Overview
Character Name
Edith “Big Edie” Ewing Bouvier Beale
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Mature Adult
Role Size
Lead
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Alto
Vocal Range
High Note: C5
Low Note: E3
Time & Place
act i: july, 1941, grey gardens, east hampton, long island
Analysis
79 years old, Long Island accent. Edith is eccentric, opinionated, and nostalgic. She is also completely bedridden, and is unable to feed herself without her daughter Edie’s assistance. The house where Edith and Edie live, Grey Gardens, was Edith’s family home, and it holds
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