Danforth.A stunner … Es Devlin’s set for The Crucible at the National Theatre, London. PS- Just a quick word of warning - don't underestimate the role of Gov.
We really struggled with having enough men to fill the 10 parts, but we made it- barely! If you're willing to do some gender-bending with the casting, you may be able to double some of the men's and women's roles, but that's not something I looked into at all, and I feel like that could get pretty complicated with costumes. (But I would be very careful to make their costumes/hair very distinct so you don't confuse your audience.) You could have Tituba, Ann Putnam, Rebacca Nurse, and/or Sarah Good all double as "afflicted girls" for Act III (the "courtroom" scene), depending on how many girls you want.
In theory Tituba could be doubled with Rebecca Nurse, Elizabeth, or Mary Warren, but I'm not sure that would be very wise for many reasons.Martha Corey is an offstage voice, so she could be doubled with any of the other female characters.Alternatively, Sarah Good could be doubled with one of the minor "afflicted girls" roles: Mercy Lewis, Susanna Walcott, or Betty Parris.Ann Putnam only appears in Act I so she could easily reappear as an afflicted girl in Act III and/or Sarah Good in Act IV.We didn't double any women's roles in our production (except the offstage voice of Martha Corey) and we added two "afflicted girls" for Act III just to give more girls the opportunity. It would be a little easier to double some of the women, but I'm guessing that's not your problem. So technically that was the only doubling we did for the men. Ours was called Willard and we also used him for "Hopkins" who appears in Act IV. Historically they are two different people, but their function in the play is basically the same. I can't remember the details and I don't have my copy of the script handy. There's something about the character of Willard/Herrick where the name changed from one publication to the next or something like that. All of the men appear in (and speak or have action in) Act III. I could have used fewer women, but I'm not sure that using fewer men was possible. I did the show with a cast of 22 - 10 men and 12 women. Feel free to take it and adapt it for your needs if it's helpful to you. On the chart I put a big X for the character if they are in that unit and had lines and a little x if they are in the scene but do not speak. There were 24 "units" in the script as I divided it. I divided my script further down into beats (except they weren't true beats exactly, so I called them units- long story). Hi! I have attached a chart (made in Excel) that I made for myself when I directed this a few years ago.
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