of
the "Academy of Death" | A fully-staged performance of the
'Academy of Death' runs approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes. |
There are 6 principal roles (3 male and
3 female), 12 minor solo singing roles (4 male and 8 female) 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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Alfred Fettes
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
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
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
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. |
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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.
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