History Theatre / JekyllAndHyde

* BlackBestFriend: Creator/GeorgeMerritt as Utterson.

* WomanInWhite: Lucy wears a fancy white kimono style nightgown to bed. Which is odd considering she's supposed to be dirt poor and the other scenes had her wandering around in ratty old sweaters and rags.

* ConceptAlbum: ''Six of them'' (1986, 1987, 1990, 1994, 2006, and 2012), of which four are commercially available. The 2012 edition is the basis of the 2013 Broadway Revival, which starred [[Theatre/RockOfAges Constantine]] [[Series/AmericanIdol Maroulis]] and Canadian R&B singer [[Theatre/{{Aida}} Deborah Cox]].

* BlackBestFriend: George Merritt as Utterson.

* MercyKill: In the 1994 concept album, some revivals, and the Vienna production, Utterson shoots Jekyll at the wedding reception to prevent him harming anyone else as Hyde.

* AssholeVictim: The Bishop of Basingstoke turns out to be a PedophilePriest; he's the first to die. The other board members are more obnoxious and snooty than anything else and certainly don't deserve to ''die'' for it, with the exception of Simon Stride, especially in the concept albumss where he's the benefactor of the Red Rat and sabotages Jekyll's chemicals to have a chance with Lisa.

* AssholeVictim: The Bishop of Basingstoke turns out to be a PedophilePriest; he's the first to die. The other board members are more obnoxious and snooty than anything else and certainly don't deserve to ''die'' for it, with the exception of Simon Stride, who is the benefactor of the Red Rat and sabotages Jekyll's chemicals to have a chance with Emma.

** In the 1994 concept album, Jekyll got a DarkReprise of Emma's "Once Upon A Dream" after Hyde kills Lucy.

The stage adaptation of ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'', written by Broadway veterans Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse.

* TruerToTheText: Later Broadway revivals hew closer to the show's original vision, which was darker and edgier than the 1997 version and closer to the book, having Jekyll revel in the freedom Hyde gave him and paraphrasing directly from the book as he contemplated his dual natures.

* ICannotSelfTerminate: Inverted. John finds he can't MercyKill Jekyll, forcing the latter to hurl himself on John's blade instead. Later versions of the show (notably a reworked ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids High School Version]]'' personally rewritten by composer Frank Wildhorn himself) feature Jekyll outright committing suicide after ''Confrontation'' with Utterson acting as the GreekChorus and having Emma stumble upon his body, bringing the show more in-line with the book it's based on.

* ICannotSelfTerminate: Inverted. John finds he can't MercyKill Jekyll, forcing the latter to hurl himself on John's blade instead.

* BleachedUnderpants: Lucy's occupation as a prostitute was much more blatant in the 1994 concept recording; in the 1997 Broadway version she is obstinately a singer. Later versions re-added her original career.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Jekyll is pitching his idea to the Board of Governors, the [[JerkassHasAPoint Bishop of Basingstoke]] asks him a question (one that [[DramaticIrony the audience will know is an extremely important question]] that Jekyll cannot answer and instead opts to deflect with emotional appeals about the plights of the mentally ill:
-->'''Bishop of Basingstoke''': And what if you're right, Jekyll? And you do manage to separate Good from Evil - '''What happens to the evil'''?

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Jekyll is pitching his idea to the Board of Governors, the [[JerkassHasAPoint Bishop of Basingstoke]] asks him a question that Jekyll cannot answer and instead opts to deflect with emotional appeals about the plights of the mentally ill:

* NeverMyFault: Jkeyll blames Hyde for his crimes, not himself, admitting to Utterson that he can't bear to say "I".

* ConceptAlbum: ''Six of them'' (1986, 1987, 1990, 1994, 2006, and 2012), of which three are commercially available. The 2012 edition is the basis of the 2013 Broadway Revival, which starred [[Theatre/RockOfAges Constantine]] [[Series/AmericanIdol Maroulis]] and Canadian R&B singer [[Theatre/{{Aida}} Deborah Cox]].

** Emma is in love with simple doctor Jekyll (Betty) over Simon Stride (Veronica). In other versions Stride is also interested in Lucy, becoming the Veronica to Jekyll and the Betty to Hyde.

* DemotedToExtra: Utterson, the viewpoint character in the book, gets very few scenes in the first Broadway version. He had more to do in the concept album and later versions.

* PainfulTransformation: In both "Transformation" and "Confrontation", Hyde forcibly takes over Henry's body. It isn't pretty by any means. Anthony Warlow's scream in the 1994 Concept Album as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k67mhasVZKE&t=3m6s Jekyll transforms into Hyde]] is utterly ''terrifying''.

* HotterAndSexier:
** "A Dangerous Game" has always had sexual undertones, but concert tour album Jekyll & Hyde Resurrection adds a heavy R&B beat. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgpu-JpJCtY 2012 version]] upon which the Broadway Revival is based cranks it even further. The subtext [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19nLJ1rHu28 becomes text]] in the 2013 Revival, complete with BondageIsBad.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Lucy in most versions. Even in the original Broadway Production where her prostitution is white-washed away, this is still the core of her character.

* KarmaHoudini: The Spider and Gwenny get away with their mistreatment of Lucy and the other girls. This isn't the case in the concepts where the Spider's role was given to Simon Stride, who's killed at the wedding, and versions where Gwinny doesn't exist.

* LyricalDissonance: Parts of "Alive", which are reprised in "Confrontation," sound extremely triumphant and hopeful as Hyde sings about living forever with Satan by his side and ensuring no one forgets his evil deeds.

Dr. Henry Jekyll plans to change the world by finding a way to separate the good and evil parts of the human psyche, balancing that with his engagement to Miss Carew and prostitute Lucy Harris's attraction to him. When his experimental proposal is rejected by London's elite, Jekyll uses himself as the test subject and unleashes his darker half, Mr. Edward Hyde, upon the world--putting those he loves, those he hates, and himself in mortal danger. While Jekyll, like every man, has good and evil inside him, Hyde alone is ''only'' evil...

* BettyAndVeronica: [[StealthPun A strange case.]] Emma is wealthy and engaged to Henry, Lucy is penniless and Henry's rather oblivious to how much she loves him. They both seem to be Betty-Veronica hybrids, and science is his ThirdOptionLoveInterest.
** For Lucy, she is in love with Jekyll (Betty) while being harassed by the vicious Hyde (Veronica).
** Emma is also in love with simple doctor Jekyll (Betty) over Simon Stride (Veronica). In other versions Stride is also interested in Lucy, becoming the Veronica to Jekyll and the Betty to Hyde.

The stage adaptation of ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' written by Broadway veterans Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse.