Crisparkle that he had hated his cruel stepfather, while Rosa confides to Helena that she loathes and fears her music-master, Jasper. Crisparkle Helena will live at the Nuns' House with Rosa. Neville will study with the minor canon Rev. Neville Landless and his twin sister Helena are sent to Cloisterham for their education. Meanwhile, Jasper, having an interest in the cathedral crypt, seeks the company of Durdles, a man who knows more about the crypt than anyone else. They quarrel good-naturedly, which they apparently do frequently during his visits. The next day, Edwin visits Rosa at the Nuns' House, the boarding school where she lives. Edwin confides that he has misgivings about his betrothal to Rosa Bud, which had been previously arranged by their respective fathers. The next evening, Edwin Drood visits Jasper, who is the choirmaster at Cloisterham Cathedral and is also his uncle. The novel begins as John Jasper leaves a London opium den. He left no detailed plan for the remaining instalments or solution to the novel's mystery, and many later adaptations and continuations by other writers have attempted to complete the story. Upon the death of Dickens on 9 June 1870, the novel was left unfinished in his writing desk, only six of a planned twelve instalments having been written. The story is set in Cloisterham, a lightly disguised Rochester. Later Drood disappears under mysterious circumstances. Landless and Edwin Drood take an instant dislike to each other. Miss Bud, Edwin Drood's fiancée, has also caught the eye of the high-spirited and hot-tempered Neville Landless. Though the novel is named after the character Edwin Drood, it focuses more on Drood's uncle, John Jasper, a precentor, choirmaster and opium addict, who lusts after his pupil, Rosa Bud. Peter trained in, and proudly hails from, Queensland, Australia.The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in 1870. Engeman Theatre) Into the Woods (Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf, Utah Shakespeare Festival) Thoroughly Modern Millie (Graydon, Tuacahn Amphitheatre). Regional: Hair (Berger, Sacramento Music Circus) Mamma Mia! (Sam, Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre) Death Takes A Holiday (Death/Sirki, Arvada Center) Beauty and the Beast (Gaston, Ogunquit Playhouse/Sacramento Music Circus/North Carolina Theatre) Sense and Sensibility (Willoughby, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre/Old Globe) Oklahoma! (Jud, Paramount Theatre) Carmen (Don Jose, Tectonic) 1776 (Rutledge, John W. Off-Broadway: Skin Tight (Tom, OYL Theatre Company) Death for Five Voices (Fabrizio, Prospect). Other favorites: Gaudio in Jersey Boys (Las Vegas) and the Prince in Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (opposite Lea Salonga, international tour). Peter Saide* (John Jasper) is thrilled to be making his Riverside debut! He joins the company directly from a critically acclaimed run as Sheriff Green in the Off-Broadway hit, Desperate Measures. Film and television credits include: Alpha House, City Hall, Double Parked and “Bye, Bye Birdie,” “Law and Order Criminal Intent,” “Sex And The City,” and “The Job.” Sally also appears on countless cast recordings and has five solo albums, The Dorothy Fields Songbook, Our Private World: The Comden And Green Songbook, The Story Hour, Boys And Girls Like You And Me, And Valentine. Sally starred in several Off-Broadway productions including Closer Than Ever (Outer Critics Circle nomination), Das Barbecue, Pete N’ Keely (Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Musical), Play It Cool, Good Ol’ Girls, and The Best Is Yet To Come. She drew raves as Mae West in the National Tour of Dirty Blonde and also appeared in the Broadway revival of Steel Magnolias. Sally appeared as Aunt Corene in Urban Cowboy (Drama Desk nomination). On Broadway, Sally is perhaps best known for her performance in the Roundabout Theater revival of She Loves Me, for which she won Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations. Her performance won critical praise along with a Theater World Award and Outer Critics Circle nomination as one of Broadway's Outstanding Newcomers. Sally Mayes* (Princess Puffer) The New York Times calls her “incandescent, deliciously saucy.” People Magazine describes her as “the kind of rich theatrical voice that elevates a show tune.” And Time Magazine says, “Sally Mayes renders songs as richly nuanced as one-act plays.” Sally made her Broadway debut in Cy Coleman’s Welcome To The Club.
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