Character Descriptions from Musicals, Plays and Operas

Lead

Curse of the Starving Class

  alcoholic patriarch father husband lower middle class temperamental destructive veteran loud violent gullible in debt jovial conversant helpful proud optimistic volatile 

Supporting

Curse of the Starving Class

  business owner bartender greedy smarmy cheater rude abrasive controlling cheap petty 

Supporting

Curse of the Starving Class

  lawyer real estate con artist thief swindler scam smart slick charming liar cowardly coward manipulative 

Featured

Curse of the Starving Class

  villain criminal thug enforcer threatening sadistic wicked mean cruel 

Featured

Curse of the Starving Class

  authority police passive uninterested duty 

Featured

Curse of the Starving Class

  villain criminal thug enforcer threatening sadistic wicked mean cruel 

Lead

Curtains

  american boston 1950s whodunnit crime murder musical theatre producer business mother  character role 

Lead

Curtains

  american boston 1950s whodunnit crime murder ingenue talented dancer naive innocent love interest actor actress 

Lead

Curtains

  american boston 1950s whodunnit crime murder musical theatre composer lyricist songwriter talented love interest longing actor actress 

Featured

Curtains

  american boston 1950s whodunnit crime murder musical theatre actor dancer 

Supporting

Curtains

  american boston 1950s whodunnit crime murder musical theatre dancer actor actress daughter dimwitted perky  plucky 

Lead

Curtains

  american boston 1950s whodunnit crime murder songwriter composer lyricist musical theatre love interest  sentimental