Angels Fall (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Lanford Wilson
- First Published: 1982
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Problem
- Time of Work: The 1980’s
- Setting: New Mexico
- Genres: Drama, Problem play
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, Values, Religion, 1980’s, Southwest, Catholics or Catholic Church, Work or workers, Research, Nuclear accidents, Tennis
- Locales: New Mexico
Characters Discussed
Father William Doherty, a sixty-five- year-old mission priest who controls his flock with wit, deception, and persistent hope to elevate their lives. He displays a brittle, self-effacing humor, masking a strong will that results in his major conflict with Don Tabaha. A romantic who is fond of quoting romantic verse, Father Doherty sees the world as transitory and humans by nature as good; he has always maintained a “willing suspension of disbelief” about his life’s role that makes him sympathetic to artists. These attitudes allow him to dismiss...
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