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Character Descriptions for THE BOOK OF WILL

HENRY CONDELL - 40s: excitable, courageous, actor in The King’s Men.

JOHN HEMINGSGS - 50s: his friend, reasonable, serious, financial manager of The King’s Men. Owner of The Globe Tap House.

RICHARD BURBAGE - 50s: The leading actor of The King’s Men, loud and proud, famous and knows it.

ALICE HEMINGS - 35: John’s daughter, alewife, spirited, clever, holds her own.

BOY HAMLET - young actor

RICHARD - customer at bar, ruffian

ERIC - his companion, a drunk

BEN JONSON - Poet Laureate of England. playwright and rival to Shakespeare. Amazing drunk.

ELIZABETH CONDELL - 40s. Henry’s wife, clever, and fun.

REBECCA HEMINGS - 50s. John’s wife. strong, good hearted, savvy business woman, slightly weathered. Pious.

ED KNIGHT - 50’s Bookkeeper of the King’s Men (Stage Manager), serious and detail oriented.

RALF CRANE - early 20’s. humble scrivener of King’s Men, quiet, fastidious.

WILLIAM JAGGARD 60s: successful, if shady publisher/printer, confident, connected, if a little shady. A bit of an ass.

ISAAC JAGGARD - 30’s: his son, creative, sensitive, quietly dynamic.

MARCUS - 20s: apprentice in print shop, eager, but a bit nosey

LUKE - late teens, works for Jaggard

EMILLIA BASSANO LANIER - 50s: Beautiful, Italian, poet, independent woman

ANN SHAKESPEARE - 60’s William’s widow, in ill health, strong willed

SUSANNAH HALL - 30’s Shakespeare’s daughter, clever, enlightened.

CRIER - newsboy

FRUIT SELLER - works for Rebecca Hemings

SIR EDWARD DERING - 60’s theatre lover

ACTOR 1 -playing Bernardo

ACTOR 2 - playing Francisco

ACTOR 3 - playing Horatio

ACTOR 4 playing Marcellus

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