Restoring Romeo
a comedy
Celebrated actor Charlotte Cushman wants to play Romeo, using Shakespeare’s original text. But most of the cast protest. They demand the cleaned-up Garrick version.
CHARACTERS
Female
CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN, American actor, 29
SALLIE MERCER, Black American, Charlotte’s dresser, 16
Male
EDWIN FORREST, American actor, 39
BENJAMIN (BEN) WEBSTER, English theatre manager, 48
PLACE
A dressing room in the Haymarket Theatre, London
TIME
December, 1845
CHARACTERS
Female
CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN, American actor, 29
SALLIE MERCER, Black American, Charlotte’s dresser, 16
Male
EDWIN FORREST, American actor, 39
BENJAMIN (BEN) WEBSTER, English theatre manager, 48
PLACE
A dressing room in the Haymarket Theatre, London
TIME
December, 1845