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. Titus Todd – barber of Fleet St, father to Lavinia, doesn't know his wife is dead
    40s-50s
    Any
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      40s,
      50s
    • Actor 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
    40s-50s
    Any (but probably white)
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      30s,
      40s,
      50s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      White
    • Actor 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
    40s - 60s
    Any (but probably white)
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      40s,
      50s,
      60s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      White
    • Actor 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]
    30s 40s 50s 60s
    Any (but probably white)
    Presents Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      30s,
      40s,
      50s,
      60s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      White
  • Ambitiosa Birelli – cross dresser, snake oil salesman, barber [doubles with Midwife]
    Ambitiosa Birelli – cross dresser, snake oil salesman, barber [could double with Midwife]
    30s 40s 50s 60s
    Any (but probably white)
    Both Male and Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      30s,
      40s,
      50s,
      60s
  • Mr. Bassianus Ingestrie – adventurer, law student, love interest to Lavinia
    Mr. Bassianus Ingestrie – adventurer, law student, love interest to Lavinia
    20s 30s
    Any (but probably white)
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      White
    • Actor 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
    16
    Any (but probably white)
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      Teens,
      20s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      White
    • Actor 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
    18
    Any (but probably white)
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      Teens,
      20s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      White
    • Actor 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
    17
    Any (but probably white)
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      Teens,
      20s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      White
    • Actor 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
    30s 40s 50s
    Black African
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      30s,
      40s,
      50s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Black, African, Caribbean, or African American
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Male
  • Beadle Sordidos Slaughter – assists the judge, large profane man
    Beadle Sordidos Slaughter – assists the judge, large profane man
    40s 50s 60s
    Any (but probably white)
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      40s,
      50s,
      60s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      White
    • Actor 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
    Teens, 20s
    Black African
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      Teens,
      20s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Asian, Pacific Islander, or Asian American,
      Black, African, Caribbean, or African American,
      Indigenous, First Nation, or Native American,
      Latinx/o/a or Hispanic,
      Middle Eastern, North African, or Arab American,
      Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander,
      South Asian or South Asian American
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Male

Development History

  • Reading, 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, 2019