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THE COCK & TAIL INN - STAGE PLAY Auditions
An original comedy play for Brighton Festival Fringe May 2011.

We are looking for a 'Vince' - A 30-40 yr old Brummie - main role and a 'Molly' the hen-peckin' wife of a landlord, small role. See below for details.

Production Company & Director: Driftwood Productions / John Cobb and Nick Green.
Location: Brighton, East Sussex, Central.
Production dates: May 2011 - 18th to 21st and 25th to 28th.
Rehearsal dates: Friday 18th March to May 17th (3 times per week minimum)
Final casting dates: 23rd to 24th March.
Deadline for submissions: Thursday 24th March
Character Names / Sex / Description: see below
Whether you are paying Equity rates or not: No equity rates, profit share only
Types of agent you would like to send it to: Acting

We still have a few roles left for our new Brighton fringe stage production, 'The Cock and Tail Inn', a seventies themed, riotous pub comedy. We will be holding auditions on WEDNESDAY, March 23rd to Thursday 24th, March 6pm to 8pm at 79-83 North Street, Brighton. Contact: Nick on nick@driftwoodproductions.co.uk

PLOT SUMMARY
The Cock & Tail Inn, Bridgwater, Somerset, South-West, England.
It’s the 1970’s and SPIDER, as he is known to the regulars is the local bar-fly at the Cock and Tail Inn.
Having no apparent relatives after his demise, the other regulars Brummie' VINCE and preacher OLLIE, together with barmaid JESS and comic landlord BARRY, wage bets with 'big softie', MIKE, that they are likely to receive an inheritance.
Then, out of the blue, SPIDER’s only surviving daughter, well-to-do
PAMELA, turns up at the pub and announces her father’s strict final wish — that a portion of his inheritance is to be left to one person of her selection at his local boozer.
Unsure of what these locals are like, she decides to stay at her father's home and spend a few days at the pub to get to know the characters so she can make up her mind.
VINCE, JESS, OLLIE and BARRY end up competing against one another to prove to PAMELA who is the worthiest. But who will win?

CAST LIST & ROLES AVAILABLE:

VINCE - Role Still Available
(Voice: Birmingham, 30-45) Selfish, witty and somewhat devious. VINCE is secretly sleeping with MIKE’S wife CHRYSTAL. He is good mates with the vicar, OLLIE. His drink of choice is Double- Diamond.

MOLLY - Role Still Available
(Voice: West Country preferred not essential, Age: 30+) The bossy, nagging wife of BARRY has a terrible temper. Has violent tendencies.

OLLIE - Role Filled
(Irish) A tainted Vicar. Extremely tight and mean. Constantly battling with God and the devil. Good mates with VINCE Friendly towards MIKE, but really is only concerned with MIKE buying him drinks all the time. Loves drinking, gambling and womanizing. His drink of choice is. Worthington‘E.’

MIKE - Role Filled
(Age: 30+, voice: Unspecified) The protagonist. Mike is a sincere man, he is naive and a drip, yet lovable. He is married to CHRYSTAL whom he cares for, yet fears she hates him. He secretly has feelings for JESS. His drink of choice is usually Brandy.

JESS - Role Filled
(Age: 30+, voice: Cockney) The stereotypical old school barmaid. An attractive “rough diamond”, buxom wench. Her social skills are reasonable with her own simple natured kind. Her drink of choice is Southern Comfort and Lemonade.

CHRYSTAL - Role Filled
(Feux-Posh) The wife of MIKE. An evil bitch! CHRYSTAL, secretly sleeping with VINCE behind MIKE’S back and half of Somerset, mistakenly thinks she is glamorous. Her drink of choice is Baby-cham.

BARRY - Role Filled
(Indian/Bangladeshi) The friendly pub landlord, zany and utterly obsessed with James Bond, convinced he is a replica, even though he looks and sounds nothing like him! He is married to MOLLY and likes the odd “reefer”.

SPIDER - Role Filled
(Age: 60+, voice: Relatively Incomprehensible)
So nicknamed because of his creepy nature. SPIDER, is the stereotypical drunkard bar-fly. An ole’ pervert when it comes to JESS, yet still somehow lovable. He is slightly senile. He forms the key to the entire story. His drink of choice is “meths” but the pub doesn’t sell it, so he settles for Snakebite.

PAMELA - Role Filled
(Ultra-Posh) The stunningly attractive daughter of Spider, his only
surviving relative. She is rather snotty and well to do, but fair. Her
drink of choice is a white wine, or Champagne.

KERRY - Role filled
(Age: 22+, voice: Well spoken gentle Irish) The pretty daughter of OLLIE, sweet and civil.

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