Fiddler on the Roof
Character Plot
Prologue - Village Square
page 3
Fiddler, Tevye
Pages 3-4 - Tradition
Villagers (Motel, Perchik, Lazar, Rabbi, Mendel, Avram, Mordcha, Nissel,
Moshke, Nachum, Yussel, Golde, Tzeitel, Hodel, Chava, Shprintze, Bielke,
Yente, Shandel, Mirila, Ruchel, Rifka, Etke)
Papas (Tevye, Avram, Rabbi, Mordcha, Lazar)
Mamas (Golde, Yente, Shandel, Mirila, Rifka)
Sons (Mendel, Nissel, Moshke, Perchik, Motel)
Daughters (Tzeitel, Hodel, Chava, Shprintze, Bielke, Ruchel, Etke)
pages 4-6
Yente, Avram, Nachum, Lazar, Mendel, Rabbi, Tevye, Constable, Fyedka, Sasha,
3rd Russian, 4th Russian
page 6
First Man (Mordcha), 2nd Man (Avram), Tevye, Villagers (Motel, Perchik,
Lazar, Rabbi, Mendel, Avram, Mordcha, Nissel, Moshke, Nachum, Yussel, Golde,
Tzeitel, Hodel, Chava, Shprintze, Bielke, Yente, Shandel, Mirila, Ruchel,
Rifka, Etke)
Scene 1
pages 7-11
Golde, Tzeitel, Hodel, Chava, Shprintze, Bielke, Yente
pages 11-13 Matchmaker
Hodel, Chava, Tzeitel
No time passes
Scene 2 - Exterior Tevye's House
page 14
Tevye, Golde
pages 14-16 - If I Were a Rich Man
Tevye
pages 16-20
Tevye, Mordcha, Mendel, Perchik, Avram
No time passes
Scene 3 - Interior Tevye's House
pages 21-25
Tevye, Perchik, Tzeitel, Hodel, Chava, Shprintze, Bielke, Motel, Golde
pages 25-26 Sabbath Prayer
Tevye, Golde (with Perchik, Tzeitel, Hodel, Chava, Shprintze, Bielke, Motel)
Other family groups behind
(Avram, Shandel, Moshke)
(Mordcha, Mirila, Nissel)
(Rabbi, Rifka, Etke)
(Yussel, Ruchel)
One day passes
Scene 4 - Mordcha's Inn
pages 27-31
Avram, Lazar, Mendel, (with Rabbi, Fiddler, Moshke, Nissel), Mordcha, Fyedka,
First Russian (Sasha), Russian 3, Russian 4,
Tevye
pages 31-34 To Life
Tevye, Lazar, Villagers (Avram, Mendel, Rabbi, Moshke, Nissel, Mordcha),
Russians (Fyedka, Sasha, Russian 3, Russian 4)
Later that evening
Scene 5 - Village exterior Inn
pages 35-36
Fiddler, Lazar, Tevye, Villagers (Avram, Mendel, Rabbi, Moshke),
Russians (Fyedka, Sasha, Russian 3, Russian 4)
Constable, (First Russian (Sasha)
The next morning
Scene 6 - Exterior Tevye's House
pages 37-45 Perchik, Shprintze, Bielke, Hodel, Golde, Tevye, Tzeitel, Motel
page 44-46 - Tevye's Monologue
Tevye, Motel, Tzeitel
page 46
Tevye, Motel, Tzeitel
pages 46-47 Miracle of Miracles
Motel, [Tzeitel]
That evening
Scene Seven - Tevye's Bedroom
page 48-49
Tevye, Golde, Villagers ( Perchik, Rabbi, Mendel, Avram, Mordcha, Nissel,
Moshke, Nachum, Yussel, Fiddler, Yente, Shandel, Mirila, Ruchel, Rifka)
pages 49-54 The Dream
Grandma Tzeitel, Tevye, Rabbi, Golde, Chorus (Perchik, Mendel, Avram,
Mordcha, Nissel, Moshke, Nachum, Yussel, Fiddler, Yente, Shandel, Mirila,
Ruchel, Rifka), Fruma-Sarah
The next day
Scene 8 - Interior/exterior Motel's tailor shop
pages 55-59
Villagers (Nachum, Mirila, Nissel, Mendel Rabbi, Rifka, Etka, Ruchel, Yussel,
Avram, Shandel), Motel, Chava, Man (Ruchel), Woman (Mirila), Yussel, Fyedka,
Sasha, 3rd Russian
A few weeks later
Scene Nine - Exterior Tevye's house
page 60
Motel, Rabbi, Fiddler on stage
Canopy carried by Perchik, Mordcha, Avram, Mendel
entering SR Tzeitel, Tevye, Golde, Hodel, Bielke, Chava, Shprintze, Perchik.
entering SL Avram, Shandel, Moshke
Men entering house left (Nissel, Lazar), joined by canopy carriers
Women entering house right (Mirila, Rifka, Etka, Villager 1, Villager 2,
Nachum, Yente, Ruchel, Yussel)
page 61 Sunrise, Sunset
Tevye, Golde, Men (Tevye, Perchik, Mordcha, Avram, Mendel, Moshke, Nissel,
Lazar), Women (Golde, Hodel, Bielke, Chava, Shprintze, Shandel, Mirila,
Rifka, Etka, Villager 1, Villager 2, Nachum, Yente, Ruchel, Yussel), Hodel,
Perchik
page 61 Wedding Dance
Men (Tevye, Perchik, Mordcha, Avram, Mendel, Moshke, Nissel, Lazar, Rabbi,
Motel)
Women (Golde, Tzeitel, Hodel, Bielke, Chava, Shprintze, Shandel, Mirila,
Rifka, Etka, Villager 1, Villager 2, Nachum, Yente, Ruchel, Yussel)
No time passes
Scene 10 - Exterior Tevye's House
pages 62-69 Men (Tevye, Motel, Rabbi, Perchik, Avram, Mendel, Mordcha, Lazar,
Nissel, Moshke)
Women (Golde, Tzeitel, Hodel, Bielke, Chava, Shprintze, Shandel, Mirila,
Rifka, Etka, Villager 1, Villager 2, Nachum, Yente, Ruchel, Yussel, Fiddler)
First Man (Mendel), Second Man (Avram)
Constable, Sasha, 3rd Russian, 4th Russian
Two months pass
ACT 2
Prologue
page 70
Tevye, [Fiddler]
No time passes
Scene 1 - exterior Tevye's house
pages 71-73
Perchik, Hodel
page 73 - Now I Have Everything
Perchik, Hodel
page74-75
Perchik, Hodel, Tevye
pages 75-76
Tevye's Rebuttal
Tevye, [Perchik, Hodel]
pages 76-77
Tevye, Perchik, Hodel, Golde
pages 77-79 Do You Love Me?
Tevye, Golde
A month passes
Scene Two - Village Street
page 80
Yente, Tzeitel, Fish Seller (Ruchel)
First Group (Rifka, Ruchel, Etke)
pages 80-82
The Rumor
Yente, First Group (Rifka, Ruchel, Etke)
First Woman (Rifka)
Second Group (Shandel, Mordcha, Nissel, Yussel)
Second Woman (Yussel)
Third Group (Mendel, Mirila, Villager 1, Fiddler
Mendel, Fourth Group (Rabbi, Avram, Moshke)
Aram, Fifth Group (Nachum, Lazar, Villager 2)
Yente
A day or two passes
Scene 3 - exterior railroad station
pages 83-84
Tevye, Hodel
page 84 - Far From the Home I Love
Hodel, [Tevye]
pages 84-85
Tevye, Hodel
Several weeks pass
Scene 4 - Village Square, exterior Motel's shop
page 86
Avram, Mordcha, Rabbi, Mendel, First Man (Yussel), Second Man (Nachum),
Shandel, Woman (Rifka), Etke, Villagers (Yente, Mirila, Villager 1, Villager
2)
No time passes
Scene 5 - Interior and exterior of Motel's shop
pages 87-91
Golde, Shprintze, Bielke, Motel, Chava, Tzeitel, Villagers (Yente, Mirila,
Villager 1, Villager 2, Avram, Mordcha, Shandel), Rabbi, Fyedka, Tevye
A day passes
Scene 6 - A road in the Village
page 92
Tevye, Golde
pages 92-93 - Chava sequence
Tevye, Chava
page 93
Tevye, Chava, Villagers (Motel, Lazar, Rabbi, Mendel, Avram, Mordcha, Nahum,
Yussel, Shandel, Villager 1, Villager 2, Mirila, Ruchel, Rifka, Etke), [Fiddler]
Weeks pass
Scene 7 - exterior/interior Tevye's house
pages 94-98
Yente, Boys (Moshke, Nissel), Golde, Shprintze, Bielke, Lazar, Avram, Mendel,
Mordcha, Villagers (Mirila, Rifka, Yussel, Nachum, Shandel), Tevye, Constable,
Russian Men (Sasha, 3rd Russian, 4th Russian), First Man (Mirila), Second
Man (Rifka), Third Man (Avram)
pages 98-99 - Anatevka
Yente, Golde, Avram, Lazar, Mendel, Tevye
All (Tevye, Motel, Lazar, Rabbi, Mendel, Avram, Mordcha, Nissel, Moshke,
Nachum, Yussel, Golde, Tzeitel, Shprintze, Bielke, Yente, Shandel, Mirila,
Ruchel, Rifka, Etke, Villager 1, Villager 2)
Three days pass
Scene 8 - exterior Tevye's house
pages 100-105
Motel, Tzeitel, Shprintze, Bielke, Golde, Yente, Tevye, Lazar, Chava, Fyedka,
Villagers (Lazar, Rabbi, Mendel, Avram, Mordcha, Nissel, Moshke, Nachum,
Yussel, Yente, Shandel, Villager 1, Villager 2, Mirila, Ruchel, Rifka, Etke),
Fiddler
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