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Course Hero. "Our Town Study Guide." Course Hero. 7 Mar. 2017. Web. 24 May 2022. <https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Our-Town/>.
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Course Hero. (2017, March 7). Our Town Study Guide. In Course Hero. Retrieved May 24, 2022, from https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Our-Town/
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Course Hero. "Our Town Study Guide." March 7, 2017. Accessed May 24, 2022. https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Our-Town/.
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Course Hero, "Our Town Study Guide," March 7, 2017, accessed May 24, 2022, https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Our-Town/.
| Character | Description |
|---|---|
| Stage Manager | Known only by his title, the Stage Manager generally performs as a narrator, not a character; he is onstage almost constantly, but none of the living characters knows he is there. Read More |
| Emily Webb Gibbs | Emily is a bright, studious girl who marries George Gibbs; when Act 3 begins, Emily has just died in childbirth. Read More |
| George Gibbs | Star of the baseball team and future farmer, George is the quintessential "boy next door" who falls in love with Emily; his last action in the play is to fall full-length at her grave. Read More |
| Dr. Gibbs | Frank Gibbs is the town physician—a kindly, hardworking man who dislikes gossip and is tolerant of human frailty. Read More |
| Mr. Webb | Charles Webb is the editor of the Grover's Corners newspaper. Read More |
| Belligerent man | The belligerent man is a character in the audience who asks questions about social justice in Grover's Corners. |
| Sam Craig | A local boy who moved away, Sam returns for his cousin Emily's funeral. |
| Joe Crowell | Joe is the town's newspaper boy, who enjoys chatting with townspeople as he makes his deliveries; but the main thing the audience knows about him is that he dies in World War I. |
| Si Crowell | Joe's younger brother, Si, takes over the paper route. |
| Mrs. Gibbs | Julia Hersey Gibbs, George's and Rebecca's mother, dreams of using a financial windfall to see Paris but ends up leaving the money to George and Emily. |
| Rebecca Gibbs | Rebecca Gibbs is George's younger sister, who is about 11 when the play begins; she's good at saving her allowance. |
| Lady in a box | The lady in a box is a character in the audience who asks questions about culture in Grover's Corners. |
| Mr. Morgan | Mr. Morgan owns a drugstore in Grover's Corners. |
| Howie Newsome | Howie is the town's milkman who, like Joe Crowell, is a source of local news and gossip as he makes his rounds; most of his conversations with customers are weather-related; he always thinks the weather will improve. |
| Mrs. Soames | Louella Soames is a friend and fellow choir member of Mrs. Gibbs and Mrs. Webb; she's excitable and gossipy. |
| Simon Stimson | Simon Stimson is the troubled church organist who commits suicide. |
| Joe Stoddard | Joe Stoddard is the town's undertaker. |
| Constable Warren | Constable Bill Warren is always seen walking his beat; he knows plenty of local stories but is rarely called on to enforce the law. |
| Mrs. Webb | Myrtle Webb, Emily's and Wally's mother, was once the second prettiest girl in town. |
| Wally Webb | Wally, Emily's younger brother, doesn't do much in the play; still, it's a shock when Emily announces Wally died years before she did. |
| Professor Willard | The Stage Manager introduces Professor Willard, "of our State University," to give a short, uninspiring presentation on the geological and anthropological history of Grover's Corners. |
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