CAST

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Lady   Sneerwell, 

A fashionable widow with a vicious tongue. 

Mezzo soprano

Snake,   

her henchman, a vile intriguer.

Character Tenor    (Can be doubled with Monopoly)

Joseph   Surface, 

a deceptive liar and conniver.

Tenor

Charles   Surface, 

his brother. A good-hearted lover of wine, women and gambling. 

Baritone

Sir   Oliver Surface

Their uncle, a   wealthy business man just returned from the East Indies after 15 years. Poses as Mr. Stanley and Mr. Premium. 

Bass-baritone

Sir   Peter Teazle, formerly a confirmed   bachelor; recently married to Lady Teazle.

Baritone

Lady   Teazle, his young trophy wife with   expensive tastes

High lyric soprano

Maria,   

Sir Peter’s ward in   love with Charles. An heiress.

Lyric soprano

Mrs.   Candour, 

A flighty, eccentric   gossip

Coloratura soprano

Sir   Benjamin Backbite, 

a flamboyant gossip 

Baritone

Mr.   Crabtree,

His uncle, an aging   fop. 

Character Tenor

Rowley,   

An old retainer of   the Surface family. 

Tenor or High baritone

Mr.   Monopoly, 

a money lender. 

Character Tenor (Can be doubled with Snake)

Careless,   

a gambler. Friend of   Charles. 

Chorus tenor

Trip,   

a skirt chaser.   Friend of Charles.

Chorus tenor

Sir   Harry,

a drunkard. Friend of   Charles.

Chorus Bass-baritone

Servant to Lady   Sneerwell

Spoken

Servant to Sir Peter

Spoken

Servant to Joseph

Tenor