characters

The cast of characters, in order of appearance, is as follows:

mr. gum alfred

johnnie, The Office Boy

a designer

benjamin d. murphy

mr. warren b. thatcher

the girl

jim

the bartender

bertha

alma, Ben’s Wife

helen

a young soldier

edna, Jim’s Wife

the policeman

a vagrant

the night watchman (also the zoo keeper)

two zoo guards

the clown

first mummer (reader)

beauty

the beast

mrs. hotchkiss

alma’s mother

messrs. p, d, q, t, Company Stockholders

mr. e (Whose great laughter is heard frequently during the play but who makes no appearance until the final scene.)

office workers, choral voices, offstage speakers, carnival crowd, a barker