Overview
Character Name
Charlie Cowell
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult
Role Size
Featured
Dramatic Function
Antagonist
Relationships
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Non-singer
Time & Place
River City, Iowa. 1912.
Analysis
Charlie is a traveling anvil salesman. He has the most lines in the opening number of the show (“Rock Island”) but the song doesn’t actually contain any singing; it is rhythmic speaking patterned to sound like a moving train. The actor must therefore have a good sense of
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