History Characters / Hadestown

->'''Played by:''' Ben Campbell (Vermont), [[Music/BonIver Justin Vernon]] (concept album), Damon Daunno (NYTW production), Creator/ReeveCarney (Edmonton, London, and Broadway productions), Creator/JordanFisher (Broadway), Adam Gillian (London understudy), Jordan Dobson (Broadway, limited engagement), Ahmad Simmons, John Krause, Trent Saunders, Sayo Oni, Anthony Chatmon II, Chibueze Ihuoma (Broadway understudies), Nicholas Barasch, Chibueze Ihuoma, J. Antonio Rodriguez (National Tour), Chibueze Ihuoma, Nathan Salstone, J. Antonio Rodriguez, Jordan Bollwerk, John Krause, Colin Lemoine, Daniel Tracht, Timothy H. Lee (National Tour understudies), Dónal Finn (West End), Tiago Dhondt Bamberger, Simon Oskarsson (West End understudies)

* BassoProfundo: Greg Brown in the concept album, and Patrick Page in the later stage productions both voice him as a true bass. Page, in particular, sounds almost as if his voice came up from under the ground.

** Lets himself have a moment of real honest vulnerability in front of Orpheus and Eurydice when he dances with Persephone and tells them, "I don't know" when asked if they can leave.
*** He also shakes Orpheus's hand in an (apparent) gesture of good faith before seeing them off.

->'''Played by:''' Anais Mitchell (Vermont, concept album), Nabiyah Be (NYTW production), T.V. Carpio (Edmonton production), Eva Noblezada (London and Broadway productions), Josie Richardson (London understudy), Solea Pfeiffer, Lola Tung (Broadway), Jessie Shelton, Khaila Wilcoxon, Grace Yoo, Sojourner Brown, Yael "[=YaYa=]" Reich, Alex Lugo (Broadway understudies), Morgan Siobhan Green, Hannah Whitley, Amaya Braganza (National Tour), Sydney Parra, Kimberly Immanuel, Alex Lugo, Courtney Lauster, Belén Moyano, KC Dela Cruz, Cecilia Trippiedi, Cate Hayman (National Tour understudies), Grace Hodgett Young (West End), Beth Hinton-Lever, Madeline Charlemagne, Miriam Nyarko (West End understudies)

->'''Played by:''' Ben T. Matchstick (Vermont), Ben Knox Miller (concept album), Chris Sullivan (NYTW production), Matthew Saldivar (NYTW final weeks), Kingsley Leggs (Edmonton production), André De Shields (London and Broadway productions), Joseph Prouse (London understudy), T. Oliver Reid, Lillias White (Broadway), Anthony Chatmon II, Ahmad Simmons, T. Oliver Reid, Trent Saunders, Will Mann, Max Kumangai, Malcolm Armwood, Eddie Noel Rodríguez (Broadway understudies), Levi Kreis, Nathan Lee Graham, Will Mann (National Tour), Will Mann, Eddie Noel Rodríguez, Ian Coulter-Buford, Shavey Brown, Sevon Askew (National Tour understudies), Melanie la Barrie (West End), Winny Herbert, Waylon Jacobs, Allie Daniel (West End understudies)

* ICantDance: "Living It Up on Top" has Eurydice be too shy to dance, having to be coaxed into it by Persephone. Once she gets grooving, the entire chorus applauds her.

* BenevolentBoss: Zachary James, the West End Hades, [[https://www.cameo.com/recipient/65a0259b6f3d518b88666c7b interprets the character as]] ''believing'' himself to be this; he takes in people who have nothing and gives them food, shelter, and wages for meaningful work, and worries about what will happen to them if no one is there to guide and protect them -- which would be very noble and admirable, if they ''weren't'' indentured laborers whom he tricked into siging away their freedom and identities.

->'''Played by:''' Miriam Bernardo (Vermont), Music/AniDiFranco (concept album), Amber Gray (NYTW, Edmonton, London, and Broadway productions), Gloria Onitiri (London understudy), Lana Gordon, Jewelle Blackman, Jessica Anne "Betty Who" Newham, Ani [=DiFranco=] (Broadway), Jewelle Blackman, Afra Hines, Kimberly Marable, Tara Jackson, Soara-Joye Ross, Shea Renne, Brit West, Lindsey Hailes (Broadway understudies), Kimberly Marable, Maria-Christina Oliveras, Lana Gordon, Lindsey Hailes, Brit West (National Tour), Shea Renne, Lindsey Hailes, Nyla Watson, Racquel Williams, Marla Louissant (National Tour understudies), Gloria Onitiri (West End), Lauren Azania AJ King-Yombo, Ryesha Higgs (West End understudies)

->'''Played by:''' Anais Mitchell (Vermont, concept album), Nabiyah Be (NYTW production), T.V. Carpio (Edmonton production), Eva Noblezada (London and Broadway productions), Josie Richardson (London understudy), Solea Pfeiffer, Lola Tung (Broadway), Jessie Shelton, Khaila Wilcoxon, Grace Yoo, Sojourner Brown, Yael "[=YaYa=]" Reich, Alex Lugo (Broadway understudies), Morgan Siobhan Green, Hannah Whitley, Amaya Braganza (National Tour), Sydney Parra, Kimberly Immanuel, Alex Lugo, Courtney Lauster, Belén Moyano, KC Dela Cruz (National Tour understudies), Grace Hodgett Young (West End), Beth Hinton-Lever, Madeline Charlemagne, Miriam Nyarko (West End understudies)

->'''Played by:''' Ben Campbell (Vermont), [[Music/BonIver Justin Vernon]] (concept album), Damon Daunno (NYTW production), Creator/ReeveCarney (Edmonton, London, and Broadway productions), Creator/JordanFisher (Broadway), Adam Gillian (London understudy), Jordan Dobson (Broadway, limited engagement), Ahmad Simmons, John Krause, Trent Saunders, Sayo Oni, Anthony Chatmon II, Chibueze Ihuoma (Broadway understudies), Nicholas Barasch, Chibueze Ihuoma, J. Antonio Rodriguez (National Tour), Chibueze Ihuoma, Nathan Salstone, J. Antonio Rodriguez, Jordan Bollwerk, John Krause, Colin Lemoine, Daniel Tracht, Timothy H. Lee (National Tour understudies), Dónal Finn (West End)

->'''Played by:''' Anais Mitchell (Vermont, concept album), Nabiyah Be (NYTW production), T.V. Carpio (Edmonton production), Eva Noblezada (London and Broadway productions), Josie Richardson (London understudy), Solea Pfeiffer, Lola Tung (Broadway), Jessie Shelton, Khaila Wilcoxon, Grace Yoo, Sojourner Brown, Yael "[=YaYa=]" Reich, Alex Lugo (Broadway understudies), Morgan Siobhan Green, Hannah Whitley, Amaya Braganza (National Tour), Sydney Parra, Kimberly Immanuel, Alex Lugo, Courtney Lauster, Belén Moyano, KC Dela Cruz (National Tour understudies), Grace Hodgett Young (West End), Beth Hinton-Lever (West End understudy)

->'''Played by:''' David Symons (Vermont), Greg Brown (concept album), J. Bernard Calloway, Lee Edward Colston (NYTW final weeks), Creator/PatrickPage (NYTW, Edmonton, London, and Broadway productions), Shaq Taylor (London understudy), Tom Hewitt, Phillip Boykin (Broadway), Timothy Hughes, T. Oliver Reid, Alex Puette, Max Kumangai, Eddie Noel Rodríguez (Broadway understudies), Kevyn Morrow, Matthew Patrick Quinn (National Tour), Jamari Johnson Williams, Will Mann, Eddie Noel Rodríguez, Marquis Wood, Jamal Lee Harris, T. Oliver Reid, Shavey Brown, Sevon Askew, Nick Cortazzo (National Tour understudies), Zachary James (West End)

->'''Played by:''' Miriam Bernardo (Vermont), Music/AniDiFranco (concept album), Amber Gray (NYTW, Edmonton, London, and Broadway productions), Gloria Onitiri (London understudy), Lana Gordon, Jewelle Blackman, Jessica Anne "Betty Who" Newham, Ani [=DiFranco=] (Broadway), Jewelle Blackman, Afra Hines, Kimberly Marable, Tara Jackson, Soara-Joye Ross, Shea Renne, Brit West, Lindsey Hailes (Broadway understudies), Kimberly Marable, Maria-Christina Oliveras, Lana Gordon, Lindsey Hailes, Brit West (National Tour), Shea Renne, Lindsey Hailes, Nyla Watson, Racquel Williams, Marla Louissant (National Tour understudies), Gloria Onitiri (West End)

->'''Played by:''' Ben T. Matchstick (Vermont), Ben Knox Miller (concept album), Chris Sullivan (NYTW production), Matthew Saldivar (NYTW final weeks), Kingsley Leggs (Edmonton production), André De Shields (London and Broadway productions), Joseph Prouse (London understudy), T. Oliver Reid, Lillias White (Broadway), Anthony Chatmon II, Ahmad Simmons, T. Oliver Reid, Trent Saunders, Will Mann, Max Kumangai, Malcolm Armwood, Eddie Noel Rodríguez (Broadway understudies), Levi Kreis, Nathan Lee Graham, Will Mann (National Tour), Will Mann, Eddie Noel Rodríguez, Ian Coulter-Buford, Shavey Brown, Sevon Askew (National Tour understudies), Melanie la Barrie (West End)

->'''Played by:''' Sarah-Dawn Albani, Lisa Raatikainen & Nessa Rabin (Vermont), Petra, Rachel, & Tanya Haden (concept album); Lulu Fall, Jessie Shelton, & Shaina Taub (NYTW production); Erica Sweany (NYTW final weeks); Jewelle Blackman, Kira Guloien, & Evangelia Kambites (Edmonton production); Carly Mercedes Dyer, Rosie Fletcher, & Gloria Onitri (London production); Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzales-Nacer, & Kay Trinidad (Broadway production), Aiesha Pease (London understudy), Mariand Torres, Jessie Shelton, Soara-Joye Ross, Amelia Cormack, Shea Renne, Brit West, Lindsey Hailes (Broadway), Kimberly Marable, Khaila Wilcoxon, Emily Afton, Yael "[=YaYa=]" Reich, T. Oliver Reid, Tomás Matos, Tara Jackson (Broadway understudies), Belen Moyano, Bex Ordoriso, Shea Renne, Dominique Kempf, Nyla Watson, Marla Louissant, Lizzie Markson, Hannah Schreer (National Tour), Lindsey Hailes, Kimberly Immanuel, Alex Lugo, Sydney Parra, Tyla Collier, Will Mann, Cecilia Trippiedi, Courtney Lauster, KC Dela Cruz, Racquel Williams (National Tour understudies), Bella Brown, Madeline Charlemagne, Allie Daniel (West End)

->'''Played by:''' David Symons (Vermont), Greg Brown (concept album), J. Bernard Calloway, Lee Edward Colston (NYTW final weeks), Creator/PatrickPage (NYTW, Edmonton, London, and Broadway productions), Shaq Taylor (London understudy), Tom Hewitt, Phillip Boykin (Broadway), Timothy Hughes, T. Oliver Reid, Alex Puette, Max Kumangai, Eddie Noel Rodríguez (Broadway understudies), Kevyn Morrow, Matthew Patrick Quinn (National Tour), Jamari Johnson Williams, Will Mann, Eddie Noel Rodríguez, Marquis Wood, Jamal Lee Harris, T. Oliver Reid, Shavey Brown, Sevon Askew (National Tour understudies), Zachary James (West End)

* PetTheDog: They spend most of their time encouraging or teasing characters into making bad decisions, but when Eurydice leaves for Hadestown, the Fates tell the audience not to judge her harshly, as it's easy to have principles when you're well-fed and financially secure, but there's no telling what you'd do when ''you're'' the one who's penniless and starving to death.

->'''Played by:''' Anais Mitchell (Vermont, concept album), Nabiyah Be (NYTW production), T.V. Carpio (Edmonton production), Eva Noblezada (London and Broadway productions), Josie Richardson (London understudy), Solea Pfeiffer (Broadway), Jessie Shelton, Khaila Wilcoxon, Grace Yoo, Sojourner Brown, Yael "[=YaYa=]" Reich, Alex Lugo (Broadway understudies), Morgan Siobhan Green, Hannah Whitley, Amaya Braganza (National Tour), Sydney Parra, Kimberly Immanuel, Alex Lugo, Courtney Lauster, Belén Moyano, KC Dela Cruz (National Tour understudies), Grace Hodgett Young (West End), Beth Hinton-Lever (West End understudy)