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* SplitPersonality: John Jasper.
* StalkerWithACrush: John Jasper, again.
* StalkerWithACrush: John Jasper, again.
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* SplitPersonality: John Jasper.
Jasper appears to have two personalities: Drood's loyal loving uncle, and a sex-crazed, opium-addicted maniac who lusts after Drood's fiancee.
* StalkerWithACrush: JohnJasper, again.Jasper is sexually obsessed with Rosa Bud and stalks her.
* SuperfluousSolo[[invoked]]: Bazzard's actor invokes this. He plays a very small role in the show, but he wants a major role so badly that he takes the stage for a few extra minutes and sings his own IWantSong, "Never The Luck," about how much he wants to be a major actor.
* StalkerWithACrush: John
* SuperfluousSolo[[invoked]]: Bazzard's actor invokes this. He plays a very small role in the show, but he wants a major role so badly that he takes the stage for a few extra minutes and sings his own IWantSong, "Never The Luck," about how much he wants to be a major actor.
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* VillainSong: The confessions.confessions explain the motivations behind whomever killed Edwin Drood, many of which are malicious.
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* AttentionWhore: Bazzard is defined by his desire to play a larger part. [[Spoiler: This ties into him being elected as Datchery or the murderer. In the case of the the former, he'll admit that his actions were both to clear Neville's name and vanity]]. But that's nothing compared to [[spoiler: his murder confession, where Bazzard talks of his desire to be a legend in his time, and how he tried to pass himself off as an ace detective by killing Drood and then solving the crime himself]].
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* AttentionWhore: Bazzard is defined by his desire to play a larger part. [[Spoiler: This ties into him being If elected as Datchery or Datchery, this plays directly into his motivation for cracking the murderer. In the case of the the former, case, as he'll admit that his actions were both to clear Neville's name and vanity]].to boost his personal vanity. But that's nothing compared to [[spoiler: his murder confession, where Bazzard talks of his desire to be a legend in his time, and how he tried to pass himself off as an ace detective by killing Drood and then solving the crime himself]].
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* VoiceTypes:
** Soprano: Rosa Bud.
** Mezzo-Soprano: Edwin Drood/Dick Datchery and Helena Landless.
** Alto: The Princess Puffer.
** Tenor: John Jasper.
** Baritone: The Chariman/Mayor Sapsea, Neville Landless, Reverend Crisparkle, Bazzard, and Durdles.
** Soprano: Rosa Bud.
** Mezzo-Soprano: Edwin Drood/Dick Datchery and Helena Landless.
** Alto: The Princess Puffer.
** Tenor: John Jasper.
** Baritone: The Chariman/Mayor Sapsea, Neville Landless, Reverend Crisparkle, Bazzard, and Durdles.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Aside from the HotBlooded Neville, this applies to every murderer. Jasper counts as this since, even though he's ObviouslyEvil, most of the characters trust him and believe he's a good man, with only a few seeing him for what he is, in addition to the entire audience.
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* EvilerThanThou: The sympathy level of each murderer varies, but there's still two examples, one of which trumps the other.
** With the exception of the below mentioned [[spoiler: Bazzard, John Jasper]] will stand out as being more vile than [[spoiler: the actual murderer]]. [[spoiler: Rosa]] only kills Drood because [[spoiler: she mistook him for Jasper, and [[StalkerWithACrush considering Jasper's treatment of her]], [[TheDogBitesBack it's easy to see why she'd try it]]]]. Meanwhile, [[spoiler: Puffer makes the same mistake]], and in [[spoiler: her]] case, the crime is only occurs because [[spoiler: she was trying to protect Rosa from John]]. Similar to that, [[spoiler: Helena]] kills Drood in an attempt to [[spoiler: stop Neville from doing so and facing the consequences]]. Then, [[spoiler: Neville and Crisparkle]] kill Drood due to [[spoiler: being jealous over Drood being with their love]], or in the case of the latter, [[spoiler: who he believes to be his love]]. This motivation is actually [[spoiler: the same as Jasper's, but in Neville's]] case, [[spoiler: he]] Drood [[spoiler: [[JerkassToOne was quite a dick to him]], [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero even using racist insults]]]], while in the case of [[spoiler: Jasper, Drood was an incredibly loving nephew and nothing but kind to him]]. As for [[spoiler: Crisparkle, while still an insane and jealous killer like Jasper]], he at least [[spoiler: [[PetTheDog is willing to stand up for the accused Neville]], even though letting the police arrest him would've increased Crisparkle's]] of getting away with the crime. Meanwhile, [[spoiler: Jasper was all too willing to let Neville who either knew or just presumed to be innocent get arrested]]. Then there's [[spoiler: Durdles]], who stands out as being the least evil of all the murderers. Not only did [[spoiler: [[DueToTheDead respectfully drink a toast to the seemingly dead Drood when he came across the body]]]], but the only reason that [[spoiler: he]] even kills Edwin is because [[spoiler: when Drood starts to come to, Durdles mistakes him for a spirit and kills him, [[AccidentalMurder not realizing the "ghost" he was fighting off was actually living]]]].
** As mentioned above though, as bad as [[spoiler: Jasper is, he's]] actually better than [[spoiler: Bazzard]] if the latter is selected. While [[spoiler: Jasper]] commits quite a few sins, [[spoiler: he's also mentally ill, suffering from an evil SplitPersonality]], and [[spoiler: his]] motivation is to kill for [[spoiler: love. The love isn't reciprocated and his treatment of Rosa is certainly villainous]], but it's better than [[spoiler: Bazzard's]] reason. If elected murderer, [[spoiler: Bazzard's]] motivation is simply [[spoiler: a desire for fame and acclaim, explicitly wanting to be a legend of his time]]. Noticing the [[spoiler: rising tension between Ned and Neville, Bazzard]] realizes [[spoiler: he can take advantage of this to create a scenario where passes himself off as a heroic ace detective]]. Putting this plan into action [[spoiler: Bazzard kills Drood so that he can later "solve the mystery" by getting the innocent Neville convicted]]. Additionally making all this worse than [[spoiler: Jasper]] is that [[spoiler: Bazzard doesn't suffer from any kind of mental illness or romantic turmoil, he]] does this just because [[spoiler: he's a major AttentionWhore]].
** With the exception of the below mentioned [[spoiler: Bazzard, John Jasper]] will stand out as being more vile than [[spoiler: the actual murderer]]. [[spoiler: Rosa]] only kills Drood because [[spoiler: she mistook him for Jasper, and [[StalkerWithACrush considering Jasper's treatment of her]], [[TheDogBitesBack it's easy to see why she'd try it]]]]. Meanwhile, [[spoiler: Puffer makes the same mistake]], and in [[spoiler: her]] case, the crime is only occurs because [[spoiler: she was trying to protect Rosa from John]]. Similar to that, [[spoiler: Helena]] kills Drood in an attempt to [[spoiler: stop Neville from doing so and facing the consequences]]. Then, [[spoiler: Neville and Crisparkle]] kill Drood due to [[spoiler: being jealous over Drood being with their love]], or in the case of the latter, [[spoiler: who he believes to be his love]]. This motivation is actually [[spoiler: the same as Jasper's, but in Neville's]] case, [[spoiler: he]] Drood [[spoiler: [[JerkassToOne was quite a dick to him]], [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero even using racist insults]]]], while in the case of [[spoiler: Jasper, Drood was an incredibly loving nephew and nothing but kind to him]]. As for [[spoiler: Crisparkle, while still an insane and jealous killer like Jasper]], he at least [[spoiler: [[PetTheDog is willing to stand up for the accused Neville]], even though letting the police arrest him would've increased Crisparkle's]] of getting away with the crime. Meanwhile, [[spoiler: Jasper was all too willing to let Neville who either knew or just presumed to be innocent get arrested]]. Then there's [[spoiler: Durdles]], who stands out as being the least evil of all the murderers. Not only did [[spoiler: [[DueToTheDead respectfully drink a toast to the seemingly dead Drood when he came across the body]]]], but the only reason that [[spoiler: he]] even kills Edwin is because [[spoiler: when Drood starts to come to, Durdles mistakes him for a spirit and kills him, [[AccidentalMurder not realizing the "ghost" he was fighting off was actually living]]]].
** As mentioned above though, as bad as [[spoiler: Jasper is, he's]] actually better than [[spoiler: Bazzard]] if the latter is selected. While [[spoiler: Jasper]] commits quite a few sins, [[spoiler: he's also mentally ill, suffering from an evil SplitPersonality]], and [[spoiler: his]] motivation is to kill for [[spoiler: love. The love isn't reciprocated and his treatment of Rosa is certainly villainous]], but it's better than [[spoiler: Bazzard's]] reason. If elected murderer, [[spoiler: Bazzard's]] motivation is simply [[spoiler: a desire for fame and acclaim, explicitly wanting to be a legend of his time]]. Noticing the [[spoiler: rising tension between Ned and Neville, Bazzard]] realizes [[spoiler: he can take advantage of this to create a scenario where passes himself off as a heroic ace detective]]. Putting this plan into action [[spoiler: Bazzard kills Drood so that he can later "solve the mystery" by getting the innocent Neville convicted]]. Additionally making all this worse than [[spoiler: Jasper]] is that [[spoiler: Bazzard doesn't suffer from any kind of mental illness or romantic turmoil, he]] does this just because [[spoiler: he's a major AttentionWhore]].
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* AttentionWhore: Bazzard is defined by his desire to play a larger part. [[Spoiler: This ties into him being elected as Datchery or the murderer. In the case of the the former, he'll admit that his actions were both to clear Neville's name and vanity]]. But that's nothing compared to [[spoiler: his murder confession, where Bazzard talks of his desire to be a legend in his time, and how he tried to pass himself off as an ace detective by killing Drood and then solving the crime himself]].
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* InUniverse, while Chairman William Cartwright already had plenty to do as the show's master of ceremonies, he was not originally intended to play an actual character within the story, only doing so when Mayor Sapsea's actor has become too indisposed to do so.
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* InUniverse, while Chairman William Cartwright already had plenty to do as the show's master of ceremonies, he was not originally intended to play an actual character within the story, only doing so when Mayor Sapsea's actor has become too indisposed to do so.
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* ButtMonkey: Bazzard, or rather his actor, is defined by their inability to get a large part in any play, to the point where he admits to playing the title role in Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing.
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* AscendedExtra: Quite a few examples both within the show, in real life, and a combination of both.
** The main draw of the show is getting to vote on your favorites to give them a little more material and relevance, whether it's making them sing a love song near the end, sing a solo where they unveil themselves as the detective and point to the murder suspect, or the big one, getting their own VillainSong where they admit to killing Edwin Drood.
** While Durdles and especially Crisparkle are still principle roles who do get solos within larger songs, neither gets a full fledged song of their own outside of voting, where both are given the opportunity one can have a full on solo as the murderer, a duet and romantic scene as one of the lovers, or in Crisparkle's case, another solo as Dick Datchery.
** An InUniverse example that always occurs each show. Bazzard's actor is depressed being stuck in a small, thankless role, but is given the chance by the Chairman to perform his own solo number. He can take this even further, being eligible for all of the three voting roles later, increasing the size of his roel even more. Also worth noting, Bazzard often fares well in the voting, with Rupert Holmes acknowledging that he's the big favorite for the Datchery vote.
** The Deputy isn't much more than a highlighted ensemble member in the overall show, but he's given the chance to be voted as a lover at the end, being the only non principle actor whose eligible for any kind of voting.
** A real life version would be Durdles, who was not a murder suspect in the original Broadway production but would go on to be made one starting with the first national tour, and has remained a potential murderer ever since.
** The main draw of the show is getting to vote on your favorites to give them a little more material and relevance, whether it's making them sing a love song near the end, sing a solo where they unveil themselves as the detective and point to the murder suspect, or the big one, getting their own VillainSong where they admit to killing Edwin Drood.
** While Durdles and especially Crisparkle are still principle roles who do get solos within larger songs, neither gets a full fledged song of their own outside of voting, where both are given the opportunity one can have a full on solo as the murderer, a duet and romantic scene as one of the lovers, or in Crisparkle's case, another solo as Dick Datchery.
** An InUniverse example that always occurs each show. Bazzard's actor is depressed being stuck in a small, thankless role, but is given the chance by the Chairman to perform his own solo number. He can take this even further, being eligible for all of the three voting roles later, increasing the size of his roel even more. Also worth noting, Bazzard often fares well in the voting, with Rupert Holmes acknowledging that he's the big favorite for the Datchery vote.
** The Deputy isn't much more than a highlighted ensemble member in the overall show, but he's given the chance to be voted as a lover at the end, being the only non principle actor whose eligible for any kind of voting.
** A real life version would be Durdles, who was not a murder suspect in the original Broadway production but would go on to be made one starting with the first national tour, and has remained a potential murderer ever since.
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* EnsembleCast: There are certainly some roles that are noticeably larger than others, but each actor in the principle cast is always given a moment to shine no matter the vote, and the audience's decisions will boost the size of the at least three roles (sometimes the detective may be voted again as a lover afterwards).
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* RedHerring: Two examples that can be played straight or {{Subvrted}}
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* RedHerring: Two examples that can be played straight or {{Subvrted}}{{Subverted}}
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* VillainProtagonist: No matter whose picked as the murderer, John Jasper has quite a nasty SplitPersonality, and is the leading role of the ShowWithinAShow, as well as being about tied with the Chairman as the largest role in the overall show.
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* RedHerring: Two examples that can be played straight or {{Subvrted}}
** John Jasper acts as a VillainProtagonist theoughout the piece, being by far the most dastardly of the murder suspects, having a clear motive for why he would want Drood eliminated, and having many lines that just scream '''"I'm the killer!"'''. Jasper is almost always a regular example of a red herring since the show itself strongly suggests against picking such an obvious suspect, a decision that's made quite clear near the end when [[spoiler: Jasper always gets to confess to the murder even when he's not picked]].
** Neville Landless is a less exaggerated version of this trope, but still applies, as he has a highly confrontational relationship with Drood, has an easily noticeable motive (a similar one to Jasper'st that), and becomes the primary suspect InUniverse before the voting. Unlike Jasper though, the show doesn't try to dissuade the audience from casting Neville votes, and he can also be taken out of the running for the murder vote if he's selected as Dick Datchery's alter ego.
** In general, all the characters get their share of moments where they get to ham it up and strongly suggest that they're the murderer, playing to the crowd in the hope that they get voted. Depending on the actor, several of the characters can seem quite sinister, even if they aren't ultimately selected.
** John Jasper acts as a VillainProtagonist theoughout the piece, being by far the most dastardly of the murder suspects, having a clear motive for why he would want Drood eliminated, and having many lines that just scream '''"I'm the killer!"'''. Jasper is almost always a regular example of a red herring since the show itself strongly suggests against picking such an obvious suspect, a decision that's made quite clear near the end when [[spoiler: Jasper always gets to confess to the murder even when he's not picked]].
** Neville Landless is a less exaggerated version of this trope, but still applies, as he has a highly confrontational relationship with Drood, has an easily noticeable motive (a similar one to Jasper'st that), and becomes the primary suspect InUniverse before the voting. Unlike Jasper though, the show doesn't try to dissuade the audience from casting Neville votes, and he can also be taken out of the running for the murder vote if he's selected as Dick Datchery's alter ego.
** In general, all the characters get their share of moments where they get to ham it up and strongly suggest that they're the murderer, playing to the crowd in the hope that they get voted. Depending on the actor, several of the characters can seem quite sinister, even if they aren't ultimately selected.
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: If Neville is voted as the murderer, then this applies to Jasper accusing Neville of Drood's murder earlier in the show. The reason it's this trope is because [[spoiler: no matter what, Jasper believes himself to be Drood's killer, and is just trying to frame Neville, not actually believing him to be the culprit]].
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* TheElevenOClockNumber: "The Writing on The Murderer's Confession, aside from the Wall"fairly irrelevant lovers' duet is the second to last and wraps up the plot giving the audience the moment they've waited for, and whichever cast member has been voted the chance to show off one last time.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Durdles reveals towards the end that [[spoiler: knows who ''actually'' killed Drood after Jasper has confessed]]. This implies for whatever reason he didn't want [[spoiler: to reveal what he saw]], but seeing [[spoiler: the man who didn't actually kill Drood about to be dragged off for it]] causes his conscience to take over. This is especially pronounced when [[spoiler: Durdles himself is the killer]].
* EveryoneHasStandards: Durdles reveals towards the end that [[spoiler: knows who ''actually'' killed Drood after Jasper has confessed]]. This implies for whatever reason he didn't want [[spoiler: to reveal what he saw]], but seeing [[spoiler: the man who didn't actually kill Drood about to be dragged off for it]] causes his conscience to take over. This is especially pronounced when [[spoiler: Durdles himself is the killer]].
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** Soprano: Rosa Bud.
** Mezzo-Soprano: Edwin Drood/Dick Datchery and Helena Landless.
** Alto: The Princess Puffer.
** Tenor: John Jasper.
** Baritone: The Chariman/Mayor Sapsea, Neville Landless, Reverend Crisparkle, Bazzard, and Durdles.
** Soprano: Rosa Bud.
** Mezzo-Soprano: Edwin Drood/Dick Datchery and Helena Landless.
** Alto: The Princess Puffer.
** Tenor: John Jasper.
** Baritone: The Chariman/Mayor Sapsea, Neville Landless, Reverend Crisparkle, Bazzard, and Durdles.
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The original production won five Tony awards, and featured George Rose as the Chairman, Howard [=McGillin=] as the music hall's leading man and portrayer of John Jasper, and Betty Buckley as the guest artist and [[GenderBender "male impersonator"]] playing Edwin Drood.
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The original production won five Tony awards, and featured George Rose as the Chairman, Howard [=McGillin=] as the music hall's leading man and portrayer of John Jasper, and Betty Buckley Creator/BettyBuckley as the guest artist and [[GenderBender "male impersonator"]] playing Edwin Drood.
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* InnocentSoprano: Rosa is an otherwise straightforward ingenue soprano, being an innocent young woman smitten with Drood. However, the show is MetaFiction about actors performing an unfinished story, and the audience can choose the murderer — and Rosa is one of the options. If she is selected, she subverts the trope by faking her PurityPersonified personality to conceal her intention to murder John Jasper.
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Neville and Helena face much racism from the English people, though they also have an entire song calling it out. The InUniverse musical performance takes place around the early 1900's, so the characters aren't written quite tastefully, with Helena lampshading how her accent is "geographically implacable" and their InUniverse actors usually being white people in {{brownface}}.
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** This confession's lyrics has the actor playing Durdles admit that it's stupid but he's trying to improvise as he didn't expect to be the murderer.
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* MassiveMultiplayerEnsembleNumber: "No Good Can Come From Bad", a fugue which introduces a separate musical motif for each of the singers. Each of those motifs is subsequently reprised in the appropriate character's murder confession.
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* MassiveMultiplayerEnsembleNumber: "No Good Can Come From Bad", a fugue which introduces a separate musical motif for each of the singers. Each In the original version, each of those motifs is subsequently reprised in the appropriate character's murder confession.confession. In the eventual licensed version, only Rosa's confession remains intact.
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* YouBastard: If the audience chooses for Neville and Helena to become a couple at the end of the show, the twins literally call them depraved and "you wicked ''bastards!!!"''.
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* AudienceParticipation: Encouraged at multiple points, and vital to selecting which of the MultipleEndings the cast goes with.
