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Drood (Theatre)
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Drood, originally entitled The Mystery of Edwin Drood, is a 1985 musical comedy with music, lyrics, book, and orchestrations by Rupert Holmes, based on the unfinished novel of the same name by Charles Dickens. Because the source material was a murder mystery with an unfinished ending, the musical determines the ending each night by Audience Participation. The show uses the framing device of being a Show Within a Show, performed each night by supposed members of a Victorian music hall—which were popular around the time of Dickens' death—and is hosted by the Chairman, William Cartwright, who narrates the proceedings, plays one of the minor roles himself, and conducts the polling process by which the identity the titular character's murderer is decided. In addition, the audience also votes on which character turns out to be the mysterious detective Dick Datchery, and which two characters fall (sometimes suddenly) in love for the finale.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The original production won five Tony awards, and featured George Rose as the Chairman, Howard McGillin as the music hall's leading man and portrayer of John Jasper, and Betty Buckley as the guest artist and "male impersonator" playing Edwin Drood. | |
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The main draw of the show is getting to vote on your favorites to give them a little more material and relevance, whether it's making them sing a love song near the end, sing a solo where they unveil themselves as the detective and point to the murder suspect, or the big one, getting their own Villain Song where they admit to killing Edwin Drood. | |
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An In-Universe example that always occurs each show. Bazzard's actor is depressed being stuck in a small, thankless role, but is given the chance by the Chairman to perform his own solo number. He can take this even further, being eligible for all of the three voting roles later, increasing the size of his roel even more. Also worth noting, Bazzard often fares well in the voting, with Rupert Holmes acknowledging that he's the big favorite for the Datchery vote. | |
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All Musicals Are Adaptations: Played with, as the musical in question is technically adapting an unfinished work. | |
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Ascended Extra: Quite a few examples both within the show, in real life, and a combination of both. The main draw of the show is getting to vote on your favorites to give them a little more material and relevance, whether it's making them sing a love song near the end, sing a solo where they unveil themselves as the detective and point to the murder suspect, or the big one, getting their own Villain Song where they admit to killing Edwin Drood. While Durdles and especially Crisparkle are still principle roles who do get solos within larger songs, neither gets a full fledged song of their own outside of voting, where both are given the opportunity one can have a full on solo as the murderer, a duet and romantic scene as one of the lovers, or in Crisparkle's case, another solo as Dick Datchery.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); }) | |
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