Seven Little Australians
CAST: 6M, 6F
CHARACTERS
Captain John Woolcot: (army captain approximately 45 – 50 years old, tenor-baritone)
Esther Woolcot: (the young wife of John Woolcot, only just older than Meg her newly acquired step daughter. Head and chest voices required)
DOUBLING OF CHARACTERS SCENE BY SCENE INCLUDES:
Martha: (the long suffering Irish housekeeper)
Colonel and Mrs Bryant: (Woolcot’s commanding officer and his wife)
Mr Hassal: (Esther’s father a successful outback grazier)
Miss Burton: (The proprietor of ‘Miss Burton’s Academy for Girls’ in the Blue Mountains)
Miss Jolly: (Miss Burton’s piano playing assistant)
Dr Gormiston: (the family doctor)
Monsieur Marceau: (the Principal of L’Academie du Monsieur Marceau)
Tettawonga: (an old aboriginal who has worked for Mr Hassal all his life on the Yarrahappini property)
Alan Courtney: (suitor for Meg, a young medical student)
And… a farmer, a police sergeant, Joe from Yarrahappini, the Vicar, army corporal, Pat the groomsman etc.
AND THE CHILDREN: Pip, Meg, Judy, Nell, Bunty, Baby and the Little General.
Pip…(male, approximately 5’ 6’’ – 5’8”, able to appear as a 17 year old, to sing, dance and act with special skill in one of these)
Meg….(female, approximately 5’ 3’’ – 5’ 5”, able to appear as a 16 year old, to sing, dance and act with special skill in one of these)
JUDY…(female, approximately 5’ – 5’ 2’’, able to appear as a 14 year old, to sing, dance and act with special skills in singing and dancing)
(juveniles)
Nell….(female, approximately 4’ 5” – 5’, able to appear as a 12 year old, to sing and dance and to act)
Bunty…(male, approximately 3’6”- 4’, able to appear as a 10 year old, to sing and dance and to act)
Baby…..(female, approximately 3’4”- 3’8”, able to appear as a 10 year old, to sing with the potential to dance and act on stage)
and the LITTLE GENERAL…(male, approximately 2’6”-3’, able to appear as a 3-4 year old who can be played by a girl(prepared to cut hair) or boy of believable size, physically fit, not easily intimidated by numbers of people, to be comfortable being gently handled on stage and able to maintain reasonable concentration for age)
PLUS (the doubling of chorus members scene by scene)
1 Male: [Bryant/farmer/police sergeant/Joe]
Scenes Act 1- scenes 2,3,8,12. Act 2- scenes 3,7,11,13.
2 Female: [Martha/soldier]
Scenes Act 1 – scenes 2,3,5,6,8,10,11,12,14.
Act 2 – scenes 2,6,9,10,11,13.
3 Male: [Mrs Bryant/Marceau/corporal/Doctor
Gormiston/Mr Hassal]
Scenes Act 1 – scenes 2,3,7,8,9,12. Act 2 – scenes 8,11,13.
4 Female: [Miss Burton/soldier/Vicar
Scenes Act 1 – scenes 2,3,8,9,12. Act 2 –scenes 1,11,13.
5 Male: [Young comic – Tettawonga/Alan/one part horse/sentry/Pat/Miss Jolly/Police constable]
Scenes Act 1 – scenes 1,5,8,9,12. Act 2 –scenes 1,5,7,10,11,12,13.
Additional chorus members can be added as required
CHARACTERS
Captain John Woolcot: (army captain approximately 45 – 50 years old, tenor-baritone)
Esther Woolcot: (the young wife of John Woolcot, only just older than Meg her newly acquired step daughter. Head and chest voices required)
DOUBLING OF CHARACTERS SCENE BY SCENE INCLUDES:
Martha: (the long suffering Irish housekeeper)
Colonel and Mrs Bryant: (Woolcot’s commanding officer and his wife)
Mr Hassal: (Esther’s father a successful outback grazier)
Miss Burton: (The proprietor of ‘Miss Burton’s Academy for Girls’ in the Blue Mountains)
Miss Jolly: (Miss Burton’s piano playing assistant)
Dr Gormiston: (the family doctor)
Monsieur Marceau: (the Principal of L’Academie du Monsieur Marceau)
Tettawonga: (an old aboriginal who has worked for Mr Hassal all his life on the Yarrahappini property)
Alan Courtney: (suitor for Meg, a young medical student)
And… a farmer, a police sergeant, Joe from Yarrahappini, the Vicar, army corporal, Pat the groomsman etc.
AND THE CHILDREN: Pip, Meg, Judy, Nell, Bunty, Baby and the Little General.
Pip…(male, approximately 5’ 6’’ – 5’8”, able to appear as a 17 year old, to sing, dance and act with special skill in one of these)
Meg….(female, approximately 5’ 3’’ – 5’ 5”, able to appear as a 16 year old, to sing, dance and act with special skill in one of these)
JUDY…(female, approximately 5’ – 5’ 2’’, able to appear as a 14 year old, to sing, dance and act with special skills in singing and dancing)
(juveniles)
Nell….(female, approximately 4’ 5” – 5’, able to appear as a 12 year old, to sing and dance and to act)
Bunty…(male, approximately 3’6”- 4’, able to appear as a 10 year old, to sing and dance and to act)
Baby…..(female, approximately 3’4”- 3’8”, able to appear as a 10 year old, to sing with the potential to dance and act on stage)
and the LITTLE GENERAL…(male, approximately 2’6”-3’, able to appear as a 3-4 year old who can be played by a girl(prepared to cut hair) or boy of believable size, physically fit, not easily intimidated by numbers of people, to be comfortable being gently handled on stage and able to maintain reasonable concentration for age)
PLUS (the doubling of chorus members scene by scene)
1 Male: [Bryant/farmer/police sergeant/Joe]
Scenes Act 1- scenes 2,3,8,12. Act 2- scenes 3,7,11,13.
2 Female: [Martha/soldier]
Scenes Act 1 – scenes 2,3,5,6,8,10,11,12,14.
Act 2 – scenes 2,6,9,10,11,13.
3 Male: [Mrs Bryant/Marceau/corporal/Doctor
Gormiston/Mr Hassal]
Scenes Act 1 – scenes 2,3,7,8,9,12. Act 2 – scenes 8,11,13.
4 Female: [Miss Burton/soldier/Vicar
Scenes Act 1 – scenes 2,3,8,9,12. Act 2 –scenes 1,11,13.
5 Male: [Young comic – Tettawonga/Alan/one part horse/sentry/Pat/Miss Jolly/Police constable]
Scenes Act 1 – scenes 1,5,8,9,12. Act 2 –scenes 1,5,7,10,11,12,13.
Additional chorus members can be added as required