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* Despite only being in the first and last scenes, the actor in A.R. Gurney ''Richard Cory'' serves a narrator-like purpose and is not of a specified gender. |
* Despite only being in the first and last scenes, the actor in A.R. Gurney ''Richard Cory'' serves a narrator-like purpose and is not of a specified gender. |
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* The Chorus from ''[[Henry V]]''. |
* The Chorus from ''[[Henry V]]''. |
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* The Balladeer from ''[[Assassins ( |
* The Balladeer from ''[[Assassins (theatre)|Assassins]]'', apart from being referenced as 'boy' once by Booth, could be played as female. |
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** Only in the original staging. The revival, and most touring companies thereafter, require the Balladeer to be male {{spoiler|because he's actually Lee Harvey Oswald.}} |
** Only in the original staging. The revival, and most touring companies thereafter, require the Balladeer to be male {{spoiler|because he's actually Lee Harvey Oswald.}} |
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** Same goes for The Narrator in ''[[Blood Brothers ( |
** Same goes for The Narrator in ''[[Blood Brothers (theatre)|Blood Brothers]]''. |
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* The Cat in the Hat in ''[[Seussical]]''. |
* The Cat in the Hat in ''[[Seussical]]''. |
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* The Narrator in [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]'s ''[[Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]'' is an interesting example: as written, the character has no specific gender, but is now always played by a woman to amend for the complete lack of female characters (other than Potiphar's Wife). |
* The Narrator in [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]'s ''[[Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]'' is an interesting example: as written, the character has no specific gender, but is now always played by a woman to amend for the complete lack of female characters (other than Potiphar's Wife). |