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What does Phillips (1914) say the cast of characters must contain and who uses it, what format does he show, and how does it compare with the cast list in Esenwein and Leeds?

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Phillips says the cast should give each character's individual characteristics where possible and show relationships at a glance, because the director uses it to count players and choose actors by talent and personal type; singles are listed singly and groups or mobs en masse, so the director can judge the outlay in players, costumes and character props. Example 5 shows the format: NAME, a dot leader, a role type such as (Lead) or (Ingenue-lead), another dot leader and a trait phrase. His specimen cast uses a different layout (dash, no dot leaders, role type on only 2 of 6 named entries) and lumps ten minor roles on one line with no scene numbers. Esenwein and Leeds (as relayed) tag minor characters with scene numbers and keep the cast right after the synopsis. Label: 1914 practice. Excerpts drop Gutenberg italic underscores and collapse line wraps.

Phillips says the cast should give each character's individual characteristics where possible and show relationships at a glance, because the director uses it to count players and choose actors by talent and personal type; singles are listed singly and groups or mobs en masse, so the director can judge the outlay in players, costumes and character props. Example 5 shows the format: NAME, a dot leader, a role type such as (Lead) or (Ingenue-lead), another dot leader and a trait phrase. His specimen cast uses a different layout (dash, no dot leaders, role type on only 2 of 6 named entries) and lumps ten minor roles on one line with no scene numbers. Esenwein and Leeds (as relayed) tag minor characters with scene numbers and keep the cast right after the synopsis. Label: 1914 practice. Excerpts drop Gutenberg italic underscores and collapse line wraps. Curator qualifications: Cast of characters format. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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  • [sourced_fact] Phillips says the cast should give each character's individual characteristics where possible and show relationships at a glance, because the director uses it to count players and choose actors by talent and personal type; singles are listed singly and groups or mobs en masse, so the director can judge the outlay in players, costumes and character props. Example 5 shows the format: NAME, a dot leader, a role type such as (Lead) or (Ingenue-lead), another dot leader and a trait phrase. His specimen cast uses a different layout (dash, no dot leaders, role type on only 2 of 6 named entries) and lumps ten minor roles on one line with no scene numbers. Esenwein and Leeds (as relayed) tag minor characters with scene numbers and keep the cast right after the synopsis. Label: 1914 practice. Excerpts drop Gutenberg italic underscores and collapse line wraps. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts source

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