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Announcer
The Announcer's voice narrates the slides and describes the "News Events of the World" at the beginning of Act I and Act II.
George Antrobus
Mr. Antrobus is the father of not only a typical suburban American family but also the entire human race. The play's central character, he possesses the virtues and flaws of both the biblical Adam and the American Everyman. The inventor of the wheel and the alphabet, he "comes of very old stock and has made his way up from next to nothing." In Act I, he is the hardworking and innovative businessman who...
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