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<b><font size="4" color="#ff0000">Schenectady Civic Players announce .
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<b><font size="4">Open auditions for . . .</font><br><font size="4">William
Shakespeare’s</font><br><font size="5" color="#ff0000">Measure
for Measure</font><br>Directed by Aaron Holbritter<br><br><font size="4" color="#ff0000">--
Tuesday, January 5, and Thursday, January 7 –</font><br><i>(Performance
dates – Mach 11 through 20</i>)<br><br>At 7:30 pm at Schenectady
Civic Players, 12 S. Church St., Schenectady. Sign-up beginning at 7
pm. Roles for 9 men and 4 women. Ideally come with a prepared classic
monologue. May consider doubling on some roles.<br></b>
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<b>The Duke of Vienna announces that he has been called away from the
city and that he is leaving Lord Angelo to rule in his place with full
authority. He disguises himself as a friar and observes the moral
decay of his citizens. The play deals with issues of justice,
morality, and mercy and their relationships to virtue and sin.<br><br><font size="4"><u>Characters</u></font><br><br>Isabella
- The main character, Isabella, is a very virtuous and chaste young
woman who faces a difficult decision when her brother is sentenced to
death for unlawful sex. Isabella does not approve of her brother's
actions at all, but she pleads for his life out of loyalty and
sisterly devotion. Isabella is a spiritual person who starts off
wanting to become a nun.<br><br>The Duke - The other central figure is
the Duke, who spends most of his time dressed as a friar in order to
observe what is happening in his absence. The Duke is unfailingly
virtuous, good, and kind-hearted. He tends to rule a little softly,
which is why he enlists Angelo's help.<br><br>Claudio - Isabella's
brother Claudio is a young man sentenced to death for impregnating an
unmarried woman. He was engaged to her by a common-law agreement, but
they had sexual intercourse before the legal marriage took place.
Claudio depends less on the guidance of laws and religious practices
than on his sister.<br><br>Lord Angelo - Angelo is the villain of the
play, a man who rules strictly and without mercy. He has his own
weaknesses, however, and he is loathsome more for his hypocrisy than
for anything else. He presents Isabella with a difficult proposition
and then does not even hold up his end of the bargain.<br><br>Escalus
- Escalus is a wise lord who advises Angelo to be more merciful. He is
loyal to the Duke and seeks to carry out his orders justly, but cannot
go against Angelo's will.<br><br>Lucio - Lucio, described by
Shakespeare as a "fantastic," is a flamboyant bachelor who provides
much of the play's comedic content. He is a friend of Claudio's and
tries to help him.<br><br>Mariana - Mariana was supposed to marry
Angelo, but he called the wedding off when she lost her dowry in a
shipwreck that killed her brother.<br><br>Mistress Overdone - Mistress
Overdone runs a brothel in Vienna.<br><br>Pompey - Pompey is a clown
who also works for Mistress Overdone.<br><br>Provost - The provost
runs the prison and is responsible for carrying out all of Angelo's
orders.<br><br>Elbow - Elbow is a dim-witted constable who arrests
people for misconduct, particularly of the sexual variety. He speaks
in malapropisms and provides comic-relief throughout the play.<br><br>Barnadine
- A long-term prisoner in the jail, Barnadine is sentenced to be
executed together with Claudio. The Duke originally considers him
hopeless and therefore dispensable but later changes his mind.<br><br>Juliet
- Claudio's lover, she is pregnant with his baby.<br><br># # # # # # #
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