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Production Requirements: A Costume Plot Database
Play Title: Deathtrap

Title:  Deathtrap
Playwright:  Levin, Ira  Publisher:  Dramatists Play Services, Inc
Year  1978  Genre:  Comedy
Period:  20thC1970s  Number of Acts/Scenes  2 acts/3 scenes
Passage of time:  one month
Basic Plot:  Failing playwright plots with student to murder his wife and write another successful play.
Contributor's Name:  Jen Kracht
Contributor's Email:  jenlane@gmail.com
Budget:  
Producing Organization:  
Cast Size As Written
  Male Actors:  3
  Male Chorus Actors:  0
Total Male Actors:  3
Number of Characters as Written
  Male Characters:  3
  Male Chorus Characters:  0
Total Male Characters:  3
Costume Numbers as Written
  Male Costumes:  8
  Male Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Male Costumes:  8
Actual Cast Size (if produced)
  Male Actors:  3
  Male Chorus Actors:  0
Total Male Actors:  3
Costume Numbers (if produced)
  Male Costumes:  0
  Male Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Male Costumes:  0
  Female Actors:  2
  Female Chorus Actors:  0
Total Female Actors:  2
 
  Female Characters:  2
  Female Chorus Characters:  0
Total Female Characters:  2
 
  Female Costumes:  5
  Female Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Female Costumes:  5

  Female Actors:  2
  Female Chorus Actors:  0
Total Female Actors:  2
 
  Female Costumes:  0
  Female Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Female Costumes:  0
Notes on possible reduction/expansion of characters/costumes:  
Quick Changes:  Myra- end of Act I, Scene 1: Clifford- end of Act I, Scene 3
Specialty/Special effects costumes required:  Clifford Anderson requires costume to look like he was buried alive
Other important notes:  Period may be updated.

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