Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast 7 May 1947 (Conductor: Otto Luening) |
|---|---|---|
| Susan B. Anthony | mezzo-soprano or dramatic soprano | Dorothy Dow |
| Anne | contralto | Belva Kibler |
| Gertrude S. | soprano | Hazel Gravell |
| Virgil T. | baritone | Robert Grooters |
| Daniel Webster | bass | Bertram Rowe |
| Andrew Johnson | tenor | |
| Thaddeus Stevens | tenor | Alfred Kunz |
| Jo the Loiterer | tenor | William Horne |
| Chris the Citizen | baritone | |
| Indiana Elliot | contralto | Ruth Krug |
| Angel More | soprano | Carolyn Blakeslee |
| Henrietta M. | soprano | Teresa Stich-Randall |
| Henry B. | bass-baritone | |
| Anthony Comstock | bass | |
| John Adams, presumably John Quincy Adams | tenor | Robert Sprecher |
| Constance Fletcher | mezzo-soprano | Alice Howland |
| Gloster Heming | baritone | |
| Isabel Wentworth | mezzo-soprano | |
| Anna Hope | contralto | Carlton Sunday |
| Lillian Russell | soprano | Nancy Reid |
| Jenny Reefer | mezzo-soprano | Dianna Herman |
| Ulysses S. Grant | bass-baritone | Everett Anderson |
| Herman Atlan | high baritone | |
| Donald Gallup | baritone | |
| A.A. and T.T., page boys or postillions | ||
| Negro Man and Negro Woman | ||
| Indiana Elliot’s Brother | bass-baritone |
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Famous quotes containing the word roles:
“It was always the work that was the gyroscope in my life. I don’t know who could have lived with me. As an architect you’re absolutely devoured. A woman’s cast in a lot of roles and a man isn’t. I couldn’t be an architect and be a wife and mother.”
—Eleanore Kendall Pettersen (b. 1916)
“There is a striking dichotomy between the behavior of many women in their lives at work and in their lives as mothers. Many of the same women who are battling stereotypes on the job, who are up against unspoken assumptions about the roles of men and women, seem to accept—and in their acceptance seem to reinforce—these roles at home with both their sons and their daughters.”
—Ellen Lewis (20th century)
“Productive collaborations between family and school, therefore, will demand that parents and teachers recognize the critical importance of each other’s participation in the life of the child. This mutuality of knowledge, understanding, and empathy comes not only with a recognition of the child as the central purpose for the collaboration but also with a recognition of the need to maintain roles and relationships with children that are comprehensive, dynamic, and differentiated.”
—Sara Lawrence Lightfoot (20th century)