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| Character | Description |
|---|---|
| Hickey | Theodore Hickman, known as Hickey, is a hardware salesman and regular visitor to Harry's for his twice-yearly drunken binges. Read More |
| Larry Slade | Larry is an aging anarchist who left the movement and its leader—his sweetheart, Rosa Parritt—11 years ago. Larry's cynical truths dominate throughout. Read More |
| Harry Hope | Harry Hope is the owner of the saloon. He hasn't left the building since the death of his wife, Bessie, 20 years ago. Read More |
| Don Parritt | Don Parritt is a despondent young man who has left his anarchist past on the West Coast. He has come east seeking Larry Slade, whom he remembers affectionately from his childhood. Read More |
| Cora | Cora is a streetwalker who wants to marry Chuck Morello. She allows herself the fantasy of marrying and moving to a farm in New Jersey with Chuck even as she knows that it is unlikely to happen. |
| Hugo Kalmar | Hugo Kalmar, an old-style European anarchist, was once an editor of anarchist materials and knew Larry Slade when both men were in the movement. His last name is a contraction of "Karl Marx." |
| Cecil Lewis | Called "The Captain," Cecil Lewis led a British infantry unit during the Boer War and dreams of returning to his former glory. However, he has embezzled funds and can never return to military life. |
| Lieb | Lieb, who hasn't much to say, is the younger of the two police detectives who come to arrest Hickey. |
| Margie | Margie is a streetwalker who brags about rolling a drunken sailor for his money. |
| Pat McGloin | Pat is a roomer at Harry's, an ex-cop with aspirations to return to the force even though he knows that cannot happen. |
| Moran | Moran is the older of the two police detectives who come to arrest Hickey. He warns the group about trying to protect Hickey with an insanity plea. |
| Chuck Morello | Chuck Morello is the day bartender at Harry's saloon. Chuck shares Cora's fantasy of escape to marriage and a farm in New Jersey. |
| Ed Mosher | Ed Mosher rooms at Harry's. He is Harry's brother-in-law and demeans himself while telling the "truth" about his dead sister, Bessie. |
| Joe Mott | The only black man in the group, Joe Mott once ran a gambling hall for people of color. |
| Willy Oban | Willie Oban, who is in his 30s, graduated from Harvard Law School. He is a fully integrated, alcoholic member of the group at the saloon. |
| Pearl | Pearl is a streetwalker who works with Margie. Both work for Rocky. |
| Rocky Pioggi | Rocky Pioggi is the night bartender at Harry Hope's saloon. He also proudly pimps for two women who are regulars at the bar. |
| Jimmy Tomorrow | Jimmy Tomorrow's real name is James Cameron. He is a former reporter who believes he can sober up and get back his last newspaper assignment—reporting on a war that has long since ended. |
| Piet Wetjoen | Known as "The General," Piet Wetjoen led a Boer commando unit. He has befriended Lewis, who was his enemy during the Boer War. |
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