The Hamlet of Stepney Green (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Bernard Kops
- First Published: 1959
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: The 1950’s
- Setting: The East End of London
- Genres: Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Folk drama
- Subjects: 1950’s, Love or romance, Middle classes, Ghosts or apparitions, Jews or Jewish life, London, Shakespeare, William, or Shakespearean plays
- Locales: London, England
Characters Discussed
David (Davy) Levy, the twenty-two-year- old son of Sam and Bessie Levy, his Jewish parents. He is tall and intelligent, but he has no regular job, and his great ambitions are to be a crooner and to “make people happy.” His intelligence is undirected, and his musical ability is unlikely to make him popular. He appears dissatisfied, melancholy, and quixotic. He rejects not only his father’s plans for him but also Hava’s love. He wants to shock the older generation; for example, he appears in a teddy boy outfit at his father’s funeral as a mark of...
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