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 William Barret Travis, 26, is young and ambitious with a lust for adventure, however, his aggressiveness offends many people. He sees himself as a great leader in this new country called Texas, but he's also running from a past that haunts his every move. He dresses in a fancy uniform with polished boots and a broad-brimmed hat probably mostly to impress himself. |
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Davy Crockett, 49, is a legend in his own time. He can play a fiddle, stare down a charging bear, and entertain you with his wild stories till the wee hours. Voted out of Congress by his Tennessee constituants, he is hurting. He has come to Texas where he believes in the virtues of democracy for this new land. |
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James Bowie, 41, wrestled alligators for sport and learned to use the famous Bowie knife while still a young man. He has no patience for a dandy such as William Travis. Bowie has lost his beloved wife and children to a cholera epidemic and he is a brooding man, drinking and looking for a good place to die. The Alamo will be that place. |
| Rebecca Cummings, 22, is engaged to William Travis. Travis leaves her to seek fame and fortune in the wilds of Texas. She resents his abandoning her, but loves him nevertheless, and soon follows him, but not to join him. |
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| Joe, 30s, Travis' slave. In Texas he gains his freedom, but chooses to remain in the Alamo to fight for that freedom. |
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| Charles Travis, 25, narrates this story. He's the son of William Travis, but he was only 6 when William died at the Alamo, and he had only just come to live with his father after a four-year separation between his parents that ended in divorce. Charles does not know his father, and this story is his search to learn about his father's character. |
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| Captain Antonio Tenorio, 35, mans the unenviable duty station on the mosquito-infested coast of Texas with the impossible task of stopping the smuggling going on by Anglo colonists. He would prefer to be at his villa in Mexico enjoying the luxuries of his home, but he will be forced to choose between his beloved Mexico and the new Texas. |
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| Almeron Dickenson, 26, and his wife Susannah have been trying to make a living on the land ever since they left Virginia one step ahead of the creditors. Little does he know that war fever will gather him up into a headlong dash to his destiny. |
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| Susannah Dickenson, 21, chooses to remain by her husband Almeron's side in the Alamo. She and their daughter Angelina are the only Anglos who will survive the battle. |
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| Juan Seguin, 30, recruited a dozen Mexicans to fight for Texas independence against Santa Anna. He fought inside the Alamo for three days before Travis sent him out to find reinforcements. He didn't wish to leave, but Travis convinced him to do so for the good of his countrymen. |
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| Rosanna, 22/40, was married to William Travis when they lived in Alabama where he deserted her without explanation when he left for Texas. She was pregnant at the time with their daughter. She loved Travis, but couldn't domesticate his lust for adventure and had to divorce him, but at the cost of her son. |
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| Louis "Frenchy" Rose, 50, had fought with Napoleon's armies. After
fighting inside the Alamo for 10 days of the 13-day siege, Frenchy opts
to leave. He knows the Alamo is a lost cause and sees no reason to die
there. |
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| Gregorio Esparza, 27, is a Mexican resident of San Antonio who makes
the decision to fight for Texas independence against his own
countrymen,
even his own brother. |
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| Anita Esparza, 28, is married to Gregorio and makes a conscious choice to follow her husband into the Alamo out of her great love for him. |
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| Francisco Esparza, 20s, a member of the Mexican military, disowns his brother Gregorio when Gregorio decides to fight for Texas independence. |
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| Jim Bonham, 29, is a boyhood friend of William Travis. A courier, he returns to fight and die by his friend knowing there is no help forthcoming. |
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| Santa Anna, 42, "the Napoleon of the West" is the tyrant-dictator of Mexico. He feels nothing but contempt for these "perfidious foreigners" in the Alamo, and he intends to kill them all. |
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| Jake, 29, has tried a little bit of everything to make his fortune from mining, to brewing moonshine and hears the call of the wild, untamed lands of Texas. |
| Mose, 29, is the gullible but lovable friend of Jake. He's followed Jake's get-rich schemes once too often. |
| Scotty McGregor, 28, is the Scot who plays a bagpipe. |
| John Smith, 22, is the last messenger from the Alamo who takes the men's final letters. |
| George Kimball, 33, is the leader of the last volunteers who come to the Alamo to help its defenders. |
| General Cos, 35, was defeated by the Texans which enraged Santa Anna. |
| Heinrich, 20's, is of German descent. |
| Mexican Soldiers, (can be double cast) |
| Texas Gals, 6 actors |
| Esparza children, 4 actors |
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