WONTHAGGI THEATRICAL GROUP

TRACK E

 

Roles: French Taunter | Herbert's Guard 1 | Sir Bors | Minstrel 2

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FRENCH TAUNTER

Role Function:    Smarmy, Arrogant Antagonist.    

Scenes / Moments: Act 1, Scene 11

Energy / Comedy Style:  Outrageously Cliché Frenchman, Highly overpronounced words almost at random.          

Voice / Movement: French accent, not strictly a realistic one at that. Needs to be clear enough to understand though. These lines are gold, don’t bury them.

Key Tasks / Notes: Make sure the script is delivered with enough clarity to let it shine.

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HERBERT'S GUARD 1

Role Function:    Simple working-class guard         

Scenes / Moments: Act 2, Scene 8

Energy / Comedy Style:  Lackadaisical, carefree and casual            

Voice / Movement: Simple, cockney

Key Tasks / Notes: Simple, easy, stay here and don’t let Herbert leave UNTIL Father comes back.

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SIR BORS

Role Function: A simple Knight, rolls up his sleeve and gets the job done.

Scenes / Moments: Act 2, Scene 10

Energy / Comedy Style:  Casual working man, confidently approaching a job that quickly dies a dramatic death.            

Voice / Movement: Confident, Casual, foreshadowing a contrastingly bloody and violent death

Key Tasks / Notes: A quick one-and-done role, he rocks up and confidently approaches a rabbit and dies violently.

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MINSTREL 2

Role Function: Cheery and dedicated band member singing Robin’s praises, delighting in his shortcomings     

Scenes / Moments: Act 2, Scene 3, Act 2, Scene 5, Act 2, Scene 11

Energy / Comedy Style:  Floaty and airy, jolly and jubilant               

Voice / Movement: Poetic and reverent.

Key Tasks / Notes: The minstrels are all similarly styled, they should feel almost like clones or a band of identical chorus members that bleed into one character.

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AUDITION TIPS: This does not need to be a “good” accent. It can be cartoonish, over the top, silly and hammy – but it DOES need to be clear and understandable.  Clarity is going to be really important here because he frankly has some of the best lines in the show. 

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AUDITION SCENES

French Taunter: Act 1, Scene 11, pp. 45–50    

     

AUDITION SONGS: No. 16 – Run Away (Bars 1–86)