| 'The Academy of Death' lasts approximately
2 hours and 10 minutes. |
| There are 6 principal roles (3M & 3F),
12 minor solo singing roles (4M & 8F) and a chorus of
medical students, the rich and the poor townsfolk. |
| Full Instrumentation: 4 x Reed, Trumpet, Horn,
Trombone, 2 x Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass, Piano, 2 x Keyboard,
Percussion. |
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Principal Roles:
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Alfred Fettes Young
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Idealistic and naïve, Alfred Fettes wants
to use his knowledge of anatomy to make people's lives
better. But he finds his work - sourcing and preparing
cadavers for Dr Knox - more and more distressing and becomes
increasingly concerned about where these bodies are coming
from.
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Janet Brown
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Poor and destitute, Janet exists by wandering
the streets with her friend Mary Patterson, and begging
for food and money. It is a sad and bitter life, which
is frequently put in peril by the violence of the streets
and bitingly cold winter weather.
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William (Toddy) MacFarlane
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Wealthy, worldly-wise and self-assured,
William MacFarlane is the young junior doctor who initiates
the novice student, Alfred Fettes, in the grisly tasks
that Dr Knox requires of him.
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Isabella Knox
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Dr Knox's daughter is stunningly beautiful
and alluring. Wherever she goes, she is followed by a
trail of admirers, most of them studying medicine with
her father.
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| John Gray |
| A menacing and threatening character who makes his
living digging up corpses for Dr Knox to dissect. He is well paid
for his work, and he supplements this modest income with a little
blackmail and thuggery. |
| Mary Patterson |
| Her life may have been hard and miserable but any
life is precious. However, sadly Mary is worth more to someone dead
than she is alive. |
Please email Geoff
Page if you are interested about performing 'The Academy of
Death' or if you would like further information on any aspect of
the production. |
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