Benefactors (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Michael Frayn
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Play of ideas
- Time of Work: The 1970’s and 1980’s
- Setting: London, England
- Genres: Drama, Problem play
- Subjects: Values, 1970’s, Journalism or journalists, Protests or demonstrations, Marriage, Social work, 1980’s, England or English people, City life, Loyalty, London, Anthropology or anthropologists, Urban renewal, Architecture or architects
- Locales: London, England
Characters Discussed
David Kitzinger, an architect and father of three. David is a dreamer and a schemer, a man of vision who gets caught up in ideas and concepts, especially his own. He loves architecture for the thrill of creating concrete reality from scratch and the challenge of overcoming practical obstacles. He conceives a plan to build high-rise public housing on a tract of slum land on Basuto Road in southeastern London, but the scheme grows and expands until it becomes overwhelmingly unpopular. Accepting the defeat of his plan breaks his spirit. David is concerned with...
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