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Auditions will be held at the Francis Wilson Playhouse on Sunday, November 3rd and Monday, November 4th at 7pmPerformances January 9th to 19th, 2025
A love letter to fin de siècle theatre, The Ladies of the Camellias is both comically farcical and poignant in its presentation.
In 1897, two different actresses, Sarah Bernhardt and Eleonora Duse, were both to perform The Lady of the Camellia in Paris in the same week and at the same theater. Alexandre Dumas, fils, the French author who wrote the play, has particular complaints about both of their performances. Their respective co-stars, Gustave-Hippolite Worms and Flavio Ando, are caught in the actresses' melodrama and competition. However, a Russian anarchist named Ivan decides to take the two actresses hostage and threatens to blow up the theater if two of his comrades are not released from prison. Can Cyrano de Bergerac save the day?
Roles available:
SARAH BERNHARDT - Already ageless. Small, delicate, glamorous. Halo of Pre-Raphaelite reddish blond curls.
ELEONORA DUSE - The same, but somewhat younger. The curls are black. Italian accent. Grim.
ALEXANDER DUMAS – FILS - Author of ”La Dame aux Camellias,” around fifty-five, sixty. Elegant. Wry.
IVAN - A young Russian. Bright, articulate, passionate, sincere. Russian accent.
GUSTAVE-HIPPOLITE WORMS – Of the unfortunate name. The French company's leading man. Handsome, witty, elegant, French. AIso a good actor. Forties.
FLAVIO ANDO - The Italian company’s leading man. A past lover of Duse. Extremely handsome. A matinee idol and an excellent actor. Forties. Italian accent.
BENOIT - The prompter and caretaker of the theatre. A hundred & fifty years old.
A GIRL - In her early twenties. Small, fierce. NOT an ingenue, but rather a young lead.
BENOIT CONSTANT COQUELIN - A great star. The original Cyrano. Ageless, like the other two. Big voice.
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302 Seminole St, Clearwater, FL, United States, Florida 33755
