"Astronomers of the Renaissance" Play Script- cast lists

Astronomers of the Renaissance

Cast List

Copernicus

Character	Description	Lines
Nicholas Copernicus	A visionary, creative, imaginative, who does what he needs to avoid trouble with the Inquisition, but who has a healthy disdain for its practices	26
Mrs. Copernicus	Wife of Nicholas, supportive but cautious, deathly afraid of what the Inquisition might do to her husband	20
Churchman	A leader of the Inquisition	7
Guard #1	Guard in the Inquisitions forces, bumbling, lazy	3
Guard #2	Guard in the Inquisitions forces, bumbling, lazy	3
Guard #3	Guard in the Inquisitions forces, bumbling, lazy, and not in very good physical shape	1
Johannes	Friend to Nicholas, an astronomer	5
Wilhelm	Friend to Nicholas, an astronomer	4
Hans	Friend to Nicholas, an astronomer	4
Frederika	Friend to Nicholas, an astronomer	4
Narrator #1	Storyteller	9
Narrator #2	Storyteller	9

Note: The cast size may vary depending on how many GUARDS, FRIENDS and NARRATORS are cast.

Note: Gender in all parts is interchangeable and will have no affect on the theme of the story, despite the fact that the parts have been written to reflect a particular gender.

Galileo

Character	Description	Lines
Galileo Galilei	Famous astronomer, scientist and artist	42
Pietro	His servant, not very bright	9
Marco	His servant, well meaning but uneducated	17
Luisa	An astronomer, often amazed at the wonders of the stars	10
Gianni	An astronomer, but very cynical; believes nothing unless it is proven to him	9
Paula	An astronomer, very excitable; takes delight in everything new	8
Renaldo	An astronomer, really spaced out; the newness of discoveries amazes him so much he day dreams	10
Maria	An astronomer, very afraid of the Church	8
Cardinal	The highest Church official in Pisa, very good at politics	13
Priest #1	A hot head, gets angry if opposed by anyone	9
Priest #2	Very powerful person, does not like to be questioned.	9
Narrator #1	Storyteller	3
Narrator #2	Storyteller	2
Guards	Official private police force of the Church	none

Note: The cast size may vary depending on how many ASTRONOMERS, PRIESTS, GUARDS and NARRATORS are cast.

Note: Gender in all parts is interchangeable and will have no affect on the theme of the story, despite the fact that the parts have been written to reflect a particular gender.

Sir Isaac Newton

Character	Description	Lines
Isaac Newton	Famous astronomer, scientist and artist. He is a total scatter brain, brilliant, but living in his own world.	13
Mother	Isaac’s mother, Hannah Newton, a well meaning farm woman, who does not understand Isaac. Convinced that Isaac will never amount to anything, that he is scatter-brained and lazy	13
Barnabas Smith	Isaac’s step-father. A clergyman. Loves Isaac, and though he recognizes Isaac’s shortcomings, he also glimpses his genius.	14
Narrator #1:	Storyteller	3
Narrator #2:	Storyteller	2

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