OCG characters

governor arthur phillip

• navy

  • captain

• older

• posh

• powerful

• not a dictator

  • genuine

• rehab not punishment

major robbie ross

• marine

  • highest rank in colony

• mean

• towers over people

• against the idea of a play or any kind of rehab

• talks down to convicts

  • thinks he deserves more than them

captain david collins

• marine

  • colony’s judge

• level headed

• diffuse situations

• ensure both sides are heard

captain watkin tench

• marine

• doesn’t think they can be reformed

• thinks play is a waste of time

• thinks prisoners are bad people with bad intentions

captain jemmy campbell

• marine

• ross’ sidekick

• big man

• always drunk

• hurts convicts

lieutenant william dawes

• marine

• astronomer

lieutenant george johnston

• marine

• botomist

second lieutenant ralph clark

• marine

• younger

• smaller build

• loyal to wife at start

• religious

• kind

• shifts his opinion on convicts

  • see’s them as bad at the start but then marries one

second lieutenant william faddy

• marine

• opposes the play

• insults ralph

midshipman harry brewer

• marine

  • lowest ranking officer

• worked with phillip before

• made wrong choices through life

• could have ended up as a convict

• obsessed with duckling

• hallucinates

reverend richard johnson

• first clergyman on the colony

• fair

• follows god

john arscott

• convict

• gullible

  • spends all money on a fake compass

• lost before being interested in the play

  • able to make friends

james ketch freeman

• convict

• hangman of the colony

  • caught stealing and it was his punishment

    • “hang or be hanged”

    • bullied for it

• didn’t do anything that bad

john wisehammer

• convict

• kind

• crush on mary

• educated

• actor

• jewish

  • used against him

black caesar

• convict

• from Madagascar

• sneaks into play

robbert sideway

• convict

• funny and likeable

• naïve

• into theatre

  • very over the top

• invites the other convicts to be actors in his company if he ever has one

mary brenham

• convict

• educated

• involved in play after meeting ralph

• young

• innocent

• quiet

  • dabby speaks for her

dabby bryant

• convict

• loud and bossy

• leader amongst convicts

• wants to be in the play to get out of work

• influences mary and ralph

duckling smith

• convict

• young

• pretty

  • lives in harry’s tent

  • shows him affection towards the end mostly

    • he is controlling of her

liz morden

• convict

• rough

• bitter

• aggressive

  • theatre helps her to calm down

• theatre excites her

  • reason to live

meg long - shitty meg

• convict

• leader in womens camp

• old

• not pretty

• smells

aborigine

• watches and narrates from a distance

• represents the nervous tribe

  • people coming onto their land