Again, on the topic of a musical, there is a lot you can do symbolically with double casting between the first and second acts. Here's what I would do; let me know your thoughts.
(I was gonna put Cowslip / Woundwort BUT I think Woundwort's reveal in Act 2 should be very big and scary and surprising, which would be slightly dampened if you've seen the actor before. Since Silverweed is only there for one scene, and a bit in the background, the Woundwort reveal would be actually enhanced by that thought of, "Wait, I swear I saw this guy already...? OH IT'S SILVERWEED")
- Nildro-hain / Hyzenthlay
- Various Sandleford and Snares folk / various Efrafa folk
- U Threarah / Cowslip / The Black Rabbit of Inlé
- Various Efrafa Owsla / Various Black Rabbit Owsla
- Haystack / Thethuthinnang
And I can't think of any more!!!
Ooh this is great, I forgot about double casting! There is some awesome potential in here.
I'm having trouble seeing Silverweed and Woundwort as the same actor, largely because Silverweed is a desperate youngster used to soft living and Woundwort is like, a super buff middle-aged guy. Also I think I'd introduce Woundwort near the end of the first act, by showing Holly's mission to Efrafa right before the Nuthanger raid.
BUT YOUR MIND FOR THE NILDRO-HAIN / HYZENTHLAY PARALLEL....UNMATCHED.....THE SONG LADIES!!! I love that so much!!
Toadflax would for sure work great as either Campion or Vervain. Personally I think Holly / Campion would be ideal, but they appear in some of the same scenes so it wouldn't work unfortunately.
Reusing background casts at the various warrens makes perfect sense
Ooh I like Threarah / Cowslip / Black Rabbit, that's fun. The death association! Lying down to die! I've also heard the idea of Threarah / Woundwort, which could also be neat. OH or Threarah / King Darzin / Woundwort, or any combination of them!
For SURE the Efrafan Owsla / Inlé Owsla, that would really drive home the Black Rabbit metaphor Bigwig invokes by asking for that story
And the hutch rabbits as Efrafan does also works great! Overall I like most of these.
Maybe too obvious, but Hazel as El-ahrairah in the stories. That works if we don't include the epilogue scene. Not sure if Rabscuttle should be Bigwig or Fiver, though I'm leaning toward Bigwig.
Also in the stories, Hufsa / Bartsia would be hilarious, because Bigwig makes that comparison in canon.
I feel like Blackavar could be double cast as well but I'm not sure who...
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