the barman of The Lousy Duck who has a somewhat disturbing obsession for The Pied Piper. He is a lead singer in Pay The Piper. |
| Director's Notes: |
The Undertaker:- |
| Audition Material: | Adobe PDF / Microsoft Word |
Beggar Leader / The Pied Piper
| Full Name: | Beggar Leader / The Pied Piper |
| Sex: | Male |
| Age: | 20-40 |
| Appearance: | Tall, square-jawed and well-built |
| Voice: | Baritone |
| Description: | The beggar leader is a sharp
operator; just a hint of money and he pops out from some
nook or cranny asking for it. He is the leader of a group of
London Beggars who befriend Clive in the song Spend A
Penny and are instrumental to the plague being cured. The Pied Piper is one of the biggest heart-throbs in Europe. A celebrity in his own right, he is the heroic nemesis of all rat-kind, and a damn fine musician to boot. The ultimate macho stereotype, he promises to defeat the rats and save London in the song Pay The Piper... before failing miserably in the next scene. |
| Director's Notes: |
Beggar Leader:- |
| Audition Material: | Adobe PDF / Microsoft Word |
| Full Name: | The Rat King |
| Sex: | Male |
| Age: | 30-60 |
| Appearance: | Short and round |
| Voice: | Baritone |
| Description: | The Rat King is the furry
Godfather of rat kind. He lives in the sewers of London
with his henchmen, Pinky and Scratchfella, and the rest of
their species. Thanks to the arcane experimentations of the
Alchemist, these creatures have evolved into humanoid
gangsters who now want to end the reign of mankind once and
for all. Tricking Clive to assist them in the song Man
And Rat, the Rat King unleashes the Great Plague to
bring about this goal. Click here for character description on main website. |
| Director's Notes: |
- Italian-American accent |
| Audition Material: | Adobe PDF / Microsoft Word |
| Full Name: | Scratchfella / The Lord Mayor (Sir Fisherprice The Lesser) |
| Sex: | Male |
| Age: | 30-50 |
| Appearance: | Imposing |
| Voice: | Bass/Baritone |
| Description: | Scratchfella is the Italian
American henchman of the nefarious Rat King. He is an
imposing figure who has one talent – killing things. With
fellow henchman Pinky, he persuades Clive to visit the Rat
King in the song The Rat King, beginning the chain of
events that leads to the plague hitting London. The Lord Mayor is a shrewd and disingenuous politician who, unable to find a cure for the Plague, finds London a scapegoat in the song Someone To Blame. |
| Director's Notes: |
Scratchfella:- |
| Audition Material: | Adobe PDF / Microsoft Word |