Overview
Character Name
Edith
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Late Teen, Young Adult, Adult
Role Size
Featured
Dramatic Function
Confidant, Comic Relief, Narrator/Chorus
Relationships
Dancing
Mover
Voice
Mezzo-Soprano
Vocal Range
High Note: G5
Low Note: G#3/Ab3
Vocal Technique
Operatic, Legit
Time & Place
The rugged coast of Cornwall, England, in the mid-19th century.
Analysis
Edith is the eldest of the Major-General’s daughters, and she feels responsible for watching over her sisters and keeping them in line. Confident and level-headed, but with a dose of mischief, she is the one to suggest that the sisters “take off our shoes...and
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