Mary Jane of Whitechapel
By Julian Felice
Mary Jane of Whitechapel is a one-act play that needs 13 performers (5 women, 8 men). Licensed by Eldridge Publishing.
- Type
- one-act play
- Cast size
- 13 performers
- Roles
- 5 women, 8 men
- Cast notes
- Approx. 8 m, 5 w, numerous flexible roles and chorus
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- drama
- Licensor
- Eldridge Publishing
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Synopsis
"Mary Jane of Whitechapel" is set during the Autumn of Terror of 1888 when London was haunted by the spectre of a killer which, even now, we know only by the name of Jack the Ripper. Alternating between the investigation into the killings and the life of Mary Jane Kelly, the Ripper’s final victim, the play re-creates the dark atmosphere of a city horrified by blood and violence. Most of the play is based on real people and incidents: the frantic officers on the case, the scores of suspects, the
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