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1 VANITYFAIRAN (IM-)MORALITY PLAYBY KATE HAMILLBASED ON THE NOVEL BY WILLIAM MAKEPEACETHACKERAYDRAMATISTSPLAY FAIRC opyright 2018, Kate HamillAll Rights ReservedCAUTION: Professionals and amateurs are hereby warned that performance of VANITY fair is subject to payment of a royalty. It is fully protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America, and of all countries covered by the International Copyright Union (including the Dominion of Canada and the rest of the British Commonwealth), and of all countries covered by the Pan-American Copyright Convention, the Universal Copy-right Convention, the Berne Convention, and of all countries with which the United States has reciprocal copyright relations.

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6 Permission for performances of copyrighted songs, arrangements or recordings mentioned in this Play is not included in our license agreement. The permission of the copyright owner(s) must be obtained for any such use. For any songs and/or recordings mentioned in the Play, other songs, arrangements, or recordings may be substituted provided permission from the copyright owner(s) of such songs, arrangements or recordings is obtained; or songs, arrangements or recordings in the public domain may be to Jason O Connell, who loves me when I m good AND when I m fair received its New York City premiere by The Pearl Theatre Company (Hal Brooks, Artistic Director.)

7 Jess Burkle, Managing Director) on March 24th, 2017. It was directed by Eric Tucker, the scenic design was by Sandra Goldmark, the costume design was by Val rie Th r se Bart, the lighting design was by Seth Reiser, the dramaturg was Kate Farrington, the composer was Carmel Dean, the dialect coach was Amanda Quaid, and the production stage manager was Katie Young. The cast was as follows:AMELIA SEDLEY .. Joey ParsonsBECKY SHARP .. Kate HamillMANAGER/MISS MATILDA CRAWLEY/ LORD STEYNE.

8 Zachary FineRAWDON CRAWLEY/MR. SEDLEY/ GENERAL TUFTO/FAIRGOER/ COACHMAN/GERMAN FAIRGOER 1 .. Tom O KeefeWILLIAM DOBBIN/MISS PINKERTON/ ROSE CRAWLEY/GENTLEMAN 1/ SERVANT 2/SERVANT 3 .. Ryan QuinnGEORGE OSBORNE/ LESSER PITT CRAWLEY/ MISS BRIGGS/LADY BAREACRES/SERVANT 1/ LANDLORD/GERMAN FAIRGOER 2/ GENTLEMAN 2/SHERIFF .. Debargo SanyalJOS SEDLEY/SIR PITT CRAWLEY/ MR. OSBORNE/MISS JEMIMA/ LADY CHESTERTON/AUCTIONEER/KING .. Brad HeberleeProduction understudies: Kenny Fedorko, Lauriel Friedman, Kaileela Hobby, Morgan Hooper, Alex Nicholson, Ben once again to my amazing agent Beth Blickers.

9 The entire staff of the Pearl Theatre, especially Hal Brooks, Kate Farrington, Jess Burkle, and Gary Levinson. Laura Baranik for her eagle-eyed proofreading; Kirin DasGupta Mueller, Sunaya DasGupta Mueller, and Sayantani DasGupta for their invaluable help in German translation! My dear dad, Paul Hamill, who always reads early drafts. Davis McCallum and Christine Scarfuto, for VANITY fair s first reading at HVSF. Thanks also to Tony Cloer, Carmel Dean, Amanda Dehnert, Susannah Millonzi, Sean McNall, Vaishnavi Sharma, Ella Wren, Gabra Zackman.

10 The cast, crew, and creative team and all of the actors who gave their talents to various BREAKDOWNS uggested doubling:Wo m e nACTRESS 1 Amelia Sedley; 20s 30s. Goes from 18 to early 30s during course of play. Bit of a sap, 2 Becky Sharp; 20s 30s. Goes from 18 to early 30s during course of play. Bit of a brat, 1 Manager/Miss Matilda Crawley/Lord SteyneACTOR 2 Rawdon/Mr. Sedley/Fairgoer/Coachman/General Tufto/German Fairgoer 1 ACTOR 3 Dobbin/Miss Pinkerton/Rose Crawley/Gentleman 1/Servant 2/Servant 3 ACTOR 4 George/Lesser Pitt/Miss Briggs/Lady Bareacres/Servant 1/Landlord/German Fairgoer 2/Gentleman 2/SheriffACTOR 5 (m/f ) Jos/Sir Pitt/Mr.