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CHARACTERS IN EACH SCENE
CHARACTERS IN EACH SCENE
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CHARACTERS IN EACH SCENE
For the smaller cast of around 30 actors, speeches could be reallocated and/or combined to create fewer parts and most would play multiple characters. For the larger cast there could be additional traders, soldiers, patients, nurses and bigger crowds.
This musical is suitable for a range of abilities. The writers of 'Florence' welcome innovative casting that reflects the diversity of a wide range of backgrounds.
ACT ONE
SCENE 1
A STREET MARKET IN 1851
Market traders
Fanny
Parthe
Flo
Jenny
Market traders sing, ‘Daughter of a Rich Man’ and ‘What Momma Says Goes’
People buying goods, children playing games and optional extra traders in market
SCENE 2
THE PARK
Fanny
Parthe
Flo
Flo sings, ‘Who Am I?' and dances during dream sequence
Voices sing off and optional extra dancers for dream sequence
SCENE 3
A ROOM IN THE OLD PREMISES OF THE INSTITUTION FOR THE
CARE OF SICK GENTLEWOMEN IN DISTRESSED CIRCUMSTANCES
Flo
Lady Canning
Committee
Optional extra non-speaking committee members
SCENE 4
A ROOM IN THE NEW PREMISES OF THE INSTITUTION FOR THE
CARE OF SICK GENTLEWOMEN IN DISTRESSED CIRCUMSTANCES
Workers
Flo
Committee
Treasurer
Worker
Nurses
Delivery person
Delivery people
Optional extra non-speaking committee members and nurses
Flo, Beatrice, workers and nurses sing, ‘The Gadget Song’
SCENE 5
FLORENCE’S OFFICE AT THE NEW INSTITUTE
Flo
Nurses
SCENE 6
A FIELD HOSPITAL AT THE CRIMEAN WAR
Surgeon
1st & 2nd soldier
Soldier
Several dead and dying soldiers lying around
SCENE 7
A STREET IN MARCH 1854
Newspaper seller
Crowd in street, passers-by sing, ‘All Those Wounded Soldiers’
SCENE 8
THE DINING ROOM OF SYDNEY HERBERT’S LONDON HOUSE
Flo
Committee
Nurses
Attendant
Flo, the committee, Marge and nurses sing, ‘The Rules Song’
Marge and nurses sing, ‘The Uniform Song’
Optional extra non-speaking nurses and committee members
SCENE 9
AT TILBURY DOCKS
Crowd of well-wishers and nurses sing, ‘We’re on Our Way at Last’
ACT TWO
SCENE 1
A BASE CAMP IN THE CRIMEA
Tourist 1
Tourist 2
Tourist 3
1st & 2nd Officers
CO
Optional extra tourists
All cast in scene sing, ‘We’re Travelling Gentlemen’
SCENE 2
A CORRIDOR IN THE BARRACK HOSPITAL, SCUTARI
Hospital Doctors
Dr Menzies
Mr Ward
Ward Orderlies
Wounded patients come and go during the opening of the scene
SCENE 3
THE BARRACK HOSPITAL KITCHEN
Ward Orderlies
George
Mr Ward
Group of wounded soldiers enter and sing, ‘Skin and Bone’
SCENE 4
A CORRIDOR IN THE BARRACK HOSPITAL
Dr Menzies
Hospital Doctors
Flo
Nurses
Optional extra non-speaking nurses
Group of injured soldiers enter and exit at the start of the scene
SCENE 5
THE NURSES’ QUARTERS
Dr Pincoff
Flo
Nurses
Hospital Doctors
Dr Menzies
Marge and nurses sing, ‘Dead Man in My Bed’
Group of wounded soldiers, with one carried on a stretcher
Optional extra non-speaking nurses
SCENE 6
A CORRIDOR IN THE BARRACK HOSPITAL
Nurses
Flo
Mr Ward
SCENE 7
THE NURSES’ QUARTERS
Flo
Nurses
Optional extra non-speaking nurses
SCENE 8
A HOSPITAL WARD
Flo
1st & 2nd soldier
Doctors, nurses treating wounded soldiers lying around
Flo, doctors, nurses and soldiers sing, ‘Don’t Lose Heart’
SCENE 9
THE OFFICE OF DOCTOR SMITH
Hospital Doctors
Dr Cumming
SCENE 10
A HOSPITAL WARD
Dr Hall
Flo
Nurses
Other non-speaking nurses, wounded soldiers and doctors
All cast in scene sing, ‘A Classic Case of Clashing Personalities’
SCENE 11
A CORRIDOR IN THE BARRACK HOSPITAL
Nurses
SCENE 12
MR SABIN’S HOUSE
Flo
Nurses and soldiers sing, ‘We All Depend on Her’
SCENE 13
A STREET MARKET IN 1856
Helen
Charlotte
Newspaper seller
Market traders
Parthe
Fanny
Flo
Passers-by and crowd
Crowd and Bert sing, ‘War is Over and Daughter of a Rich Man’ (Reprise)
Crowd, solo male and solo female sing, ‘Saluting Florence Nightingale’
– Bert (veg), Nora (fruit basket), Hilda (lace handkerchiefs), Dot (flower basket), Lizzie (live chickens), Jack (bric à brac), Flora and Agnes
– Florence’s mother
– Florence’s sister
– Florence Nightingale
– Nightingale’s maid
– Florence’s mother
– Florence’s sister
– Florence Nightingale
– Florence Nightingale
– Chairman of the committee of ‘fine ladies’
– Alice, Beatrice, Helen and Prudence
– At start of scene making alterations to the Institute
– Florence Nightingale
– Beatrice, Prudence, Helen and Alice
– Institute treasurer
– At the Institute
– Mabel, Marge and Meg
– From Fortnum and Mason
– Line of people delivering boxes
– Florence Nightingale
– Sally and Mary
– Amputating a leg
– Assisting with operation
– On trestle table having leg amputated
– Florence Nightingale
– Mrs Bracebridge, Mary Stanley, Lady Cranworth and Lady Canning
– Mabel, Meg, Marge, Emma, Ruth, Daisy, Mary and Sally
– Philip carries a picnic basket
– Carries a telescope
– Carries a folding picnic seat
– Greet tourists
– Commanding Officer
– Dr Lawson and Dr Smith
– Senior medical officer
– Hospital purveyor
– Edward and John
– Edward and John
– New ward orderly
– Hospital purveyor
– Senior medical officer
– Dr Lawson and Dr Pincoff
– Florence Nightingale
– Daisy, Mabel, Mary, Emma, Sally, Meg and Ruth
– Hospital doctor
– Florence Nightingale
– Marge, Daisy, Mabel, Mary, Emma, Sally, Meg and Ruth
– Dr Cumming, Dr Lawson and Dr Smith
– Senior medical officer
– Meg, Sally and Emma
– Florence Nightingale
– Hospital purveyor
– Florence Nightingale
– Marge, Emma, Meg, Mary, Ruth, Mabel, Daisy and Sally
– Florence Nightingale
– Lying around wounded
– Dr Pincoff and Dr Smith
– Now promoted to commander of Barrack Hospital
– Chief of the medical staff
– Florence Nightingale
– Ruth, Sally, Meg and Marge
– Emma, Mabel, Daisy and Mary
– Florence Nightingale
– Committee member
– Friend of Helen
– Selling newspapers
– Jack (bric à brac - souvenirs), Flora, Nora, Dot and Lizzie
– Florence’s sister
– Florence’s mother
– Florence Nightingale
– Solo in, 'All Those Wounded Soldiers'