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Production Requirements: A Costume Plot Database
Play Title: Woyzeck

Title:  Woyzeck
Playwright:  Georg Buchner  Publisher:  Nick Hern Books: Drama Classics
Year  1837  Genre:  Drama
Period:  Romantic  Number of Acts/Scenes  One act, 24 Scenes
Passage of time:  unspecified
Basic Plot:  Case history of Franz Woyzeck, a lowly soldier who is driven to murder his unfaithful wife.
Contributor's Name:  Jen Kracht
Contributor's Email:  jenlane@gmail.com
Budget:  n/a
Producing Organization:  n/a
Cast Size As Written
  Male Actors:  18
  Male Chorus Actors:  0
Total Male Actors:  18
Number of Characters as Written
  Male Characters:  18
  Male Chorus Characters:  0
Total Male Characters:  18
Costume Numbers as Written
  Male Costumes:  18
  Male Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Male Costumes:  18
Actual Cast Size (if produced)
  Male Actors:  0
  Male Chorus Actors:  0
Total Male Actors:  0
Costume Numbers (if produced)
  Male Costumes:  0
  Male Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Male Costumes:  0
  Female Actors:  7
  Female Chorus Actors:  0
Total Female Actors:  7
 
  Female Characters:  7
  Female Chorus Characters:  0
Total Female Characters:  7
 
  Female Costumes:  7
  Female Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Female Costumes:  7

  Female Actors:  0
  Female Chorus Actors:  0
Total Female Actors:  0
 
  Female Costumes:  0
  Female Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Female Costumes:  0
Notes on possible reduction/expansion of characters/costumes:  
Quick Changes:  
Specialty/Special effects costumes required:  a cat is used in scene 15; military costumes needed
Other important notes:  Cast size can easily be expanded or reduced. The translation referenced was published in 2002.

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