Aaron's Revenger's Tragedy

by Patrick Thomas McCarthy ptmc

Aaron’s Revenger’s Tragedy: A Feast of Blood
© 2019 By Patrick Thomas McCarthy ptmc

Cast: 8 Men 3 or 4 Woman
Synopsis
Mashing up Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, Middleton’s The Revenger’s Tragedy and the “Penny Dreadful” String of Pearls a.k.a. Sweeney Todd, to provide enough vengeance, mayhem and bloodshed to fill a banquet hall of horror. Aaron becomes the central character in this barbaric tripleheader...

Aaron’s Revenger’s Tragedy: A Feast of Blood
© 2019 By Patrick Thomas McCarthy ptmc

Cast: 8 Men 3 or 4 Woman
Synopsis
Mashing up Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, Middleton’s The Revenger’s Tragedy and the “Penny Dreadful” String of Pearls a.k.a. Sweeney Todd, to provide enough vengeance, mayhem and bloodshed to fill a banquet hall of horror. Aaron becomes the central character in this barbaric tripleheader, gaining his freedom, his vengeance & child’s legacy on the bloody way.

Traditionally, Todd, now Titus Todd, is a barber who dispatches his victims by pulling a lever as they sit in his barber chair. His victims fall backward down a revolving trap door into the basement of his shop, generally causing them to break their necks or skulls. In case they are alive, Todd goes to the basement and "polishes them off" (slitting their throats with his straight razor). Mrs. Tamara Gothic Dread, his partner in crime, assists him in disposing of the bodies by baking their flesh into meat pies and selling them to the unsuspecting customers of her pie shop.

Running Time Estimated 110 minutes + Intermission (70 pages publishing format, 12 pt type)

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Aaron's Revenger's Tragedy

Character Information

Midwife – delivers Tamara's & Aaron's child [doubles with Birelli]
Ambitiosa Birelli – cross dresser, snake oil salesman, barber [doubles with Midwife]
  • Mr. Bassianus Ingestrie – adventurer, law student, love interest to Lavinia
    Mr. Bassianus Ingestrie – adventurer, law student, love interest to Lavinia
    Character Age
    20s 30s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any (but probably white)
    Character Gender Identity
    Male
  • Miss Lavinia Barker – 16 years old, daughter to Titus, ward to Judge Saturpin
    Miss Lavinia Barker – 16 years old, daughter to Titus, ward to Judge Saturpin
    Character Age
    16
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any (but probably white)
    Character Gender Identity
    Female
  • Master Demitri Dread – 18 years old, son to Mrs. Gothique Dread
    Master Demitri Dread – 18 years old, son to Mrs. Gothique Dread
    Character Age
    18
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any (but probably white)
    Character Gender Identity
    Male
  • Master Spurio Dread – 17 years old, son to Mrs. Gothique Dread
    Master Spurio Dread – 17 years old, son to Mrs. Gothique Dread
    Character Age
    17
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any (but probably white)
    Character Gender Identity
    Male
  • Aaron Vindice Hannibal – "indentured servant", slave to Mrs. Dread, African descent
    Aaron Vindice Hannibal – "indentured servant", slave to Mrs. Dread, African descent, British speaker
    Character Age
    30s 40s 50s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Black African
    Character Gender Identity
    Male
  • Beadle Sordidos Slaughter – assists the judge, large profane man
    Beadle Sordidos Slaughter – assists the judge, large profane man
    Character Age
    40s 50s 60s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any (but probably white)
    Character Gender Identity
    Male
  • Mr. Titus Todd – barber of Fleet St, father to Lavinia, doesn't know his wife is dead
    Character Age
    40s-50s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Male
  • Tobias Ragg – workhouse boy, African descent
    Tobias Ragg – workhouse boy, African descent, to match Aaron and become part of his family at end of play
    Character Age
    Teens, 20s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Black African
    Character Gender Identity
    Male
  • Mrs. Tamara Gothique Dread – piemaker of Fleet St, mother to Demitri/Spurio
    Mrs. Tamara Gothique Dread – piemaker of Fleet St, mother to Demitri/Spurio, mother to Aaron's black child
    Character Age
    40s-50s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any (but probably white)
    Character Gender Identity
    Female
  • Judge Valentine Serpentine Saturpin Judge has condemned Titus to life in prison, raped his wife, taken Titus’ daughter Lavinia as his ward, plans to marry her
    Judge has condemned Titus to life in prison, raped his wife, taken Titus’ daughter Lavinia as his ward, plans to marry her
    Character Age
    40s - 60s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any (but probably white)
    Character Gender Identity
    Male
  • Midwife – delivers Tamara's and Aaron's baby [doubles with Birelli]
    Midwife – delivers Tamara's and Aaron's baby [doubles with Birelli]
    Character Age
    30s 40s 50s 60s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any (but probably white)
    Character Gender Identity
    Presents Female
  • Ambitiosa Birelli – cross dresser, snake oil salesman, barber [doubles with Midwife]
    Ambitiosa Birelli – cross dresser, snake oil salesman, barber [could double with Midwife]
    Character Age
    30s 40s 50s 60s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any (but probably white)
    Character Gender Identity
    Both Male and Female

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Theatre Lab, NYC with KeithHerron=TitusTodd, MaryOBrady=Tamara, ChristopherWashington=Aaron, LiamAllen=Toby, RikWalter=Judge, DavidBrown=Beadle, JennaKrasowski=Lavinia, JoelTBauer=Bassianus, JeffDavis=Demetri, BradyCudmore=Spurio. AnnePasquale=Birelli/Mid, Year 2019