The details for the next play auditions are as follows:
Hobson's Choice by Harold Brighouse
Audition Date: Friday 20 January 2012 - 7.40pm
Venue: Seaford Little Theatre
Production dates: 11 - 19 May 2012
Director: Stella Dench
Henry Hobson, widower and boot shop proprietor, dominates his employee, Willie Mossop, and teases his daughter Maggie on her being past the marrying age. Maggie retaliates by marrying Willie, a master boot maker and turns the meek and mild Mossop into a force for Hobson to reckon with.
An ageless and classic comedy, set in Salford, Lancashire in the 1880's.
| CAST OF CHARACTERS | |
| Alice Hobson | Hobson's daughter |
| Maggie Hobson | Hobson’s daughter, with a strong business acumen. |
| Vickey Hobson | Hobson's daughter |
| Albert Prosser | A lawyer. In love with Alice |
| Henry Horatio Hobson | Curmudgeonly, prosperous self-made owner of a boot and shoe store. 50+ |
| Mrs Hepworth | Well-to-do upper class older lady and customer of Hobson |
| Timothy Wadlow | Tubby. Works in the shop. |
| William Mossop | Timid, and unassuming, doesn't appear too bright, but a Master boot maker. In love with Maggie |
| Jim Heeler | Friend of Hobson. Local grocer. In love with Vicky |
| Ada Figgins | Weak, poor spirited girl. Maggie’s rival for Willie. |
| Fred Beanstock | Respectable son of a respectable tradesman. |
| Doctor MacFarlane | A domineering Scotsman 50+ |
Scripts are available from me
Anyone who cannot make the audition date and is interested in a part then please contact me and I will arrange an alternative date for you.
STELLA DENCH
EMAIL: millie1925@btinternet.com
TELEPHONE: 01323 891994
READINGS
Opening Act 1 to bottom page 5 ( Hobson’s entrance)
Alice, Maggie, Vicky and Albert Prosser
Bottom page 6 to bottom page 8 ( Mrs Hepworth’s entrance )
Mrs Hepworth, Hobson, Maggie and Will
Page 12 to14 Maggie and Will
Page14 to top page 16 Ada Figgins entrance to Ada’s exit
Page 17 from Hobson’s entrance to end of Act 1 Maggie, Vicky, Will and Hobson
Opening Act 4 Wadlow, Jim Heeler to Hobson’s entrance
Page 54 Dr MacFarlane, Jim and Hobson to Maggies’s entrance