Agatha Christie's 'And Then There Were None'

Season: 21st August - 2nd October 2010 Preview night 2nd July Friday and Saturday nights at 8pm Sunday matinée at 4.30pm Play Reading Night 2nd June 7pm at the Genesian Theatre Auditions by Appointment 12th, 13th and 14th June (Long Weekend) Phone the Director: Debbie Smith 0437 937 802 The Characters Justice Lawrence Wargrave, a retired judge, now knighted is well known for liberally handing out the death penalty to the prisoners he convicts. He is accused of murder due to the judicial hanging of criminal Edward Seton, even though there were some doubts about his guilt at the time of the trial. He takes control of a lot of the situations and helps the guests. Dr. Edward George Armstrong, a Harley Street surgeon, blamed for the death of patient while operating under the influence of alcohol. He has since given up drinking. He's an intelligent man who soon befriends Justice Wargrave. He is described as a fussy good looking man of 44. He looks tired and moves rather slowly. Philip Lombard worked as a soldier of fortune in African. He is retired and now homeless and continues to travel around. He soon befriends Vera. He is described as an attractive lean man about 34 years old, well tanned with a touch of adventurer. He is happy to flirt with Vera right from the start of the play. He is accused of causing the deaths of a native African tribe when they starved after he left them in the jungle. General John Gordon Mackenzie, a retired World War I hero, is described as an upright, soldierly old man with a gentle, tired face. He is accused of sending his wife's lover, Arthur Richmond (also a soldier), to his death by assigning him to a "suicide" mission. Anthony James Marston is a good-looking man with a well-proportioned body, crisp hair, tanned face and blue eyes. He was born to a wealthy family. In detail, he is described as a good looking man of 23 or so. He is rich, spoilt, self absorbed and not very intelligent. He accidentally ran over and killed two children while driving his car at a high speed. He feels no remorse for the incident as he lacks any kind of moral responsibility. This is proven by his continual fast reckless driving as the play commences. Miss Emily Brent, an elderly woman of unyielding principles who uses the Bible to justify her inability to show compassion or understanding for others. She dismissed her loyal maid, Beatrice Taylor, as punishment for becoming pregnant out of wedlock. As a result Beatrice, who'd also been abandoned by her family and left homeless, threw herself into a river and drowned. Miss Brent felt no shame in telling her that her life was worthless, for she had committed a death worthy sin. Brent is described as a tall, thin spinster with a disagreeable and suspicious face. Vera Elizabeth Claythorne is a secretary, and ex-governess, who takes mostly secretarial jobs since her last job as a governess ended in the death of her charge. The play describes her as a good looking woman about 25 years old. Her crime is she let her young charge Peter Ogilvie Hamilton swim out to sea and drown, so that his uncle would inherit his money and marry her. Of all the "guests" Vera is the only one who shows regret about the death that she has been involved in. William Henry Blore, a retired police inspector and now a private investigator, is accused of having an innocent man, James Landor, sentenced to lifetime imprisonment as a scapegoat after having been bribed. This man later died in the prison. (He privately admits to Lombard that he had committed perjury.) In the play he is described as a middle-aged, thick set man wearing rather loud clothing and impersonating a gold magnate Mr Davis. He eyes dart about a lot and he makes notes of his surroundings. Mrs. Ethel Rogers is the cook and Mr. Rogers's wife. In the novel she is described as a pale-faced, ghostlike woman with shifty light eyes, who is scared easily. The play describes her as thin, worried and frightened. She is eager to work as there's a bonus on the usual wages, but she wont be put out doing household duties when she's actually the cook. Despite her respectability and efficiency, in the past she has helped her husband, Thomas, kill an elderly employer of theirs Jennifer Brady, by withholding her medicine, in order to inherit her money. Mr. Thomas Rogers is the manservant/house-parlor man and Mrs. Rogers's husband. One of the first people to come to the island, he is a very hard worker even in his old age. He killed an elderly employer with the help of his wife by withholding restorative drugs from her, in order to inherit her money. He is described as a competent middle-aged man, quick and deft, has an eye of detail but just a trifle specious and shifty. Fred Narracott is the boatman who delivered the guests to the island and brings supplies. He is not seen again after the first scene. This small role could be doubled by MacKenzie, Armstrong or Blore.