DRAMATIS PERSONAE

Characters in the Musical adaptation

EDWARD NELSON, an American scientist and ornithologist

VERY USEFUL, his Mexican servant

DIEGO CLEMENTE, Nelson’s young assistant, newly arrived from Seville

ROBERTO DUARTE, the owner of a failing henequen plantation and bookstore

SOFIA, his beautiful daughter, a young woman who challenges convention

GABRIELA, his wife

AUNT MARTA, Gabriela’s spinster sister

DOÑA LAURA, the family matriarch and Roberto’s mother

PATRICIA, Sofia’s friend and confidante

DON VICTOR BLANCO TORRES, a fabulously wealthy henequero

DOÑA ALICIA, his wife

CARLOS, their son, a dandy

DON FRANCISCO & DON MÁXIMO, rich henequeros and Don Victor’s associates

YOUNG MEN & WOMEN OF SOCIETY

PEASANT INSURGENTS

The action takes place in Mérida and elsewhere in the Yukatán region of Mexico,
in the year 1910.