The Connection (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Jack Gelber
- First Published: 1960
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Existentialism
- Time of Work: The late 1950’s
- Setting: New York City
- Genres: Existential literature, Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: 1950’s, Parents and children, Politics, Music or musicians, Substance abuse, Politicians, Jazz music, Drug addiction or addicts, Loneliness, Drama or dramatists, Greek or Roman times, Rome, Neoclassicism, Tyrants or tyranny, Salvation Army
- Locales: New York, NY
Characters Discussed
Cowboy, a sensible, practical, calm, and honest heroin dealer. In the second act of the play, he arrives in Leach’s New York apartment, where the other characters have been waiting for him impatiently. He gives them heroin injections in Leach’s bathroom while the unsuspecting Sister Salvation looks around the apartment. Cowboy is weary of the dangers of dealing heroin. When Leach takes an overdose, Cowboy saves his life, but he refuses to be considered the play’s hero.
Leach, a clearly discontented heroin addict and the occupant of the...
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