PERTINENT INFORMATION
Cast of Characters
| Polly Nichols | Female, mid 40’s, small, lively. |
| Annie Chapman | Female, mid 40’s, black Irish. |
| Elizabeth Stride | Female, mid 40’s, tall, funny. |
| Kate Eddowes | Female, late 40’s, solid, no nonsense. |
| Sergeant Hill | Male, late 60’s, stodgy. |
| Constable Dale | Male, mid/late 20’s, eager. |
| Penelope Barnett | Female, mid/late 20’s, simple and forthright. |
| Mary Jane Kelly | Female, early 20’s, naïve. |
| John Pizer | Male, mid/late 40’s, powerfully built, callous. |
| Barnett | Male, late 60’s, near-crippled Curate, cruel, Penelope’s father. |
| Three Males/Two Females | Of disparate ages and sizes to play diverse characters. |
Scene
Whitechapel, a place of poverty, squalor and disease in the east end of London.
Time
Twelve weeks in the autumn of 1888.
Play Time
1 Hour 45 Minutes
Set Requirements
One unit, Abstract, with Digital Screen projection capabilities and Dry Ice/Fog producing capabilities
Cast Requirements
7 MALES (Mid 20’s through late 60’s)
7 FEMALES (Early 20’s through late 40’s)
The roles of Annie, Liz, Kate, Penelope, Mary Jane, and Pizer must have experience in hand-to-hand stage combat
Costuming Requirements
Period
Special Properties
Pizer’s knives, raft for Pizer’s knives, Pizer’s leather apron, Kate’s, Annie’s and Liz’s draw string purses with cobbles in them, The Hooded Figure’s knife
Sound Effects
Whistles
Truncheons rapping cobbles
Various street sounds:
Horses hooves on cobbles
Street chatter
Fog Horns
Crowd Noises
Suspense Synthesized Music
Etc…
Script Sample
Click here to see a sample Scene from Hidden Shadows: The Whitechapel Five.