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Main
Speaking Parts |
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The
Button Box |
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Grandma - (+ solo singing part) |
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Kindly figure, but she nags her husband at every
opportunity. |
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Grandad |
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Kindly, but mischievous. Resists his wife's nagging,
tries to get away with naughtiness in little ways. |
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Alice (+ solo singing part) |
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A bit of a know-all. |
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Jack (+ solo singing part) |
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Looks like trouble, but he's not really. |
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Singing
parts |
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Uncle Jack
(+ solo singing part) |
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Sailor, rough and ready, twinkle in his eye. |
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Phatty Phat Phatman
(+ solo singing part) |
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Pop singer for ‘Button Your Lip’ song(Dancers / mime /
backing singers for ‘Button Your Lip’ scene) |
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Tom & Emily
(+ solo singing part) |
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World War I sweethearts |
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Crow
(+ solo singing part) |
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Music Hall entertainer |
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Other
parts - For the show version |
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Sailors |
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Unlimited number for ‘Uncle
Jack’s Button’ & ‘Paradise Island’ |
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Aborigines |
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Unlimited number of Australian Aborigines |
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Button Mandarin |
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(optional) Chinese aristocrat, very dignified. |
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Frog & Turtle |
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Characters from the Frog King story
(dancers / mime for Frog King story.) |
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Jamaican Fisherman |
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For the ‘Paradise Island’ scene |
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Serengeti People |
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Unlimited number of African drummers / dancers |
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Lady Crows |
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Unlimited number to be a chorus line |
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Indian Dancers |
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For the Bombay Button |
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Aunty Nellie |
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Belly Button boogie dancer |
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Boogie Dancers |
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To dance along with Aunty Nellie |
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Irish Dancers |
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For the Irish leprechaun jig |
