Reading: The Three Musketeers

Read through this exciting play, and perhaps choose a role to play.

The Three Musketeers

PERFORMANCE DATES: 3rd – 10th June 2023
READING AND AUDITION DATES: 30th January and 3rd February 2023 7.30pm
Directed by Simon Cundick:

Hi everyone,
 
So the June production next year is going to be The Three Musketeers! It would be great to have as many people involved in it as possible. Please see below info about characters available and audition details.
 
ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL

Alexandre Dumas is suffering from writer's block trying to produce a weekly serial for a Paris newspaper having already drunk the money the paper advanced him. Inspiration comes to him in the form of the Three Musketeers. Join D'Artagnan, Porthos, Athos and Aramis battle the machinations of Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter in this hilarious re-telling of a classic story. This adaptation and overall production will be heavily inspired by the 1970s films starring Michael York, Charlton Heston, Faye Dunaway, Raquel Welch and Spike Milligan.
This play has a grand total of 40 individual characters although we have cut this number to roughly half thanks to doubling up and, in some cases, tripling up! Depending on numbers of people interested, we can “de-couple” characters as required. There is, of course, an amount of sword-fighting involved in this play, but there are a number of characters who would not be required to do so, so please do not be put off by that! Characters not required to fight are highlighted in the list of characters below.
Named characters are listed below and a list of the doubling / tripling up of characters will be provided at both the reading and auditions.
An electronic copy of the script is available for perusal prior to reading and auditions. If interested, please contact me (Simon).
 
CAST OF CHARACTERS
ALEXANDRE DUMAS Any age (The author) – nonfighter
ROCHEFORT 20s plus (Captain of the Cardinal’s Guard)
D’ARTAGNAN 20s – 30s
JUSSAC Any age (the Cardinal’s henchman)
BICARAT Any age (the Cardinal’s henchman)
MILADY DE WINTER 20s – 40s
DE TREVILLE 50s plus (Captain of the Musketeers) – nonfighter
PORTHOS 30s – 40s
ATHOS 30s – 40s
ARAMIS 30s – 40s
KING LOUIS XIII 30s plus (King of France – played as a man-child) – nonfighter
BONACIEUX 50s plus (keeper of D’Artagnan’s lodging house) – nonfighter
PLANCHET 20s plus (D’Artagnan’s manservant) – nonfighter
CARDINAL RICHELIEU 40s plus
QUEEN ANNE 30s plus (Queen of France) – nonfighter
CONSTANCE 20s – 30s (D’Artagnan’s love interest)
DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM 30s plus (Chief Minister to the King of England)
INNKEEPER Any age (all the innkeepers in the play with a slightly more comical moustache for each appearance) – nonfighter
FELTON Any age (manservant to the Duke of Buckingham)
KITTY Teenage plus (maidservant to Milady – there is a love scene between Kitty and D’Artagnan, but this can be altered depending on the age of the actress) – nonfighter
4 Guardsmen and Musketeers, Various servants