The Entertainer (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: John Osborne
- First Published: 1957
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Protest
- Time of Work: 1956
- Setting: An English coastal town
- Genres: Social realism, Drama, Problem play, Burlesque
- Subjects: 1950’s, Values, Family or family life, Tradition, Class consciousness, England or English people, Entertaining or entertainers
- Locales: England
Characters Discussed
Archie Rice, the title character. He is an actor, singer, and comedian in an archaic and dying institution, the English music hall. He is known as the “professor” by his fellow artists. His career has never afforded more than a meager livelihood and a shabby sort of gentility, a remnant from the better times when his father, Billy Rice, was a very successful showman. At fifty, he is dapper, friendly, and superficially a gentleman. Despite his self-deprecating claim of being selfish and unfeeling, he is affectionate toward his family, especially his...
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