Overview
Character Name
Sister Berthe
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Adult, Mature Adult
Role Size
Supporting
Dancing
Mover
Voice
Mezzo-Soprano
Vocal Range
High Note: E5
Low Note: C4 (middle C)
Time & Place
austria, 1938
Analysis
Mistress of Novices. Does not think that headstrong, free-spirited people like Maria belong in the Abbey and is horrified by Maria’s behavior. She tells the other nuns that Maria’s level of disruptiveness is such that she would “throw a whirling dervish out of whirl.”
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