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Aunt Eller is a sturdy farm woman who
has managed to make a life on the frontier for herself and her
niece, Laurey. She knows the value of cooperation and plays the
role of peacemaker between the conflicting farmers and cowboys.
She’s a big-hearted woman who can easily empathize with others
but who can also be tough when she has to be. |
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Curly is a confident cowboy with the
kind of affable personality that people are drawn to. His strong
ego sometimes causes him to be too sure of himself. He has a
stubborn streak that keeps him from letting Laurey know how much
he cares for her. However, when he sees Laurey in distress, he
is able to drop his defenses and open up to her emotionally. |
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Laurey is a strong, spunky farm girl.
She has been raised by her Aunt Eller and has learned to be
self-sufficient. Unlike some of her girl friends, she doesn’t
feel the need for a man to take care of her. Like Curly, she is
too stubborn to let him know how she really feels about him. But
when she is threatened by Jud, it’s Curly she turns to for
comfort. |
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Jud Fry is Laurey and Aunt Eller's
surly hired hand and he has his eye on Laurey. He has a dark,
possibly criminal past and his sullen, volatile nature frightens
Laurey. He leads a solitary life of emotional isolation and, not
being used to interacting with people, his social skills are
limited. He feels a need to change his life but is uncertain of
how to go about it. Although Jud is the putative villain of the
story, there is an underlying emotional complexity that makes
him, ultimately, sympathetic. Jud is a non-singing role. |
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Ado Annie is a boy-crazy farm girl.
She's too naïve to know how to handle herself around men, which
gets her into trouble. She tends to favor whichever boy she’s
with and although she has strong feelings for Will, her head is
easily turned by any man who pays attention to her. |
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Will Parker is a good-natured cowboy
and champion steer roper. He's in love with Ado Annie and not
afraid to express his feelings. He may not be the brightest guy
around but his high-spirited energy and affectionate personality
make him a good friend to everyone. There’s no doubt that he'll
be a good husband to Ado Annie. |
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The Peddler is a traveling salesman
who's a bit of a shyster, his merchandise often being bogus. He
fancies himself a ladies' man and when he gets too entangled
with a girl, he simply moves on to the next town. So when he
makes a pass at Ado Annie and her father takes it as a proposal
of marriage, it looks like his days as a roving Casanova are
over, much to his dismay. |
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Andrew Carnes is Ado Annie's
protective father and he is determined that no man will take
advantage of her innocent nature. He has never taken the dopey
Will Parker seriously as a prospective son-in-law. When the
Peddler tells Ado Annie that he wants to ride with her "to the
end of the world," Carnes takes that as a proposal of marriage.
He's also a good friend to Aunt Eller and if she ever needed
help with anything, he'd be there in a shot. |
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Gertle Cummings is a silly flirt from
a nearby town with the most annoying laugh in the Territory.
She's too full of herself to realize that that most people would
rather not be in her company. |
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Chorus includes farmers, ranchers,
cowboys and townspeople. |
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