Editing The Sound of Music (section)

==Characters and casts==

=== Characters ===
* [[Maria von Trapp|Maria Rainer]], a [[postulant]] at Nonnberg Abbey
* Captain [[Georg von Trapp]]
* The Children:
** Liesl von Trapp, age 16
** Friedrich von Trapp, age 14
** Louisa von Trapp, age 13
** Kurt von Trapp, age 11
** Brigitta von Trapp, age 10
** Marta von Trapp, age 7
** Gretl von Trapp, age 5
* The Mother Abbess, the head of [[Nonnberg Abbey]]
* Baroness Elsa Schraeder<ref name="RodgersHammerstein1960">{{cite book|last1=Rodgers|first1=Richard|author-link1=Richard Rodgers|last2=Hammerstein|first2=Oscar|author-link2=Oscar Hammerstein II|title=The Sound of Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4CgMcRb8fJ0C&pg=PA2|access-date=July 9, 2012|year=1960|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=978-0-88188-050-2|page=2|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103024359/http://books.google.com/books?id=4CgMcRb8fJ0C&pg=PA2|archive-date=January 3, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref> "wealthy and sophisticated" and Captain von Trapp's would-be fiancée
* Max Detweiler, Captain von Trapp's friend, a music agent and producer
* Rolf Gruber, the 17-year-old Nazi delivery boy who is in love with Liesl
* Sister Bertha, the Mistress of Novices
* Sister Margareta, the Mistress of Postulants
* Franz, Captain von Trapp's butler
* Frau Schmidt, Captain von Trapp's housekeeper
* Herr Zeller, the [[Gauleiter]]
* Admiral von Schreiber, a high-ranking member of the German Navy
* Ensemble includes nuns, high-society neighbors of Captain von Trapp who attend the ball thrown in Elsa's honor, Nazi soldiers and contestants in the festival concert<ref>{{cite web|title=''The Sound of Music''|url=http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_s/soundofmusic.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612020121/http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_s/soundofmusic.htm|archive-date=June 12, 2012|access-date=July 26, 2017|work=Guidetomusicaltheatre.com}}</ref>

=== Original casts ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan=2 style="width:10%;" | Character
! style="width:10%;" | Broadway
! style="width:10%;" | West End
! style="width:10%;" | West End revival
! style="width:10%;" | Broadway revival
! style="width:10%;" | West End revival
|-
! <small>1959</small>
! <small>1961</small>
! <small>1981</small>
! <small>1998</small>
! <small>2006</small>
|-
! Maria Rainer
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Mary Martin]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Jean Bayless]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Petula Clark]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Rebecca Luker]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Connie Fisher]]
|-
! Captain Georg von Trapp
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Theodore Bikel]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Roger Dann
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Michael Jayston]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Michael Siberry]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Alexander Hanson (actor)|Alexander Hanson]]
|-
! The Mother Abbess
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Patricia Neway]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Constance Shacklock]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[June Bronhill]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Patti Cohenour]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Lesley Garrett]]
|-
! Baroness Elsa Schraeder
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Marion Marlowe]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Eunice Gayson]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Honor Blackman]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Jan Maxwell]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Lauren Ward]]
|-
! Max Detweiler
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Kurt Kasznar]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Harold Kasket
| style="text-align:center;" | [[John Bennett (actor)|John Bennett]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Fred Applegate (actor)|Fred Applegate]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Ian Gelder]]
|-
! Liesl von Trapp
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Lauri Peters]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Barbara Brown
| style="text-align:center;" | Claire Parker
| style="text-align:center;" | Sara Zelle
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Sophie Bould]]
|-
! Rolf Gruber
| style="text-align:center;" | Brian Davies
| style="text-align:center;" | Nicholas Bennett
| style="text-align:center;" | Paul Shearstone
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Dashiell Eaves]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Neil McDermott]]
|}

=== Notable replacements ===
;Broadway (1959–63)
*'''Maria:''' [[Martha Wright (actress)|Martha Wright]], [[Jeannie Carson]], [[Nancy Dussault]]
*'''Baroness:''' [[Lois Hunt]]
*'''Max:''' [[Paul Lipson]]
*'''Rolf:''' [[Jon Voight]]
;Broadway (1998–99)
*'''Maria:''' [[Laura Benanti]]
*'''Captain von Trapp:''' [[Dennis Parlato]], [[Richard Chamberlain]]
*'''Max:''' [[Patrick Quinn (actor)|Patrick Quinn]], [[Lenny Wolpe]]
;West End (2006–09)
*'''Maria:''' [[Summer Strallen]]
*'''Captain von Trapp:''' [[Simon Burke]], [[Simon MacCorkindale]]
*'''The Mother Abbess:''' [[Margaret Preece]]