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CHESS (UK Version) TIME PERIOD - Contemporary, 1980s, 1950s SETTINGS OF PLAY - Budapest; Thailand; JFK Airport between 1956 and the present. FEATURES / CONTAINS Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes CAUTIONS Mild Adult Themes TARGET AUDIENCE Adult PERFORMANCE GROUP: College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Large Stage RECOGNITION / AWARDS From West End CASTING: 10m, 3f CASTING ATTRIBUTES: Expandable casting, Flexible casting, Room for Extras FLORENCE - strong belt voice (to E). Mid-thirties. Born in Hungary (so musn’t look like an “All-American Girl”); has been brought up in America since 1956. She is clever, theatrical, touching, vivacious, volatile. Frederick’s chess “second.” FREDDIE - Rock tenor (to C). Mid-thirties. An American chess champion. A cross between Bobby Fisher and John McEnroe. Arrogant and temperamental, but a genius; his chess playing revolutionary. We need to see his artistry along with his danger and his obsessiveness. ANATOLY - Baritone (to G sharp). Early forties. A Russian chess champion. Unexpectedly charming. He doesn’t seem a romantic hero at first, but becomes one through his personality. An intelligent, feeling, passionate man. MOLOKOV - Bass (down to F sharp). Fifties. Not a fake, comic, stage Russian. Intellectually formidable. Seemingly a father figure to Florence. Anatoly’s chess “second.” An actor who sings well. SVETLANA - strong belt voice. Late thirties. Anatoly’s wife. Domestic, wholesome, homey. A dramatic contrast to Florence - not a contemporary cosmopolitan woman. WALTER - Bass-Baritone (down to G sharp). Fifties. A marketing agent. Seemingly respectable, substantial, trustworthy. An actor who sings well. ARBITER - rock high baritone (up to A). Thirty to early forties. International businessman. Smooth, but with a quick temper. GREGORY VASSY VIIGAND YOUNG FLORENCE NIKOLAI JOE HAROLD ENSEMBLE VOCAL DEMANDS - Moderate SIZE OF ORCHESTRA - Large ORCHESTRATIONS Woodwind 1 (Flute 1, Piccolo) Woodwind 2 (Oboe, English Horn, Cor Anglais) Woodwind 3 (Bb Clarinet 1) Woodwind 4 (Bb Clarinet 2, Bass Clarinet 1) Woodwind 5 (Flute 2, Bass Clarinet 2, Baritone Sax, Bb Clarinet 3) Woodwind 6 (Bassoon, Contra Bassoon) Horn Trumpet 1 Trumpet 2 Trumpet 3 Trombone 1 Trombone 2 Percussion Drums Guitar Keyboard 1 Keyboard 2 Keyboard 3 Violin A 1st Descant Violin A 2nd Descant Violin B 1st Descant Violin B 2nd Descant Cello A Cello B Bass
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CHESS (UK Version)
TIME PERIOD - Contemporary, 1980s, 1950sSETTINGS OF PLAY - Budapest; Thailand; JFK Airport between 1956 and the present.FEATURES / CONTAINS Unit Set/Multiple SettingsContemporary Costumes / Street ClothesCAUTIONS Mild Adult ThemesTARGET AUDIENCE AdultPERFORMANCE GROUP: College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Large Stage RECOGNITION / AWARDS From West End CASTING: 10m, 3f CASTING ATTRIBUTES: Expandable casting, Flexible casting, Room for Extras FLORENCE - strong belt voice (to E). Mid-thirties. Born in Hungary (so musn’t look like an “All-American Girl”); has been brought up in America since 1956. She is clever, theatrical, touching, vivacious, volatile. Frederick’s chess “second.”FREDDIE - Rock tenor (to C). Mid-thirties. An American chess champion. A cross between Bobby Fisher and John McEnroe. Arrogant and temperamental, but a genius; his chess playing revolutionary. We need to see his artistry along with his danger and his obsessiveness.ANATOLY - Baritone (to G sharp). Early forties. A Russian chess champion. Unexpectedly charming. He doesn’t seem a romantic hero at first, but becomes one through his personality. An intelligent, feeling, passionate man.MOLOKOV - Bass (down to F sharp). Fifties. Not a fake, comic, stage Russian. Intellectually formidable. Seemingly a father figure to Florence. Anatoly’s chess “second.” An actor who sings well.SVETLANA - strong belt voice. Late thirties. Anatoly’s wife. Domestic, wholesome, homey. A dramatic contrast to Florence - not a contemporary cosmopolitan woman.WALTER - Bass-Baritone (down to G sharp). Fifties. A marketing agent. Seemingly respectable, substantial, trustworthy. An actor who sings well.ARBITER - rock high baritone (up to A). Thirty to early forties. International businessman. Smooth, but with a quick temper.GREGORY VASSYVIIGANDYOUNG FLORENCENIKOLAIJOEHAROLDENSEMBLE
VOCAL DEMANDS - Moderate
SIZE OF ORCHESTRA - LargeORCHESTRATIONSWoodwind 1 (Flute 1, Piccolo)Woodwind 2 (Oboe, English Horn, Cor Anglais)Woodwind 3 (Bb Clarinet 1)Woodwind 4 (Bb Clarinet 2, Bass Clarinet 1)Woodwind 5 (Flute 2, Bass Clarinet 2, Baritone Sax, Bb Clarinet 3)Woodwind 6 (Bassoon, Contra Bassoon)HornTrumpet 1Trumpet 2Trumpet 3Trombone 1Trombone 2PercussionDrumsGuitarKeyboard 1Keyboard 2Keyboard 3Violin A 1st DescantViolin A 2nd DescantViolin B 1st DescantViolin B 2nd DescantCello ACello BBass
