Audition News: the plays/Roles

So. Got the cast list today for the Forward Theatre shows.
First up: Hamlet.

Now, for some reason I had got it into my head that I might possibly play Claudius. I don’t know where I got that into my head, but hey…it would be nice, right?

No dice on that one. The role for Hamlet is: Polonius.
Yeah. that’s right. Ophelia’s father.

I have mixed feelings about that. Mostly because…the character of Polonius is referred to by everyone as an old man. In fact, he’s considered by most of the characters to be a useless, doddering old man.

Now, my casting in this role is likely due to the young age of the rest of the cast. At 36, I’m probably one of the older members of the cast.

Now, of course, Polonius dies at the beginning of the second half. Which leaves me free to play the Gravedigger. Which, I suppose is alright.

After that, I have the role of Cornwall in King Lear. That could be fun, since the character is described in some synoposis texts thusly: “Cornwall is Regan’s brutal husband, vicious and savage when thwarted in his efforts to seize ambition”.

So yea, that could be fun.

After that…They are doing Romeo and Juliet, which places me in the role of the Prince and the Apothecary.

So, although these aren’t the roles I thought I wanted, I suppose that in the long run…they ain’t bad for my first experience with the company.