Characters, Casts, and Recordings
| Character | Original Broadway performer | Original Australian performer | Original West End performer | 2005 World AIDS Day Benefit "Dream" Cast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Lennox | Daisy Eagan | Samantha Fiddes / Sarah Ogden | Natalie Morgan | Jaclyn Neidenthal |
| Archibald Craven | Mandy Patinkin | Anthony Warlow | Philip Quast | Steven Pasquale |
| Lily Craven | Rebecca Luker | Marina Prior | Meredith Braun | Laura Benanti |
| Neville Craven | Robert Westenberg | Philip Quast | Peter Polycarpou* | Will Chase |
| Martha | Alison Fraser | Susan-Ann Walker | Linzi Hateley | Celia Keenan-Bolger |
| Dickon | John Cameron Mitchell | Tom Blair | Jordan Dunne | Michael Arden |
| Colin Craven | John Babcock | Bart Ritchie / Ross Hannaford | Luke Newberry | Struan Erlenborn |
| Ben | Tom Toner | Raymond Duprac | David Canary | |
| Rose | Kay Walbye | Sara Gettelfinger |
(*Note: On the cast recording, this role was sung by Christian Patterson)
A full recording was made with the Original Broadway cast, including all of the songs listed above as well as some interstitial material, and released on CD by Columbia Records in 1991 (catalog number CK 48817).
An eight-song "highlights" album with Fiddes, Ritchie, and the rest of the Australian cast was released on CD by Polydor Records Australia in 1995 (catalog number 579 997-2).
The Original London production was partially reworked for production by the Royal Shakespeare Company, reducing the emphasis on the adult characters to return the plot closer to the original book. A full recording of this version was released on CD by First Night Records in 2001.
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