Overview
Character Name
Traveling Salesmen
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult, Mature Adult
Role Size
Ensemble
Dramatic Function
Narrator/Chorus
Relationships
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Tenor, Baritone, Bass
Time & Place
River City, Iowa. 1912.
Analysis
The traveling salesmen are suspicious of Harold and gossip about his reputation as a con-man. They appear 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
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