On the door to a dressing-room is pinned a poem, written in neat, female script, venting frustrating, in a plain way, no more, and no less. Sometimes, when change is imminent, there’s nothing better to do than moan…especially if you’re an underpaid actor.

Change is the most of

Hostile invaders

Of dreams,

Packing up everything

And moving. Again.

Running the clocks

Later and later

Each year, ticking;

Words falling behind,

And the parts-

Degrading!

It was always one of two,

One of two,

And I was the younger.

I'd dreamt of something

More substantial,

But Alas! that was

Back when it was

Hunter's Ltd.

-1887, Fairhurst

So begins the memoirs and memories of various members of a Victorian theatre company facing change…

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Who doesn't want to be part of a Victorian theatre company?
With a new director comes a new era for Hunter's Ltd. and it'll affect each part of the crew differently...

Set in 1887, Victorian Britain, as theatre is beginning to change.

Open to all! Choose your own character and what part of the theatre they work in, then post a chapter. Let's see what we can do!

Please try to keep to the era, ie. language and tech, though no research is strictly required.
And I don't expect to mark this Mature ;)

(Yes, there is also a solo by me of the same name, but I wanted to see what it could be like as a role-play too)

Characters and Position
> Alexia Fairhurst - junior actress, main narratrice. Has worked for the company for ten years and is rather more traditional. Aged 24.

updated Oct 26 '11 by SumnerzAngel