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Mock-ups/

Imaginings

mock-ups of characters

How Rough Notes might look on stage:

characters and scenes:

Gookum Perley Bear

Please note: Pereira and Jessie-May are now longer characters in Rough Notes, and 'Margaret' is Tilly Winslow's daughter's real name, not 'Mary', as below...

Leads and Secondaries

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Chorus/Dual Roles

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for a closer look at the above character mock-ups, please scroll to bottom of page

In approximate order of how scenes occur in musical.  First 3 scenes are in Perth Junction, New Brunswick, July 1939, awaiting the 'Royal Train' and books!

mock-ups of scenes

train station platform.jpg

Getting ready to "Greet the Great"  !(above) 

beth hides
sit with me
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above, the Mounties and Mrs. Sadler, Perth-Junction

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Next, we move to Rideau Hall, Ottawa to meet the Governor General's staff and their families, as well as Genevieve Lipsett (undercover as a man) and the other journalists, including the antagonist/'spy', Bernie Dupuis.

Click on any photo to enlarge.

When War Is Declared...

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(above) Ruth and Redfern lament after hearing the declaration of WWII

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ruth, susie
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Meanwhile, back in Perth Junction, N.B....

pete, beth, All I've Ever Known.jpg

Pete asks Beth to marry him, but not without a lot of interference from her abusive and drunken Papa.

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guimont-mclaughlin2.jpg

And at Rideau Hall, Ottawa, some domestic issues are also being resolved

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donnie's song.jpg
tea, spy-catch sc, cptn.jpg
hogmany toasts, cptn.jpg
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beth, cptn.jpg

Donnie helps Cook in the Rideau Hall kitchens during the holidays

And, in the final scenes, the Canadians of both towns prepare for a Christmas and

Hogmanay/

New Years

that they know will be the last one with many of their loved ones.

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for a study of each of the characters, use the following slideshows. Many ages can be adjusted (ie: J.B., mid 50s - mid 60s)

Unveiling the Characters from Perth-Junction, N.B.: (click on arrows at sides)

and those from Rideau Hall, Ottawa, ON:
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