Jane Austen, Completely Zoomed

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY

• NARRATOR Any gender 131 lines
  Appears in modern dress. Can be seated in a large comfy chair or at a desk in front of a bookshelf.
• HENRY DASHWOOD Male 2 lines
  Has physical action, appears very briefly. Accessory: jacket or coat. Color Identifier: black.
• MRS. DASHWOOD Female 6 lines
  Mother, sweet and kind, emotional. Accessory: bonnet or hat. Color Identifier: cream.
• ELINOR DASHWOOD Female 13 lines
  Sense. No-nonsense, practical. Accessory: plain shawl or scarf. Color Identifier: light blue.
• MARIANNE DASHWOOD Female 9 lines
  Sensibility. Emotional, dramatic. Accessory: lacy shawl. Color Identifier: pink.
• EDWARD Male 5 lines
  Stodgy, serious, shy. Accessory: brown or blue coat. Color Identifier: blue.
• COLONEL BRANDON Male 9 lines
  Distinguished, serious. Accessory: red uniform coat, brass buttons if possible. Color Identifier: red.
• WILLOUGHBY Male 6 lines
  Charming rogue. Accessory: fancy period tie or cravat. Color Identifier: purple.
• LUCY STEELE Female 9 lines
  Sugary sweet but vicious mean girl. Accessory: flashy, feathery shawl. Color Identifier: hot pink.

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

• NARRATOR
  Appears in modern dress. Can be seated in a large comfy chair or at a desk in front of a bookshelf.
• MRS. BENNET Female 11 lines
  A very silly woman, voice can get hysterical. Accessory: a handkerchief she waves about. Color Identifier: bright, garish orange or yellow.
• MR. BENNET 0 lines
  An EMPTY CHAIR, literally. (preferably a Windsor chair) next to the Narrator.
• JANE BENNET Female 4 lines
  Eldest daughter. Very kind and sweet. Accessory: a pretty lace shawl or scarf. Color Identifier: a pretty pink. Set: may be seated at a desk or table to the side.
• ELIZABETH BENNET Female 19 lines
  Middle daughter. Witty and lively. Accessory: a pretty flowered shawl or scarf. Color Identifier: a bold bright or royal blue.
• LYDIA BENNET Female 4 lines
  Youngest daughter. Flirty and silly. Accessory: a fan can be homemade. Color Identifier: a bright red or violet.
• BINGLEY Male 3 lines
  Nice looking and well-mannered gentleman. Accessory: a jacket possibly with a period cravat. Color Identifier: blue-grey or silver.
• MR. DARCY Male 12 lines
  Stuck-up rich gentleman. Accessory: a dark jacket preferably with a period cravat. Color Identifier: gold. Set: may be seated at a desk or table to the side.
• CHARLOTTE Female 7 lines
  Lizzie’s best friend. Plain and dull. Accessory: a drab or ugly colored shawl or scarf. Color Identifier: brown.
• WICKHAM Male 1 line
  Handsome young army officer, quite charming. Accessory: a red coat. Color Identifier: scarlet or deep red.
• MR. COLLINS Male 2 lines
  The stupidest most annoying man in England. Accessory: a black coat and priests collar. Color Identifier: a deep grey or black.

MANSFIELD PARK

• NARRATOR Any gender
  Appears in modern dress. Can be seated in a large comfy chair or at a desk in front of a bookshelf.
• FANNY PRICE Female 22 lines
  Kind and sweet goody two shoes. Accessory: a plain scarf or shawl. Color Identifier: dark or rich red brown.
• JULIA BERTRAM Female 1 line
  A selfish younger sister, first appears in-person and then is represented by a doll on Henry Crawford’s set. The doll should have close to the same accessory and color identifier as Julia. Accessory: a simple feather, in a hat or handheld that you can match for the doll. Color Identifier: hot pink.
• MARIA BERTRAM Female 1 line
  A stuck up, haughty snob. First appears in-person and then is represented by a doll on Henry Crawford’s set. The doll should have close to the same accessory and color identifier as Maria. Accessory: any bright baubly jewelry that you can match for the doll. Color Identifier: bright purple.
• EDMUND BERTRAM Male 12 lines
  A nice, regular dude. Accessory: a dark jacket or coat. Color Identifier: a medium brown or tan.
• TOM BERTRAM Male 4 lines
  A man about town. More flashy and dramatic than Edmund. Entitled and selfish. Accessory: a jacket. Color Identifier: blue.
• HENRY CRAWFORD Male 8 lines
  An independently wealthy rake (he says so himself). Quite charming and a little bit sleazy. Accessory: a fancy tie. Color Identifier: teal or turquoise.
• MARY CRAWFORD Female 8 lines
  Charming and well-mannered, sophisticated, but scheming. Playful and witty. Accessory: a fancy patterned scarf. Color Identifier: teal or turquoise.

EMMA

• NARRATOR Any gender
  Appears in modern dress. Can be seated in a large comfy chair or at a desk in front of a bookshelf.
• EMMA WOODHOUSE Female 23 lines
  Handsome, clever, and rich. Not your typical Jane Austen heroine. Even though she thinks she knows everything, she’s kindhearted so she should not be played like a mean girl. She genuinely thinks she’s helping. Accessory: a fancy scarf or hat. Color Identifier: gold.
• HARRIET SMITH Female 9 lines
  Emma’s less fortunate friend. She’s lived in a boarding school her whole life and is very naïve and clueless. She speaks in an airy, empty-headed kind of way. She’s very sweet and sincere, though. Accessory: a shawl or lace handkerchief. Color Identifier: pink.
• MR. KNIGHTLEY Male 13 lines
  Emma’s sister’s husband’s brother. Kind of like an older brother to Emma. He is full of advice all the time and just like Emma, thinks he knows everything. Only he does. Except when it comes to his own heart. Accessory: a tie or cravat, not fancy. Color Identifier: brown or beige.
• MR. WOODHOUSE Male 5 lines
  Emma’s elderly father. He seems sweet and a little dithering, but he is also anxious and controlling in his own way. Accessory: a winter scarf or blanket. Color Identifier: grey or light blue.
• MR. ELTON Male 3 lines
  The local clergyman, a young, handsome bachelor. Friendly and hero-like, until he turns out to be a snob. Accessory: a black and white clergy collar. Color Identifier: black.
• FRANK CHURCHILL Male 3 lines
  The son of a neighbor who comes back for the first time in years and years. Handsome and charming. Is he all that he seems? A big flirt. Smirks a lot. Accessory: a fancy jacket or tie. Color Identifier: peacock or teal.
• JANE FAIRFAX Female 3 lines
  Elegant, accomplished (which means she’s got talent), lovely in every way. Quite reserved and soft-spoken. Accessory: a pretty shawl or simple but elegant hat. Color Identifier: turquoise or aqua.

NORTHANGER ABBEY & PERSUASION

• NARRATOR Any gender
  Appears in modern dress. Can be seated in a large comfy chair or at a desk in front of a bookshelf. Holds index cards like an old timey game show host reading about contestants. Switches between a serious narrator voice and a game show host voice.
• CATHERINE MORLAND Female 16 lines
  The heroine of Northanger Abbey. Seventeen years old and naïve. Reads a lot of Gothic romance novels, bodice ripper type things, and is always expecting melodrama. She is steady and loyal, though, and has a strong moral compass. Accessory: a romance novel. Color Identifier: a pale peach or pink.
• ANNE ELLIOT Female 7 lines
  The heroine of Persuasion. Twenty eight when the novel begins. She was in love with a nobody when she was nineteen and her family and friends persuaded to break off her engagement to him. She’s never loved anyone else. She’s intelligent, wise, and calm. Not at all like the other vain snobs in her family. Accessory: a book of poetry. Color Identifier: a medium or light blue.
• CAPTAIN WENTWORTH Male 4 lines
  Anne’s former fiancé. A swashbuckling hero of the Navy. After Anne broke off her engagement, he made a fortune and returns to Anne’s circle of family and friends (too complicated to explain here). Resentful at first, he soon realizes he’s still in love with her. Accessory: a captain’s spyglass made from paper towel cardboard and toilet paper cardboard in successive sizes wrapped with black paper or painted and striped with gold or a rolled up chart or map. Color Identifier: navy blue.
• LADY RUSSELL Female 5 lines
  Stand-in mom to Anne Elliot. Elegant, haughty and competitive. Accessory: a flowery or elegant scarf. Color Identifier: deep yellow or gold.
• MRS. ALLEN Female 6 lines
  Wealthy older neighbor of Catherine Morland’s who invites her on a trip to Bath, England. Not as elegant as Lady Russell, and a bit silly. Into dresses and shopping and girlie things more than books or reading. Can even be giggly. Accessory: a lacy, gaudy scarf or shawl. Color Identifier: a bright yellow or gold.
• HENRY TILNEY Male 4 lines
  The witty hero of Northanger Abbey. He’s not silly, but he is wry. Great off the wall sense of humor. Accessory: a priestly collar. Color Identifier: black, or a deep brown or blue.
• MR. ELLIOT Male 3 lines
  Anne’s cousin. The most villainous villain ever because he appears charming and soft-spoken. He’s duplicitous and sneaky. Accessory: a fancy bow-tie or cravat. Color Identifier: mustard or brown-orange.
• JOHN THORPE Male 3 lines
  Friend of Catherine’s. A far more obvious villain. Loud and obnoxious. Accessory: a dark jacket or coat. Color Identifier: lime green or olive.