There are two ways to do Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: you can have Jekyll be the good guy--and he's the obvious good guy, or at least the traditional good guy, a doctor, who functions in society and is respected by peers and whatnot--or you can have Hyde, a mere Mr., be the good guy. Hyde is, of course, always the bad guy, the brute, the animal, the drunk, the pusher-downer of children. He's a "bad guy", but you can tell the story of Jekyll and Hyde in such a way that Hyde is the focal point of the audience's sympathy. more ›