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116 THE CAST OF CHARACTERS Bits: Maid at Newcomb's. Butler at same, 10/16/33/52. Two clerks in office, 19/23. Policeman in 23. Two men and two women in oZ (evening dress). Lawyer in 19. Bits are unimportant parts, requiring little work, though this work may be important enough to require good acting. The use of scene num- bers is to show how the parts may be doubled, if necessary. The di- rector, looking over the list, can see that he can use the two clerks in the office for the two men guests in Scene 2)C>, since this is not the office but the home of the Newcombs'. He will have them change their appearance and they probably will not be recognized. 5. In the third section you list the "mobs," who may be any persons the director can get. These are not important save in the mass. He puts in two or three actors to mingle with the crowd and keep the ac- tion going, and the rest can be cheap people. This cast is written in bulk as: Extras: Al.out twenty men and women for mob in front of offices in 18/20/24/25. A few people on at the end of 22> (evening dress). You should tell "about" the number of persons required to give the director some idea of the number, but in a smaller division, as in bits, you are more definite and state precisely the number you need if the number is in any way important. The cast is written as a whole, but in three divisions, the three words "Principals," "Bits," and "Extras" being underscored. In writing the cast, start the names at the ten space and these three words at the five space. This will give what is known as a reverse indentation, letting the three important terms ex- tend into the margin. 6. If you wish to indicate some physical or other peculiarity that is constant through the play you write this into the cast. You do not say that the heroine is a blonde, five feet four and slender. It does not matter what she is, so long as she can look and play the part. You do give the peculiarities when they are essential to the play. You may write Tim Brown, a clerk. Walks with a slight limp. Lame in left foot. Agatha, an old maid. Has slight mustache and a mole on her chin. Betty, a girl about ten or twelve. She should be a blonde if Gladys is dark or dark if Gladys is fair. John Buston, a prosperous business man. After Scene 23 he is seedy and looks ten years older.