By Richard Curtis and Ben Elton

AUDITIONS 29 JANUARY 2012, 1430hrs

(Please note these have been rescheduled from 22nd)

Characters: (please click on your selected character for Audition piece)

BLACKADDER II - POTATO

LORD EDMUND BLACKADDER

LORD PERCY

BALDRICK

LORD MELCHETT

QUEEN ELIZABETH I

NURSIE

SIR WALTER RALEIGH

CAPTAIN REDBEARD RUM

BLACKADDER THE THIRD -

INK AND INCAPABILITY

EDMUND BLACKADDER, Butler to the Prince

BALDRICK, A Dogsbody

PRINCE GEORGE, the Prince Regent

Dr SAMUEL JOHNSON, noted for his Fat Dictionary

Mrs MIGGINS, a Coffee Shoppekeeper

SHELLEY, a Romantic Junkie Poet

BYRON, a Romantic Junkie Poet

COLERIDGE, a Romantic Junkie Poet

BLACKADDER GOES FORTH -

MAJOR STAR

Capt EDMUND BLACKADDER

Pte S BALDRICK

Gen Sir ANTHONY CECIL HOGMANAY MELCHETT

Lt The Honourable GEORGE COLTHURST St BARLIEGH

Capt KEVIN DARLING

Driver PARKHURST (BOB) - Female

Note that as in the TV series the actors will play all the incarnations of their characters.  Therefore, you will find one or two audition pieces designed to allow you to demonstrate your ability to explore the nuance of character between periods.