Loot (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Joe Orton
- First Published: 1967
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Absurdist
- Time of Work: The 1960’s
- Setting: England
- Genres: Drama, Melodrama, Absurdist literature, Farce, Parody
- Subjects: Values, 1960’s, Murder or homicide, England or English people, Robbery or robbers, Detectives
- Locales: England
Characters Discussed
Fay McMahon, a nurse to Mrs. Mary McLeavy, who died three days before the action of the play. Fay is a femme fatale, a mercenary who will do anything for money. She convinced Mrs. McLeavy to change her will, leaving everything to Fay. Her seven husbands in the past decade all died violently, and she has poisoned her patient. When she learns that Hal and Dennis have robbed a bank, she demands a third of the spoils and decides to marry Dennis now that he is rich.
McLeavy, Fay’s employer, a devout Catholic. A self-proclaimed good man, he insists that...
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