LEADING LADIES - Character Map

The numbers in the red circles are the number of lines for that character.

LEADING LADIES - Cast List and Description

Florence

·      Female - could be played by a male.  

·      Worth $3 million

·      Leaving her fortune to her 3 nieces – Meg, Maxine and Stephanie

·      Half blind  & close to death but very savvy

·       Oscillates between sweetness and vindictiveness

Meg

·      Lives with Florence, is her niece  & chief heir  

·      Loves theatre, especially Shakespeare

·      Engaged to marry Rev Duncan 

·      Falls in love with Leo 

Duncan

·      Rev. Duncan Wooley

·      Engaged to Meg & happy she is an heiress

·      Set in his ways – A selfish fuddy-duddy

·      Wants Meg’s fortune so he can set up a foundation

·      Hates Dr Myers

Doc Myers

·      Physician to Florence

·      Incompetent – Keeps diagnosing Flo’s death

·      Leader of the local Moose Lodge

·      Has a son “Butch”

Butch Myers

·      Doc’s son

·      All brawn, no brains

·      Engaged to Audrey

Audrey

·      Engaged to Butch

·      Used to be Doc Myers receptionist

·      The consummate blonde airhead

·      Script calls for her to be able to roller-skate

·      Falls in love with Jack

Leo Clark

·      English Shakespearean actor

·      Comes up with scheme to impersonate Max and Steve

·      Undeterred when it’s Maxine and Stephanie

·      Dresses as Maxine for half the play

·      Falls in love with Meg

Jack Gable

·      Jaded English Shakespearean actor

·      Reluctant participant in Leo’s scheme

·      Dresses as Stephanie – deaf/dumb niece of Florence’s

·      Falls in love with Audrey