Stage Manager
An unnamed man who serves
as the omnipresent narrator of the play. He constantly serves as the link between
the actors and the audience, giving vital information, and also acts out multiple
parts during the play.
The play revolves around two families,
the Webbs and the Gibbs.
Mr.
Charles Webb
The editor and publisher of the local newspaper. He
is an important figure in the town.
Mrs. Myrtle Webb
Charles' spouse. She is a devoted wife and mother, though at times nagging and
overprotective.
Emily Webb
The bright-eyed, intelligent
daughter of Charles and Myrtle. She marries George Gibbs, her childhood sweetheart,
and dies during childbirth.
Wally Webb
The son of Charles and Myrtle
and Emily's younger brother. He meets an untimely death when his appendix ruptures
on a Boy Scout trip.
Frank Gibbs
The town doctor. He is much concerned about the welfare of the citizens of Grover's
Corners. He is a caring father, but is not overindulgent with his children.
Mrs. Julia Hersey Gibbs
Frank's spouse. She is a typical
small-town housewife whose world revolves around her family. She constantly worries
about her husband and children.
George Gibbs
The
teenage son of Frank and Julia, who dreams of becoming a farmer. He is a baseball
player and a high school hero. He marries Emily Webb, his childhood love, during
the second act of the play and mourns her death in the third.
Rebecca
Gibbs
The daughter of Frank and Julia and George's younger sister.
She finds her older brother to be a bothersome pest.
Howie Newsome
The milkman, who rides a young horse
called Bessie. He appears at the beginning of the play and again in the last act
during Emily's return to the past.
Joe Crowell, Jr.
The newspaper boy, who appears only in the first and last acts. He secures a scholarship
to attend college at Massachusetts Tech. Unfortunately, his bright future is ended
when he is killed in France during World War I.
Si Crowell
Joe's younger brother who replaces Joe as the paperboy.
Samuel
Sam' Craig
Emily's cousin on her mother's side.
Stoddard
The
undertaker.
Bill Warren
The constable who conscientiously
patrols the town and checks the drainage system.
Professor Willard
A faculty member of the state university who gives a boring account
of Grover's Corners geographical and anthropological history.
Simon
Stimson
The organist of the Congregational Church. His waywardness
ultimately leads him to commit suicide.
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