The Real Inspector Hound ~ Tell Me Another Story, Sing Me A Song

NOTICE!  CALLBACK AUDITIONS FOR EVERYONE! INCLUDING NEWCOMERS, SUNDAY, JULY 18, 4:00 PM  
First Presbyterian Church
Green Street at 7th Avenue
Haddon Heights

DIRECTOR         Jim Alexander (856-547-8284)

PERFORMANCES   (6) at First Presbyterian Church, September 10, 11, 17 & 18, 2010

 

REHEARSALS - 3 evenings per week, Sun., Tues., Thurs.; (Start July 25th)

 

ABOUT THE PLAY

Tom Stoppard’s classic comedy-murder mystery THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND, is a long one-act play within a play as two stage critics watch the same play we are watching. The Real Inspector Hound is like New Yorker cartoons where many laugh themselves sick and many just don’t see it; it may be more clever than funny, but is a madcap mystery spoof of Agatha Christie drawing room mysteries. Halfway through the critics become ensnared in the dialog and action on the stage during the performance.  A real challenge for serious (comic) actors!

TELL ME ANOTHER STORY, SING ME A SONG is a short one-act play for two actors. addressing mother-daughter relationships  that can build walls, and  the love and compassion that can gently bring them down. Playbox won the 1991 New Jersey Theatre League Festival with TMAS,SMAS. Actors will be cast only in one play for the program.

THE CHARACTERS

Birdboot – Male 40-60, second-string theatre critic, loud, self-assured, opinionated, philanderer

Moon -  Male 30-40, second-string critic, intellectual, nervous.

Simon- Male 25-35, matinee idol, suave, love interest of both Felicity and Cynthia, suspicious.

Magnus - Male, 40-70, wheelchair-bound, loud arrogant, imposing.

Inspector Hound - Male, 40-50, typical Scotland Yard investigator, a bumbler, a joke.

Mrs. Drudge - 40-60, housekeeper, little energy, dour, but comical.

Cynthia - 30-40, aristocratic, elegant, object of everyone’s desire.

Felicity - 20-30, pretty, pert, spoiled, naïve, but willful.

 

AUDITIONS
Consist of brief readings from the script; no appointments; no special material. Contact the Director for an overnight script loan. It is suggested that actors read the script at least once.