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My high school puts on a fall show every year, and we begin selecting the show in late spring!. We have the best theatre in the area, according to many theatre goers and the fact that we win multiple awards at an annual theatre competition!. We are generally very talented!. We would like to do a show with a cast of no less than 8 and no more than 12!. Any suggestions!? We do a musical in the spring, so no musical suggestions pleaseWww@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
To do something that will really provoke thought and get a lot of recognition, I'd go with one of these shows that I personally love:

'The Boys Next Door' by Tom Griffin (if you have 5 strong male actors- it's a show about mentally challenged men living in a group home and their caretaker, plus it has some supporting roles)

'And a Child Shall Lead' by Michael Slade (about children in the holocaust, very flexible cast size)

I also reccomend:

'Rumors' by Neil Simon (very funny, a murder mystery/farce)

'How to Eat Like a Child' (I think this is the title-- cute show that requires adults acting like kids)Www@QuestionHome@Com

History Boys is a good one in my opinion!Www@QuestionHome@Com

King Lear has twelve characters:
* King Lear is ruler of Britain!. He is a patriarchal figure whose misjudgment of his daughters brings about his downfall!.
* Goneril is Lear's treacherous eldest daughter and wife to the Duke of Albany!.
* Regan is Lear's treacherous second daughter, and wife to the Duke of Cornwall!.
* Cordelia is Lear's youngest daughter and personifies truth!. At the beginning of the play, she has yet to marry and has two suitors: the Duke of Burgundy and the King of France!.
* The Duke of Albany is Goneril's husband!. Goneril scorns him for his "milky gentleness"!. He turns against his wife later in the play!.
* The Duke of Cornwall is Regan's husband!. He has the Earl of Kent put in the stocks, leaves Lear out on the heath during a storm, and gouges out Gloucester's eyes!. After his attack on Gloucester, one of his servants attacks and mortally wounds him!.
* The Earl of Gloucester is Edgar's father, and the father of the illegitimate son, Edmund!. Edmund deceives him against Edgar, and Edgar flees, taking on the disguise of Tom O'Bedlam!.
* The Earl of Kent is always faithful to Lear, but he is banished by the king after he protests against Lear's treatment of Cordelia!. He takes on a disguise (Caius) and serves the king without letting him know his true identity!.
* Edmund is Gloucester's illegitimate son!. He works with Goneril and Regan to further his ambitions, and the three of them form a romantic triangle!.
* Edgar is the legitimate son of the Earl of Gloucester!. Disguised as Tom O'Bedlam, he helps his blind father!. At the end of the play he assumes rule of the kingdom and the 'Divine Right of Kings' is restored!.
* Oswald is Goneril's servant, and is described as "a serviceable villain"!. He tries to murder Gloucester, but instead he is killed by Edgar!.
* The Fool is a jester who is devoted to Lear and Cordelia, although his relationships with both are quite complex!. Although he misses Cordelia when she is gone, we never see the two together!. He has a privileged relationship with Lear; no one else would get away with taunting him the way the Fool does, through riddles and insults!. When Lear begins to consider the feelings of others and the effects of his actions, he first thinks to help the Fool!.Www@QuestionHome@Com