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If the characters are not strictly listed alongside which actors are playing them in a live drama, expect identity-based shenanigans.

== Anime & Manga ==

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== Theatre ==

* Pretty much any play ever made. See above.

** It's [[Boring but Practical]]. When you're casting a play, you want to make sure you know who everyone is, and get a basic description if you can, so you don't end up casting [[The Obi Wan]] type to play the restless, young [[The Glass Menagerie|Tom Wingfield.]]

** It's [[Boring but Practical]]. When you're casting a play, you want to make sure you know who everyone is, and get a basic description if you can, so you don't end up casting [[The Obi-Wan]] type to play the restless, young [[The Glass Menagerie|Tom Wingfield.]]

** It should be said that not every play gives for every major character a short description like [[The Mikado|"an elderly Lady, in love with Nanki-Poo"]].

* The playbill in the original production of [[Rent]] had a page listing the main charecters and their relationships to each other, in case anyone got confused.