THE CAVERN by JEAN ANOUILH, directed by Gregan Davis
Readthrough and Auditions:
Gregan will be hosting a read-through on the July clubnight, Monday 13th July 2026 at 1930h in the club rooms.
Auditions will take place on Wednesday 15th July at 1930h - provisionally Gregan can also do auditions after the read-through and possibly on Friday 17th July. Please contact Gregan to arrange an audition date if you can’t attend any of these sessions or for an informal chat: (secretary@richmond-ads.org.uk)
Production dates are Thu 5 - Sat 7 November 2026.
CHARACTERS
THE AUTHOR: gender and age blind – a narrator / commentator and, eventually a character in his own play
ALEXIS / ALEXA: the scullery boy /girl 13 years, gender blind
THE COUNT: 60s, old school aristocrat
THE COUNTESS: 30s, the count’s second wife – has a ‘social consciousness’ and a more compassionate attitude to the servants
THE SEMINARIST: 20, the illegitimate child of the Count and Marie-Jeanne. Naïve and unsure
THE SUPERINTENDENT: 40-mid 50s, bluff, comic
ROMAIN: the butler, 70s, an old family retainer in tune with the Count. Think Carson – Downton Abbey series 1
MARIE JEANNE: the cook, 47, ruler of The Cavern, aggressive but with moments of great tenderness and compassion
LEON: the coachman , late 40s+, a rat, casually cruel to humans and animals alike
MARCEL: the valet, late 20s-early 40s, a rat behind a veneer of charm and concern but a rat nonetheless
HUGUELINE: the chambermaid, mid 20s-mid 30s, flirty
ADELE: the kitchen maid, late teens, a waif and stray