From Dagenham, he is the husband of Rita. He works at the factory as an unskilled worker and is ‘one of the lads.’ As the man of the house and ‘one of the lads’, he expects to be looked after by ‘the wife’. However, he tries really hard to support Rita and the striking women by looking after the kids, cooking, cleaning and washing - not very successfully, but he does his best. In an emotional scene, Rita finds the letter he has written saying he is leaving her which leads to one of the most sincere and heartfelt songs of the show, ‘The Letter’. I'm not the strongest singer but I feel I could play this character well and it suits my personality.
Connie
Union steward and machinist at the Dagenham factory – committed her life to trying to make a difference. She is the shop steward who has represented
the girls in the factory for many years and previously fought
through the ‘grievance procedure’, so is a great leader and
public speaker. She is the one who convinces Rita to stand up
for what is right and fight for equal pay. During the show she is
diagnosed with cancer and passes away leaving a speech she
wrote for Rita to read at the TUC hearing. She also had a fling
with Monty approximately 10 years earlier but didn’t love him
despite him asking her to marry him. Needs to be able to sing
to a low G/F comfortably in her song, ‘Same old story’. An alto is the lowest female voice. As I have quite a low voice Connie is more suited to my voice and vocal range. In the show, she has one solo song - Connie Song - but is also in the female ensemble pieces.
One of Rita’s ‘group’ from Dagenham. Very ditsy and struggles describing what she means and getting her point across which the others make fun of in her song ‘Wossaname’.
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