Rob
Denham (Year 13) as
RALPH
Previously Soldier in The Nativity (ST)
Ralph represents: TEAMWORK
Age: 12
Ralph is good-natured, physically strong and attractive. He has a strong moral sense and is determined to ensure the rescue of the boys. The most important thing for him on the island is to keep the fire going so that any passing ships will see the smoke.
Previously Soldier in The Nativity (ST)
Ralph represents: TEAMWORK
Age: 12
Ralph is good-natured, physically strong and attractive. He has a strong moral sense and is determined to ensure the rescue of the boys. The most important thing for him on the island is to keep the fire going so that any passing ships will see the smoke.
Kieran Miles
(Year 11) as
PIGGY
Previously Capulet in Romeo and Juliet (Schools Shakespeare Festival)
Piggy represents: INTELLIGENCE
Age: 11
Unlike the other boys, Piggy does not go to a private school, and is used to being bullied for being overweight, weak and short-sighted. But Piggy is the most intelligent of them all. His name suggests a parallel with the pigs that the boys hunt and kill on the island.
Previously Capulet in Romeo and Juliet (Schools Shakespeare Festival)
Piggy represents: INTELLIGENCE
Age: 11
Unlike the other boys, Piggy does not go to a private school, and is used to being bullied for being overweight, weak and short-sighted. But Piggy is the most intelligent of them all. His name suggests a parallel with the pigs that the boys hunt and kill on the island.
Richard Northcott
(Year 13) as
JACK
Jack represents: SELF-INDULGENCE
Age: 12
Hot-tempered and arrogant, Jack is the choir prefect at his school and always wants to take charge. However, he is more interested in having fun than looking after others. His descent into savagery is so complete that by the end he has almost forgotten his true identity.
Jack represents: SELF-INDULGENCE
Age: 12
Hot-tempered and arrogant, Jack is the choir prefect at his school and always wants to take charge. However, he is more interested in having fun than looking after others. His descent into savagery is so complete that by the end he has almost forgotten his true identity.
Simon
Springall (Year 12) as
SIMON
Previously Sailor in Dick Whittington
Simon represents: COMPASSION
Age: 10
Simon is regarded as a misfit by the others on account of his oddness and epileptic fits. But he has a profound, instinctive understanding of the natural and human worlds; he alone realises the true nature of the ‘beast’—the potential for evil inside every one of us.
Previously Sailor in Dick Whittington
Simon represents: COMPASSION
Age: 10
Simon is regarded as a misfit by the others on account of his oddness and epileptic fits. But he has a profound, instinctive understanding of the natural and human worlds; he alone realises the true nature of the ‘beast’—the potential for evil inside every one of us.
Tom
McAweaney (Year 12) as
ROGER
Previously Macduff’s son in Macbeth, Herod’s Son in The Nativity, Chorus in The Bacchae of Euripides (ST), Sailor in Dick Whittington
Roger represents: CRUELTY
Age: 11
Cunning, secretive and sadistic, Roger quickly allies himself with Jack but laces his loyalty with insolence. He shows only casual indifference to the fate of the outside world or the other boys; his lack of restraint makes him a destructive and dangerous figure.
Previously Macduff’s son in Macbeth, Herod’s Son in The Nativity, Chorus in The Bacchae of Euripides (ST), Sailor in Dick Whittington
Roger represents: CRUELTY
Age: 11
Cunning, secretive and sadistic, Roger quickly allies himself with Jack but laces his loyalty with insolence. He shows only casual indifference to the fate of the outside world or the other boys; his lack of restraint makes him a destructive and dangerous figure.
James
Fritz (Year 12) as
SAM
Previously Shepherd in The Nativity, Old Slave in The Bacchae of Euripides (ST), Sailor in Dick Whittington
Previously Shepherd in The Nativity, Old Slave in The Bacchae of Euripides (ST), Sailor in Dick Whittington
Daniel Ward (Year
12) as BILL
Previously King in The Nativity, Slave Leader in The Bacchae of Euripides (ST), Sailor in Dick Whittington
Bill represents: BRUTE FORCE
Age: 12
A member of Jack’s band of hunters. Not the brightest of the boys. Jack trusts him on account of his physical strength.
Previously King in The Nativity, Slave Leader in The Bacchae of Euripides (ST), Sailor in Dick Whittington
Bill represents: BRUTE FORCE
Age: 12
A member of Jack’s band of hunters. Not the brightest of the boys. Jack trusts him on account of his physical strength.
Alan
Simmons (Year 13) as ERIC
Sam and Eric represent: LOYALTY
Age: 11
Sam and Eric are the twins whose job on the island is to tend the fire. They are inseparable and are soon known as Sam’n’Eric, as if they were one person, though it is clear that Sam is the stronger of the two. Their mutual reliance reflects the the need of the wider group to co-operate in order to survive. They look to Ralph for leadership, but ultimately betray him as they are unable to stand up to Jack and his bully-boys.
Sam and Eric represent: LOYALTY
Age: 11
Sam and Eric are the twins whose job on the island is to tend the fire. They are inseparable and are soon known as Sam’n’Eric, as if they were one person, though it is clear that Sam is the stronger of the two. Their mutual reliance reflects the the need of the wider group to co-operate in order to survive. They look to Ralph for leadership, but ultimately betray him as they are unable to stand up to Jack and his bully-boys.
Diluka
Karunaratne (Year 11) as
MAURICE
Maurice represents: FOOLISHNESS
Age: 12
One of the choir, Maurice is the irrepressible class clown.
Maurice represents: FOOLISHNESS
Age: 12
One of the choir, Maurice is the irrepressible class clown.
Nicholas Hadfield
(Year 12) as HENRY
Henry represents: OBEDIENCE
Age: 12
A member of Jack’s band of hunters.
Henry represents: OBEDIENCE
Age: 12
A member of Jack’s band of hunters.
David
Crozier (Year 11) as PERCEVAL
Previously Sailor in Dick Whittington
Perceval represents: FEAR
Age: 7
The only one of the ‘lit’l’uns’ in the novel to feature in the stage play, Perceval sows the seeds of fear in the older boys when he tells them of his encounter with ‘the beast’.
Previously Sailor in Dick Whittington
Perceval represents: FEAR
Age: 7
The only one of the ‘lit’l’uns’ in the novel to feature in the stage play, Perceval sows the seeds of fear in the older boys when he tells them of his encounter with ‘the beast’.
Christopher
Burton as NAVAL OFFICER