Bus Stop (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: William Inge
- First Published: 1955
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: The 1940’s
- Setting: Kansas, thirty miles west of Kansas City
- Genres: Drama, Psychological drama, Comedy
- Subjects: 1950’s, Blizzards, Self-discovery, United States or Americans, Intellectuals, Love or romance, 1940’s, Restaurants, bars, taverns, or pubs, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Substance abuse, Small-town life, Idealism, Cowboys or cowgirls, Snow, Buses
- Locales: Kansas
Characters Discussed
Cherie, an attractive chanteuse, slightly past her prime, who has been singing in a Kansas City nightclub but is now traveling west, allegedly for a film test at a Hollywood studio. She is hotly pursued by Bo Decker, who, having heard her rendition of “That Old Black Magic” at the nightclub where she entertained, was so completely captivated by her that he ended up losing his virginity to her. Now he insists that she must marry him, presumably to make him an honest man. Unsentimental about her fleeting affair with Bo, Cherie does not want to go off to...
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