Our Cast
The Company That We Keep
 


Download a Playbill in advance.
Snag a copy of our 2009 Fall Repertory playbill before you see the show for a complete breakdown of the roles that each of our company members will play in The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Twelfth Night at the Hanna Theatre..
 
In addition to the dramatis personae, don't forget to check out the director's notes and interviews.
Who's Who
The Character Breakdown


 
The characters of the musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood are played by "actors of the Theatre Royale", within the production. The following list breaks down the dual roles that each cast member plays:

Drood Character:  Mayor Thomas Sapsea
Mayor of Cloisterham
Theatre Royale Actor:  Chairman William Cartwright

Drood Character:  John Jasper
Choirmaster, Drood's uncle/guardian, and Rosa Bud's music master
Theatre Royale Actor:  Mr. Clive Paget

Drood Character:  Edwin Drood / (Datchery)
An orphan who plans to marry Rosa Bud
Theatre Royale Actor:  Miss Alice Nutting

Drood Characters:  Wendy & Beatrice
Residents of The Nun’s House, a seminary for young women
Theatre Royale Actors:  Miss Isabel Yearsley & Miss Florence Gill

Drood Characters:  Neville Landless & Helena Landless
Twin orphans from Ceylon, mistreated in childhood. Neville is immediately
smitten by Rosa Bud. Helena and Rosa become dear friends.
Theatre Royale Actors:  Mr. Victor Grinstead & Miss Janet Conover

Drood Character:  The Rev. Crisparkle
Minor canon of Cloisterham Cathedral and Neville Landless's mentor
Theatre Royale Actor:  Mr. Cedric Moncrieffe

Drood Character: The Princess Puffer
A haggard woman who runs a London opium den frequented by Jasper
Theatre Royale Actor:  Miss Angela Prysock

Drood Character:  Durdles
A stonemason at the Cloisterham Cathedral cemetery
Theatre Royale Actor:  Mr. Nick Cricker

Drood Character:  Deputy
Assistant to Durdles
Theatre Royale Actor:  Master Nick Cricker

Drood Character:  Bazzard
Rev. Chrisparkle’s assistant
Theatre Royale Actor:  Mr. Philip Bax

Drood Character: Stage manager, Throttle
Stage Manager
Theatre Royale Actor:  Mr. Nicholas Michael