Characters Needed:
- “Froggy” LeSueur—40s, perhaps?; to quote the script, “seems well-fed, flushed with the spirit of adventure, and right at home”. He is a British Army explosives instructor, visiting the nearby Army base. He has a definite Cockney accent!
- Charlie Baker—Froggy’s best friend, same age, roughly, as Froggy; however, he’s completely different in personality. Again, to quote the script: “The other, standing in his forlorn trench coat, seems quietly, somehow permanently, lost.” Charlie has a British accent at first, but then makes up his own unique one.
- Betty Meeks—owns Betty Meeks’ Fishing Lodge Resort in Tilghman County, Georgia- somewhere from fifties to seventies; native of the South; good- hearted; used to hard work; is wise in some ways, not so quick in others… very strong Southern accent.
- Reverend David Marshall Lee—from the script: “… a friendly, open face. David, we see, is neither the stereotypically pallid, remote young divinity student, nor the hearty, backslapping evangelist. He seems rather to be a regular fella-humorous, and open, and, it would appear, a good young man to have on our side. Late 20s- 30s- early 40s?
- Catherine Simms—David’s fiancée- similar in age to David- kind of a general all- around “good ol’ gal”- has her opinions, and is not afraid to tell them! She has a ready wit and a sharp tongue.
- Owen Musser—friend of David’s, “smarmy” is a good word for him; from the script…” Psychologists tell us to beware of a man with two tattoos. One, he may have gotten on a drunk or a dare, but two means he went back. Owen is a two- tattoo man.” He is the absolute stereotype of an ill-bred southern Klansman He’s an obvious redneck; age, thirties- forties.
- Ellard Simms—Catherine’s younger brother, he’s an agreeable young man who is not the brightest porch light on the block. The script says “There doesn’t, we must admit, seem to be much to Ellard. He is a lumpy, overgrown, backward youth…” early twenties- late twenties???
- Various townsfolk.
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