Clue
On Stage
Character Descriptions
Based off the 1985 film version
Setting: New England, 1954
Maximum cast: 15

**Roles may be Open Gender considered 

Male Roles
*Wadsworth (Traditional British dialect) – the butler, narrates &
participates in the action, drives the play
*Colonel Mustard –pompous, dense military man, often misinterprets words
*Professor Plum – an academic Romeo, arrogant
*Mr. Green – Timid, yet officious rule follower. Klutzy and anxious.
Mr. Boddy – slick, James Bond type
Motorist – kindly gentleman who rings the wrong doorbell
Female Roles
*Miss Scarlet – Hollywood glamorous, dry, sarcastic, cynical
*Mrs. Peacock – churchgoing wife of a Senator, batty, neurotic, quick to
hysteria
*Mrs. White – pale, morbid, stoic, may or may not be the murderer of her 5
ex-husbands?
*Yvette (French dialect)– sexy French maid with her own secret aspirations
Cop – concerned for the motorist’s whereabouts & suspicious of “the group”
Cook – a threatening presence
Singing Telegram Girl/Reporter – cute, perky tap dancer/asks “whodunit?”
Swings to play roles with no lines
“Dark Figures” who murder the victims
Agents who help catch the culprit
*indicates the main players