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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 [[The Mystery of Edwin Drood|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 [[Interactive Narrator|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.
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 [[Gender Bender|"male impersonator"]] playing Edwin Drood.
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* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: Is actually one of the possible pairings. The actors traditionally keep as far apart as possible and give the audience a lecture about how sick they are.
* [[Cast as a Mask]]: The same actress plays both Drood and Dick Datchery. However, the actors vote that Drood is in fact really dead, so they can't actually be the same person.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]
* [[Classically-Trained Extra]]: Pretty much Bazzard's whole shtick.
* [[Crosscast Role]]: In a reference to Victorian theater, a "male impersonator" plays Drood.
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