Role
Descriptions:
The Game's Afoot

William Gillette: 40s - 60s.

A successful, dashing actor with a lively mind and a fanciful imagination. Considers himself to be a good detective, since he made his fortune playing Sherlock Holmes.

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Martha Gillette: 70s.

Actress in this role must convincingly play mid 70s. Martha is a delightful, clever, fierce old lady.

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Simon Bright: 20s.

Young leading man. Sweet, energetic and enthusiastic. Aggie’s boyfriend.

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Aggie Wheeler: 20s.

Sharp, beautiful, bright-eyed, full of spunk and vigor. Simon’s girlfriend.

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Felix Geisel: 40s-50s.

Gillette’s best friend and occasional sidekick. Occasionally sarcastic, often melodramatic, always flamboyant. Married to Madge.

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Madge Geisel: 40s -50s.

A leading lady, smart and passionate and delightful in a Rosalind Russell, smart-mouthed, girl-about-town kind of way.

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Daria Chase: 30s-60s.

Self-made woman. Catty, funny, fierce, temperamental, passionate and vicious.

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Inspector Goring: Woman, 30s-60s.

A female police inspector (rare for that time period). Smart, insightful, sharp, the next minute she’s off into a world of her own.