The Rimers of Eldritch (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Lanford Wilson
- First Published: 1967
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Poetic
- Time of Work: The 1960’s
- Setting: Eldritch, a small town in the American Midwest
- Genres: Social realism, Domestic realism, Drama
- Subjects: Values, 1960’s, Tradition, Sex or sexuality, Hermits, Midwest, Small-town life, Ethics, Corruption
- Locales: Midwest (U.S.)
Characters Discussed
Robert Conklin, an eighteen-year-old, average in most ways but quieter and more serious than most of his contemporaries. Robert is sensitive and thoughtful. He is almost the opposite of his popular and adventurous brother, who died in an automobile crash. He chooses to spend his time with a fourteen- year-old girl rather than with his schoolmates. It is his “out of character” behavior that creates the situation around which the play revolves.
Eva Jackson, a fourteen-year-old girl. Although she is physically disabled and therefore something of an...
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