Character Profile (Portrayed by Sebastian Scorrer)
Rory Matthews/Romeo
Montague
Age: 18
Height: 6”3’
Hair: Brown
Occupation: Musician, part time
café barista
Costume: Casual. Jeans and
plain white t-shirt with blue
hoodie
Additional Features: Tall,
strong jaw
Possible casting: Callan Riches,
Sebastian Scorrer, Augustus
Prew, Evan Peters, Zac Efron
Fears: Suffocation, darkness,
claustrophobia
Biography
Born to Lizzie and Michael Matthews, Rory had always wanted to
become a musician. After the death of his mother, he and his father
moved, Rory taking his guitar as his prized possession as it was a gift
from his late mother. He is a top student who enjoys volunteer work
within his local community and hanging with his friends. He has been
in a loving relationship with his girlfriend Olivia for over two years
and plans to move in with her during their second year of Uni after
the couple were accepted onto the same course.
Relationship to Supporting Characters
Boyfriend of Olivia Denman
Best friend of Brian Young
Son of Lizzie and Michael Matthews
Friend of Beth Mackey
Story Arc
After his girlfriend disappears whilst at their volunteer placement at
the local theatre, Rory leads the team to find her. He unfortunately
finds her corpse instead after she falls into a well, drowning herself.
He dies in the same way as his counterpart Romeo Montague by
drinking poison, his being white spirit.
Character Profile (Portrayed by Hayley Newell)
Beth Mackey/Macbeth
Age: 18
Height: 5”6’
Hair: Blonde/brown
Occupation: Librarian
Costume: dark blue jeans,
batwing top, white pumps
Additional Features: Wears
glasses for reading
Possible casting: Eleanor
Aldworth, Hayley Newell, Chloe
Moretz, Emma Watson
Fears: Loneliness, the unknown,
spiders
Biography
Born the only child to Duncan and Kate, Beth always felt she had to
live up to something. After meeting Olivia and Brian in infant’s school
they became inseparable, later adopting Rory into their group. She
works part time as a librarian to fuel her love of reading. A skeptic by
nature, she believes more in facts than fiction.
Relationship to Supporting Characters
Best friend of Olivia Denman
Friend of Rory Matthews
Friend of Brian Young
Story Arc
After convincing her friends to join her in volunteer work at the local
theatre, Beth is the start of all their problems. Stuck in an inevitable
cycle of family history, she and her friends are the result of a curse set
by the Witches that Shakespeare ridiculed in his plays. Unleashing
the curse when she finds the hidden scripts, each of her friends
become possessed to kill, to avenge their Shakespearian
counterparts. Beth only just makes it out alive, losing everything in
the process.
Character Profile (Portrayed by Amos Mukombero)
Brian Young/ Brutus the
Younger
Age: 17
Height: 5”7’
Hair: Brown
Occupation: Retail assistant
Costume: Casual. White long tshirt, blue jeans, workers boots
Additional Features: Cropped
hair
Possible casting: John Boyega,
Alfred Enoch, Amos Mukombero,
Roshon Fegan, Jordan Calloway
Fears: Clowns, loud noises
Biography
Born to Patricia and Julian Young, Brian had always been interested in
joining the army to be a hero like his Uncle Anthony. After failing
basic training, he began to work even harder to his goal, joining the
local gym where he met Rory for the first time. Introducing him to
Olivia and Beth, they became the quartet of friends. Brian is known
for his compassion and protectiveness towards his friends and those
weaker than him.
Relationship to Supporting Characters
Best friend of Rory Matthews
Friend of Beth Mackey
Friend of Olivia Denman
Story Arc
Arriving at the theatre late, Brian meets with his friends as they go
inside. After the brief of cleaning the old stock room, Brian sets to
work feeling stranger and stranger in the old room. Ignoring the
feelings until the box is uncovered by Beth and the emotions amplify.
No longer is he in complete control. The curse affects him more due
to his counterpart Brutus, known for being noble. The Witches whom
cast the curse see through this and he begins to attack his friends
before ultimately killing himself with his own knife.
Character Profile (Portrayed by Nicola Flynn)
Olivia Denman/Ophelia of
Denmark
Age: 17
Height: 5”6'
Hair: Brown
Occupation: Florist assistant
Costume: Green long sleeved
top, blue jeans, white pumps
Additional Features: light
freckles across nose
Possible casting: Shailene
Woodley, Emma Roberts,
Georgie Henley, Nicola Flynn,
Poppy Currie
Fears: Being underwater, being
locked in alone
Biography
Born to Nickolas and Claudia, she is one of three. Her older brother
Harry and younger sister Lauren always make fun of her so she
spends most of her time with her boyfriend. Olivia and Rory became
a couple after a party Beth threw and Brian made them dance
together. Olivia looks forward to Uni so she can get away from her
siblings and to be happy with Rory without parental supervision.
Relationship to Supporting Characters
Girlfriend of Rory Matthews
Friend of Brian Young
Best Friend of Beth Mackey
Story Arc
Whilst waiting at the theatre with Beth and Rory for Brian, Olivia is
excited to begin, loving the theatrics of the place. When the box is
found she begins to have flashbacks of a life she doesn't remember.
Looking through the scripts she begins to lose herself. After the lights
mysteriously cut off, she blacks out until she wakes in an unknown
place. Terrified she thrashes around in the darkness before falling
into an uncovered well and drowns. Her last thought being the
smiling faces of her friends and the last look of love from Rory.